A man was arrested and charged with felony burglary and criminal trespass on Tuesday after he was found inside the Middletown Township home his sister and brother-in-law lived in before a bank foreclosed on it.
Timothy McGrogan, 34, who is homeless, was taken into custody after a man working for the bank that owns the home on High Road in Levittown discovered McGrogan inside the house, police said.
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After mowing the lawn at the property, the man subcontracted by the bank to work on the property went to check on a report that a lock to the home was broken, police said. Outback, the man discovered a rear lock was busted and stepped inside the home to discover someone at the top of the steps, police added.
The man called his supervisor who told him to dial police, according to court papers.
Police arrived and took McGrogan into custody. The bank worker identified the 34-year-old as the man inside the house.
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Officer Troy Clawon said in court documents that he told McGrogan not to go in to the home or he would be arrested when he saw him at the property the day before.
According to court papers, McGrogan has been cited before for trespassing at the home and told several times by officers not to be at the property.
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Lt. John Michniewicz said McGrogan’s sister and her husband were the residents of the home prior to it being foreclosed.
McGrogan was arraigned before Bensalem District Judge Leonard J. Brown Tuesday at 8 p.m. and sent to county jail on 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
