Accused burglar nabbed with suspected drugs
BUTLER TWP — An alleged burglar wanted in the theft of a stash of guns was arrested Friday after troopers found him at an apartment containing an assortment of suspected drugs and other contraband, authorities said.
State police arrested their target, Jason T. Ewing, 31, of Butler Township, as well as two other men they found with him at Byre Mor Court Apartments in the township.
Ewing and the others — William S. Campbell, 67, who lives at the apartment; and Anthony D. Rue, 38, of Pittsburgh — are all in the Butler County Prison on six-figure bail each.
Troopers went to the apartment about 3 p.m. Friday looking for Ewing, who was named in an arrest warrant in connection with last month's break-in at a home in northern Butler County, according to court documents.
Police allege the defendant got inside the house on Route 38 by breaking a basement window, and stole eight long guns, valued at a combined $4,680, documents said.
A full story appears in Monday's Butler Eagle.
