A 20-year-old Digby man is facing more charges after being arrested in connection with a home invasion in Deep Brook last week.
Chad Leary was apprehended by Annapolis and Digby RCMP after jumping from a garage roof and trying to flee on foot.
Leary is still in custody. At the time of his incarceration last week, he was charged with robbery, break and enter, theft of a car, theft of a motorcycle, breach of a court recognizance, breach of probation. He is now facing additional charges of break and enter, attempted theft of a vehicle, and shoplifting. He faces a total of 20 charges. Three residences and one business in the Deep Brook area were broken into. Police recovered property stolen from these break and enters.
Leary was arrested after the front door of a home in Deep Brook was busted down and the 64-year-old homeowner threatened just before 2 a.m. last Friday.
Annapolis RCMP Cpl. Dale Guy said police received a 911 call from the home and both Annapolis and Digby RCMP responded immediately. He said the investigation revealed that a man had kicked in the front door of the Deep Brook residence and once inside confronted the 64-year-old woman demanding the keys to her car or he would stab her.
The man was given the keys and fled the scene in the homeowner's vehicle.
"Police quickly located the stolen car abandoned at a nearby business and found the male on the roof of the garage," Cpl. Guy said. "The individual refused to come down off the roof and started throwing items at police who had surrounded the building. When police went up onto the roof, the individual fled by jumping off the roof."
He was quickly arrested and taken to cells at the Digby RCMP detachment.
Cpl. Guy said police learned that the garage located in Deep Brook had been broken into and a motorcycle stolen, along with other items. The stolen motorcycle was located nearby.
Cpl. Guy said there were no injuries and police recovered a number of stolen items related to the crimes.
Leary remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in Digby provincial court on August 20 for a bail hearing.
