Published: February 04, 2009 11:20 pm      

POLICE ROUNDUP | City man waives hearings in theft, break-in cases

A Johnstown man will face Cambria County Court action on separate charges that he robbed a man of pain medication and broke into his ex-wife’s apartment.

Kenneth Dwayne Ingram, 42, of the 300 block of Daniel Street in the city’s Oakhurst section, waived his right to preliminary hearings in both cases Tuesday before District Judge Michael Musulin of downtown Johnstown. Ingram has been released on bail.

Johnstown police said he went to the residence of an Oakhurst Homes man on Jan. 23, assaulted the resident and took 75 Percocet tablets from him.

On Jan. 25, police said, Ingram broke into his ex-wife’s home. He was apprehended a short time later.

In other police-related news:

• A Ligonier man has been charged with reckless endangerment after firing a shotgun toward an unidentified victim, state police said.

Michael James Rose, 22, was charged in connection with the Tuesday afternoon incident.

Police said Rose discharged the gun while the victim was riding a four-wheeler on Shadow Drive in Fairfield Township.

• State police are looking for the person who made several online purchases with a New Florence-area woman’s bank debit card.

The approximate loss to Linda Horan, 57, of North View Heights, was $700. The theft/forgery took place between Thursday and Monday.

• Four Johnstown men face Cambria County Court action for their roles in a confrontation that ended with one getting stabbed.

Stephen Melendez, 44, of the 300 block of Ebensburg Road, and Derek Rose, 21, of the300 block of Golde Street, each waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday before District Judge Michael Musulin of downtown Johnstown.

Jeremy Woodard, 29, of the 500 block of Oak Street, was bound to court at a hearing Tuesday before Musulin.

The fourth, Jodi Gaydos, 27, of the 300 block of Strayer Street, earlier waived his case to court.

Johnstown police said Woodard, Rose and Gaydos planned to rob Melendez and followed him home on Dec. 25.

When one of the three threatened to shoot Melendez, he pulled a knife. When Woodard approached him, Melendez stabbed Woodard in the abdomen, police said.