CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) \u2014 A local man accused of robbing a New Bethlehem gas station with a machete and later crashing a car through a beer distributor waived his preliminary hearing this week.<\/p>\n
Court records indicate the following charges against 49-year-0ld William Michael Dickun III, of Mayport, were waived for court on Tuesday, July 21, in front of Magisterial District Judge Timothy P. Schill:<\/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
\nCriminal Mischief\/Damage to Property Intentional, Reckless, or Negligent, Felony 3
\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
The case has been transferred to the Clarion County Court of Common Pleas.<\/p>\n
Dickun remains 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 local man accused of robbing a New Bethlehem gas station with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,411,48743,1911,1910,52857,9628,2781],"class_list":["post-252239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-burglary","tag-court-update","tag-criminal-mischief","tag-criminal-trespass","tag-mayport","tag-new-bethlehem","tag-robbery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252239","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=252239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}