MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department caught him near a recent burglary at Haley’s Hot Spot on Smithtown Road early Monday.
Deputies reponded to a burglar alarm at 2:40 a.m. and received a description of the male seen inside the building.
Police arrested a man matching the description, Briar Jones, 28, of Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania after a short foot chase.
Jones has been charged with breaking and entering, grand larceny and destruction of property.
Jones is being held at North Central Regional Jail on a $50,000 bond.