WILKES-BARRE — City police detectives arrested a Kingston man for allegedly burglarizing an apartment on West Ross Street. He woke up a woman, stole her wallet, and was caught last week, according to charges filed.
Dashawn Shareef Armstrong, 32, of Pulaski Street, was identified as the burglar from surveillance footage from other apartments in the area, according to court records.
According to the criminal complaint:
A woman woke up when a man, identified as Armstrong, was going through a desk in her bedroom on March 12.
Armstrong had a flashlight and told the woman to be quiet. He claimed he was looking for “Michael” because he saw her walking with him earlier in the day, according to the complaint.
Armstrong allegedly took the woman’s wallet, told her to put her head into a pillow and count to 200 as he left her bedroom.
The woman went to another roommate’s bedroom and called 911.
Police found the woman’s wallet in the backyard of the apartment building.
Police claim Armstrong climbed through a second floor window into the woman’s bedroom.
Surveillance cameras in the area recorded a man knocking on doors to other apartment buildings, which police used to identify Armstrong, according to the complaint.
Armstrong was arraigned by District Judge James Dixon of Hazle Township on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, terroristic threats and loitering and prowling at night. He remained jailed without bail Monday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility as Dixon deemed him a danger to society.
In an unrelated case, Armstrong was released from the county correctional facility on Dec. 22 when his bail was modified from $50,000 straight to unsecured on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and theft filed by Kingston police.
In the Kingston incident, Armstrong allegedly burglarized an apartment at Pierce Street and stole a man’s wallet on Dec. 7, 2022.
Armstrong is scheduled for trial in April on the charges filed by Kingston police.
