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During one of the worst natural disasters to strike Levittown in decades, three men are alleged to have broken into a New Falls Road drugstore to steal cigarettes.
Credit: Bucks County Department of Corrections
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Kyle Robinson, 21, David Nolan, 21, and Michael McKernan, 20, all of Bristol Township, are charged with second-degree felony burglary, criminal trespass, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief. The charges were upgraded from a third-degree felony due to the fact the burglary happened during a State of Emergency declared by the governor, according to court documents.
As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the region at about 10:30 p.m. on October 29, the alarm system at the Walgreens in the 5200 block of New Falls Road was tripped, court documents report.
Police said they responded and found the store was burglarized; cartons and individual packs of cigarettes were stolen. According to court documents, a responding officer reported that the suspects had broken in a side window with rocks near the entrance doors.
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According to police, a store employee arrived to the scene and confirm the burglary and vandalism.
Investigators spoke with Robinson on Wednesday at his house on Holly Drive in Levittown. Robinson admitted he walked with Nolan and McKernan walked to the store and used rocks to break the window and enter the store, police said. Robinson told a detective he stole several packs of cigarettes during the burglary, court documents state.
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Robinson was arraigned before Judge Joanne Kline on Wednesday and sent to jail on 10 percent of $75,000 bail.
Noland and McKernan were arraigned Thursday before Kline. Nolan on 10 percent of $150,000 bail, and McKernan on 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
McKernan recently waived simple assault and other charges to trial in connection with a February robbery linked the Black Flag Family gang.
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