20-year-old admits breaking into vacant SR apartment
A Venango County man, accused of breaking into a vacant apartment, pleaded guilty in Butler County Court on Wednesday.
Andrew K. Bryson, 20, of Franklin pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal trespass before Judge Timothy McCune.
The plea agreement calls for a sentence of six months' probation, restitution and fines. He is scheduled to be sentenced later.
Bryson was initially charged with felony criminal trespass, misdemeanor criminal mischief and summary underage drinking after an incident in Slippery Rock Township on April 9.
Police said Bryson was found in the residence at the Sentinel Apartment Complex in Slippery Rock sleeping on a couch after becoming intoxicated.
Slippery Rock police said they were called to the apartment complex on Fairview Drive shortly before 5 a.m. for a report of someone kicking in a door.
The door had been busted open and the locking mechanism was destroyed.
The apartment, it turned out, had previously been vacated and there were no working utilities. But on the sofa near the wall, the officer found Bryson fast asleep, police said.
Bryson had no identification and no permission to be there, according to authorities.
He was arrested and eventually admitted to drinking beer.
Bryson was held in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 cash bail, which was later reduced and he was released.
