An Edwardsville man ripped out a window screen in an attempt to break into his ex-girlfriend\u2019s home Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n
Cassidine Redd, 31, faces a felony charge of of criminal trespass and remains in jail on a $20,000 bail.<\/p>\n
According to the criminal complaint, Old Forge police officers were called to 505 Kohler Avenue at about 2:40 a.m. for the report of a burglary.<\/p>\n
After arriving, officers spoke with Giovina Marie Martinelli, who said she had been downstairs making lunches for her children when she heard a commotion at the front door.<\/p>\n
When she went to investigate, she found Redd yelling profanities and threatening her. He then removed a window screen and tried climbing through a window that had inadvertently been unlocked.<\/p>\n
Martinelli told officers Redd damaged a curtain during his efforts to enter her residence.<\/p>\n
She told investigators she fled upstairs to be with her children and called 911.<\/p>\n
When officers provided her with information about obtaining a Protection from Abuse order, Martinelli said Redd was simply not allowed at her residence because they were no longer in a relationship.<\/p>\n
Redd, who officers found near the residence, admitted attempting to get into the residence to retrieve personal belongings and a television.<\/p>\n
A records check indicated Redd had active warrants out of Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County Domestic Relations. He was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Police searched Redd and found a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia. He claimed to have a medical marijuana card, but police could not verify that through a records check.<\/p>\n
In addition to a criminal trespass charge, he also faces charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana, prowling at night and possession of paraphernalia.<\/p>\n
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Feb. 24 before Magisterial District Judge Alyce Farrell.<\/p>\n
Redd remains in jail on a $20,000 bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Edwardsville man ripped out a window screen in an attempt to break into his ex-girlfriend\u2019s home Wednesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[182,139,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-113345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}