The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
Oneida city man charged in burglary
LINCOLN, N.Y. >> An Oneida city man has been charged after police say he broke into a Lincoln residence while the homeowners were still asleep and then stole their truck to get away.
T i mothy A. Christman Jr., 31, of Oneida, was charged with seconddegree burglary, a class C felony; and four counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felony.
On July 11, at 5:17 a.m., a Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a residence on Oxbow Road in the town of Lincoln for a report of a burglary not in progress. The homeowners reported that while they were asleep, someone entered their residence, garage and utility trailer and stole several items, including a .270 bolt action rifle, multiple credit cards, electronics and several tools. The homeowners also reported that their pickup truck was stolen from their driveway.
At 7:55 a.m., a City of Oneida Police Department sergeant observed the stolen vehicle on Mount Hope Avenue in the city of Oneida parked on the side of the road. Police say Christman walked from a nearby driveway over to the vehicle, which they say he had driven and parked on the side of the road.
Christman was searched and two checkbooks were found in his pants pocket. One of the checkbooks belonged to the victim from Oxbow Road and the other was reported stolen from the city of Syracuse. Several of the stolen items were recovered from the truck following a search, including the rifle and tools. Sheriff’s deputies took custody of Christman and towed the stolen vehicle back to the sheriff’s office.
Sheriff’s investigators discovered that before Christman was apprehended on Mount Hope Avenue, he committed the burglary on Oxbow Road and then left two duffel bags of stolen tools and electronics at another residence in the town of Lincoln. The property in the duffel bags was recovered and identified as the stolen property from the Oxbow Road residence.
Christman was arraigned at the Town of Lincoln Court and held at the Madison County Jail on $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond. He is scheduled to reappear at court on July 16, 2019 at 3 p.m.