Probation officers conducted a compliance check on the apartment of a Reading man under supervision and found weapons along with marijuana and crack cocaine.
A Central Berks Regional police officer deployed his Taser in an attempt to subdue a man who stood on steps overlooking a busy St. Lawrence Street and was reportedly threatening people with a knife.
Andrew J. Geisel, 50, who was staying in the home admitted to breaking into multiple contractors' padlocked toolboxes and stealing power tools he intended to to sell, police said.