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Multiple felonies lodged against Muncy area man

Already incarcerated in Northumberland County, Jesse Lynn Stackhouse, 32, a resident of Moreland Township, has been charged with committing four burglaries at businesses in Lycoming County, according to court documents filed by state police at the office of District Judge Kirsten Gardner.

Stackhouse, whose last known address was in the 100 block of Herr Road, Muncy, is alleged to have broken into: the Turkey Hill on Route 87, just outside Montoursville; Frosty Beverages at 460 N. Main St. and the nearby Wagging Tail Coffee, 420 N. Main St., both in Muncy Creek Township, and the Home Team Auto Clinic, down the street at 312 N. Main St. in Muncy. Police have also accused Stackhouse of attempting to break into the Unity Food Mart, also on North Main Street in the borough. “There was forced entry damage, but no one was able to gain entry,” Trooper Brian Moore, the lead investigator in the case, stated in an affidavit. However, damage alone at this business was $2,400, he added.

All three burglaries in the Muncy area as well as the one attempted break-in occurred during the early morning hours of June 2, Moore said. The crime at the Turkey Hill took place overnight, May 26, he added. It was alleged that while in the business, Stackhouse stole over $6,000 from a skills machine pay out machine and caused another $8,000 damage to the machine when he pried it open, Moore alleged in the court document.

At Frosty Beverages, Stackhouse allegedly caused nearly $900 damage and stole seven packs of cigarettes, Moore said. At Wagging Tail Coffee, Stackhouse made off with a cash box containing an estimated $2,500, the investigator said. While a cashbox was stolen from the Home Team Auto Clinic, Moore did not say if it contained any money. Still, the business sustained $1,825 in damages. The total damage from the crime spree was just under $17,000, Moore said.

Stackhouse faces a total of 26 charges in Lycoming County, including four felony counts of burglary, six felony counts of criminal mischief, five felony counts each of of trespassing and theft plus six misdemeanor counts of possession of an instrument of crime; a pry bar used in the burglaries and one attempted burglary. He has waived his preliminary hearing on all the charges and remains jailed in the Northumberland County in lieu of an additional $50,000 bail.

While no public documents were available Wednesday night listing what charges Stackhouse faced in Northumberland County, Moore said his affidavit that Stackhouse confessed to committing a break-in on June 13 at a property on Hidden Paradise Road in West Chillisquaque Township.

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