Schuylkill man jailed for burglary

A Schuylkill County man was jailed on burglary and related counts.

State police at Frackville said James Paul Weeks Jr., 20, of Kelayres, was arrested for a break-in that occurred on Nov. 1, between 5 and 6:30 a.m. at a home on Princeton Avenue in Barnesville, Ryan Township. On that day troopers said Weeks entered the property through an unlocked garage door. Once inside he stole eight long guns in cases, a pistol in a case and a compound bow with arrows. Weeks loaded the items into his Honda CR-V and fled the scene. A warrant for his arrest was issued on Wednesday and he was taken into custody that day.

He was arraigned before a district judge on burglary and related offenses and placed in the county prison in Pottsville after failing to post $25,000 straight cash bail.