Man Gets State Prison Time For Burglaries


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Credit: Flickr/steakpinball

A man with an extensive criminal record will serve state prison time for burglaries in Tullytown.

Edward Hartzell, 22, of Friendsville, Susquehanna County, will spend 3 1/2 to 7 years in state lockup for a burglaries in Lakeside section of Levittown, which is in Tullytown. He pleaded guilty to burglary and related offenses before Judge Wallace Bateman on Monday.

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Hartzell was caught after a resident called in a suspicious person Friday, October 24. Borough police arrived and discovered two possible burglaries in Lakewood.

Hartzell was stopped and found to have loose change and cash, two Xbox 360 games, a pill bottle prescribed to a resident of Laurel Lane and headphones in a case on his person, according to court papers.

“I did it man, like I said I was pretty f**ked up earlier,ย should have stayed in my house, f**k Iโ€™m going away for like three years,” Hartzell reportedly told police.

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The objects found on Hartzell were alsoย consistent with objects identified as missing by residents, police said.

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