Emlenton Woman Waives Hearing on Burglary Charges

Aly Delp

Aly Delp

Published March 16, 2018 4:28 am
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SCRUBGRASS TWP., Pa. (EYT) – An Emlenton woman waived her preliminary hearing on Wednesday on felony burglary and other charges related to a break-in that occurred in Scrubgrass Township in early February.

According to court documents, the case against 37-year-old Brandi Lee Miller, of Emlenton, has been transferred to the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

She faces the following charges:

– Burglary — Overnight Accommodation, No Person Present, Felony 1
– Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Property, Felony 2
– Receiving Stolen Property, Felony 2
– Crim Tres-Enter Structure, Felony 3
– Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Property, Felony 3
– Receiving Stolen Property, Felony 3
– Marijuana-Small Amt Personal Use, Misdemeanor
– Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Property, Misdemeanor 1
– Receiving Stolen Property, Misdemeanor 1
– Endangering Welfare of Children — Parent/Guardian/Other Commits Offense, Misdemeanor 1
– Corruption of Minors, Misdemeanor 1
– Criminal Mischief-Damage Property, Summary

Unable to post $45,000 cash bail, Miller remains lodged in the Venango County Jail.

Case details:

According to a criminal complaint filed by Franklin-based State Police Trooper Young, at about 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 5, he was dispatched to a residence on Williams Road in Scrubgrass Township, regarding a report of a burglary that occurred on February 3.

Trooper Young interviewed the victim at the residence. The victim said on February 3, at around 4:30 p.m., he discovered that the door to his residence had been broken, and inside, several items were missing. Exceeding $3,000 in value, the items included a 9 mm pistol, marijuana, and a white protein powder container with $60 worth of coins inside.

The victim told police he noticed three sets of tracks in the snow leading to and exiting from his house. He followed the tracks back to his neighbor’s house, where Miller lived. There was no one home, but then Miller arrived in a van, along with a male juvenile and a female juvenile.

The victim told police he confronted Miller and the juveniles and looked at their shoes, which he said matched two of the three sets of tracks.

Miller denied being at his residence that day. The victim told Miller that if she did not return the 9 mm pistol in 10 minutes, he was going to call the police. The victim told police that Miller left and later returned to his residence with the juveniles and returned the 9 mm pistol.

Trooper Young then traveled to Miller’s residence. Miller told Trooper Young that she was not involved in the incident that occurred on February 3. She said she spoke with the victim about the incident and told him she was not involved. She also said the victim told her that if she did not give him the pistol back, he was going to the police. She said she told her kids and another known male juvenile that if they had the pistol, they needed to give it to her. She said the male juvenile came forward and gave her the pistol.

On February 26, Trooper Young interviewed the known male juvenile at PSP Franklin. The juvenile told him that on February 3, he, Brandi Miller, and another juvenile went through the woods to the victim’s residence and gained entrance by breaking the door. Once inside, they took some marijuana, a 9 mm pistol, and several other items.

He said they returned to Miller’s residence where the victim confronted Miller by phone, telling her to give his pistol back or he would call the police.

On March 9, Trooper Young interviewed Miller again, and this time she told him that she did go to the victim’s residence on February 3. She said while she was there, she tied up the victim’s dog.

She knew that the juveniles had stolen the 9 mm, and also said she carried a white protein powder container filled with coins out of the residence. She also said she showed one of the juveniles where the marijuana plants were located

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