ONEONTA _ A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly breaking into a Sixth Ward home and stealing a flat-screen television.
Mark A. Clark Jr., 23, was charged with second-degree burglary, a felony, and petit larceny, a misdemeanor.
A State University College at Oneonta student reported to police that sometime between Sept. 25 and Sept. 29, someone broke into his West Ann Street apartment and took a 37-inch, flat-screen television, according to documents on file in city court.
The television, valued at $600, was later found in Clark's girlfriend's apartment on West Broadway, according to a felony complaint filed by city police.
A search warrant was executed at the girlfriend's apartment Saturday, the complaint states.
The alleged burglary happened about a week before a series of break-ins in the Sixth Ward. Several residents reported they awoke to find a stranger in their home. Those break-ins prompted a community meeting two weeks later attended by about 80 concerned residents.
Police Chief Joseph Redmond had said previously that state police were investigating similar break-ins between Unadilla and Oneonta at about the same time period.
State police in Sidney said Monday that an arrest was made during the weekend in connection with the burglaries, but they did not release any details.
City police also did not release any information on Clark's arrest Monday, which was not listed in the police blotter.
Clark was arraigned in Oneonta City Court before Judge Walter Terry and sent to Otsego County jail on $7,500 bail/$15,000 bond.
Clark and another man were arrested last fall after a string of break-ins in the city. Several of those break-ins involved residents awaking to someone in their home.
Clark was charged Nov. 26 with second-degree burglary and fourth-degree grand larceny in connection with one of the break-ins. He was sent to jail then on $12,500 bail/$20,000 bond before later being released on bail, according to jail officials Monday.
City Prosecutor Michael Getman did not immediately return phone calls to his home Monday to clarify the disposition of Clark's earlier charges.
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