A Kane man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly stealing weapons, running from police and refusing to tell police where the stolen weapons are located.
Ryan T. Bray, 32, is charged with burglary, a first-degree felony; five counts of theft by unlawful taking, second-degree felonies; criminal trespass — breaking into a structure, a second-degree felony; and flight to avoid apprehension, a third-degree felony.
According to the criminal complaint, at just before 10 a.m. on Sunday, a Kane homeowner flagged down a Kane policeman and asked him to meet him at a convenience store. The officer did, and the man said his house had been broken into and five firearms and three crossbows were taken. The man told police he believed that Bray had done it, as he was known to them and had broken into their home when the resident and his wife were sleeping.
The police officer followed the couple home. Bray was in a bedroom in the upstairs of the residence. When asked where the guns were, he said he had stolen them. He tried to force the door closed on the resident, but when he was unable to, he “turned around and jumped out of his second story bedroom window. He ran into the woods towards the railroad tracks,” the complaint stated. The officer asked state police to assist with apprehending him, the complaint stated.
Troopers saw Bray at one point and ordered him to stop, but he did not comply. He was apprehended at 1:34 p.m. that day at the Kwik Fill on Fraley Street, according to the complaint.
While in custody, Bray refused to disclose to police the location of the stolen weapons, the complaint stated.
He was arraigned Sunday afternoon before District Judge David Engman and remanded to jail in lieu of $300,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Central Court on Thursday.