CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) \u2014 A man accused of robbing a New Bethlehem gas station with a machete before crashing a vehicle into a beer distributor is due in court on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Court documents indicate that a preliminary hearing for 48-year-old William Michael Dickun III, of Mayport, is scheduled for Tuesday, February 17, at 11:30 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Jarah Lee Heeter.<\/p>\n
Dickun faces the following charges:<\/p>\n
Robbery \u2013 Threat of Immediate Serious Injury, Felony 1
\nBurglary \u2013 Not Adapted for Overnight Accommodation, Person Present, Felony 1
\nCriminal Trespass \u2013 Break Into Structure, Felony 2
\nMake Repairs\/Sell\/Etc Offensive Weapon, Misdemeanor 1
\nRecklessly Endangering Another Person, Misdemeanor 2
\nSimple Assault, Misdemeanor 2
\nTheft By Unlawful Taking \u2013 Movable Property, Misdemeanor 2
\nReceiving Stolen Property, Misdemeanor 2<\/p>\n
He is currently lodged in the Clarion County Jail on $250,000 monetary bail.<\/p>\n
Details of the case:<\/p>\n
The investigation began at approximately 9:22 a.m. February 7 at the Unimart on Broad Street in New Bethlehem, according to a criminal complaint filed by Southern Clarion County Regional Police.<\/p>\n
The complaint states that Dickun banged on the glass front door of the gas station with a machete. The weapon had a blade estimated between 14 and 16 inches long.<\/p>\n
Dickun entered the store and brandished the weapon in front of an employee, the complaint said. Police say he asked the employee, \u201cDid I scare you?\u201d<\/p>\n
The employee fled to the rear of the store and locked herself in a restroom, according to the complaint. Surveillance video shows Dickun stole approximately four packs of cigarettes before fleeing the store, the complaint continues.<\/p>\n
Within 20 minutes, Dickun drove his vehicle through a closed garage door at Key Beverage on Broad Street, according to police. The business was not open at the time.<\/p>\n
The complaint notes that Dickun took a case of Budweiser and a case of Yuengling beer. When an employee approached him, Dickun backed up his silver 2008 Jeep Liberty and drove through a second closed garage door at the rear of the building to escape, the complaint indicates. He then fled the scene.<\/p>\n
Officers identified Dickun using surveillance footage and vehicle registration records, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
Dickun was arraigned on February 7 before Judge Heeter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) \u2014 A man accused of robbing a New Bethlehem gas station with a machete…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,411,48743,9628,2781,48745],"class_list":{"0":"post-116027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-burglary","12":"tag-court-update","13":"tag-new-bethlehem","14":"tag-robbery","15":"tag-southern-clarion-county-regional-police"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116027","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=116027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}