EXETER, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A man is behind bars after police say he stole two vehicles, threatened to kill a homeowner and led authorities on a search through a wooded area in Luzerne County.<\/p>\n
Wyoming Area Regional Police identified the suspect as Matthew Rosengrant, who is facing multiple felony charges and other offenses stemming from a series of incidents early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Police were called to a home along Route 92 in Exeter Township around 4:59 a.m. Aug. 16 for a report of an unknown man on the property. As officers responded, additional 911 calls reported the man was driving around the property and crashing into trees.<\/p>\n
Investigators allege Rosengrant arrived in a Chevrolet Captiva that had been stolen from a business in Courtdale Borough the previous evening.<\/p>\n
According to police, Rosengrant repeatedly drove around the Route 92 residence before approaching the front door and attempting to get inside.<\/p>\n
The homeowner later encountered Rosengrant behind the home, where police allege Rosengrant threatened to kill the homeowner while advancing toward him.<\/p>\n
Rosengrant then allegedly returned to the stolen Chevrolet, continued driving around the property and crashed into trees before abandoning the vehicle and running into a wooded area.<\/p>\n
Officers searched the surrounding area with assistance from a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter but were unable to immediately locate him.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they later recovered physical evidence, surveillance video, GPS information and other evidence allegedly connecting Rosengrant to the incident. Police said the homeowner also identified Rosengrant from a photo array.<\/p>\n
Police allege Rosengrant traveled through the woods after leaving the Route 92 property and stole a second vehicle about 24 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Investigators said a Subaru Legacy was stolen from a Wilson Street residence in Exeter Township around 5:23 a.m. Surveillance video allegedly captured the theft.<\/p>\n
The Subaru was later recovered in Wyoming Borough.<\/p>\n
Police also found property inside the stolen Chevrolet that they say was connected to another residence along Route 92. That portion of the investigation remains under review.<\/p>\n
Rosengrant was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Joseph Carmody and sent to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000 bail.<\/p>\n
Courtdale and Forty Fort police departments and Pennsylvania State Police assisted with the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXETER, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A man is behind bars after police say he stole two vehicles, threatened…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-267755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267755","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=267755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}