REYNOLDSVILLE BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) – Two local residents are facing hearings Thursday after being caught in possession of items stolen during a burglary at a local residence.
Court documents indicate 31-year-old Kelly Jo Fenstermaker, of Reynoldsville, and 30-year-old Jesse Allen Collier, of Brockway, are scheduled to stand for preliminary hearings in front of Magisterial District Judge David B. Inzana at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 19, on the following charges:
– Burglary – Overnight Accommodation, No Person Present, Felony 1
– Criminal Trespass-Enter Structure, Felony 3
The charges stem from the discovery of stolen items during service of a warrant at a residence in Reynoldsville Borough.
According to a criminal complaint, Sgt. Murray of the Reynoldsville Borough Police Department received a confirmation for a warrant on Jesse Allen Collier for a state parole violation.
Chief Bell and Sgt. Clark then responded to a residence on Grant Street Extension where Collier was known to be staying with his girlfriend, Kelly Fenstermaker.
According to the complaint, Collier answered the door when the officers knocked, and was then taken into custody on the warrant. The officers and Collier then waited at the residence for a parole officer to arrive.
The parole officer then arrived at the scene and searched Collier’s vehicle. Inside the vehicle, he found several stolen items, including check books, on of which belonged to a pair of known victims, according to the complaint.
When asked about the check books and other stolen items, Collier allegedly told police he and Fenstermaker drove to North 4th Street and parked approximately a block away from the victims’ residence, and Collier went to the residence and opened the doors to the basement, then returned to the vehicle. He said Fenstermaker got out and went to the residence, then came back to the vehicle about 20 minutes later, where he helped her load bags of items she removed from the residence. They then drove to Rattlesnake Road and went through the items that Fenstermaker took.
Fenstermaker was then also taken into custody.
The complaint notes during a search of Fenstermaker’s purse, a post-in note was found with descriptions and addresses of “new places,” which included the victim’s residence on North 4th Street, as well as several other residences.
Collier and Fenstermaker were both arraigned on the same charges in front of Magisterial District Judge David B. Inzana on December 7.
Unable to post $50,000.00 each monetary bail, they both remain lodged in the Jefferson County Jail.
Festermaker is also facing additional charges on an unrelated incident in Clarion County.
Court documents indicate the New Bethlehem Borough Police Department filed the following criminal charges against Kelly Jo Fenstermaker on December 5:
– Forgery – Unauthorized Act In Writing, Felony 2
– Theft By Unlawful Taking-Movable Property, Misdemeanor 1
– Access Device Is Counterfeit, Altered, Incomplete, Misdemeanor 1
– Unlawful Device Making Equipment Possession, Misdemeanor 1
According to a criminal complaint, on November 29, Sgt. Clark of the New Bethlehem Borough Police Department received a complaint regarding forgery and theft at an area convenience store in New Bethlehem Borough. An employee of the business related that a woman, identified as Kelly Fenstermaker, had been playing a gambling machine on November 19 around 11:28 a.m. and had won a $1.00 prize.
According to the complaint, Fenstermaker then returned to the business on November 20, around 11:56 a.m., with a ticket identical to the previous one containing a prize value of $300.00. Employees of the business cashed the ticket and gave Fenstermaker $300.00. The ticket was then discovered to be fake, and police were contacted.
The complaint notes the store employee told police Fenstermaker stated she had court in Jefferson County and was in a rush to leave the store before being cashed out. Police were also able to obtain a picture of Fenstermaker from the store’s camera system.
Sgt. Clark then made contact with Fenstermaker by phone and asked to interview her in regard to the incident. According to the complaint, Fenstermaker admitted she used a printing machine to create a fake ticket and had then cashed the ticket, and agreed to go to the New Bethlehem Borough Police Department for a further interview and bring the machine she used with her.
Around 5:30 p.m. on December 2, Fenstermaker was interviewed at the New Bethlehem Borough Police Department, where she allegedly admitted to printing and cashing the fake ticket again. She also brought the equipment she used and demonstrated how it worked while being audio and video recorded, with her consent, and provided a written statement and consent to a search for the printer, paper, and other related materials.
Fenstermaker was the arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller at 10:30 a.m. on December 11.
A preliminary hearing for the case has not yet been scheduled.
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