Christopher GillespieLANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) -
A burglar was caught in the act as he tried to break into a Lancaster home this morning, according to city police.
Christopher Lee Gillespie, 22, was seen by a witness as he peering into several windows in the 600 block of Poplar Street, covered his face with a T-shirt, and then began to pry at the window screen of a kitchen door, police said.
The witness notified police and told a neighbor what was happening. The
neighbor yelled at Gillespie, who fled on foot but was quickly captured by responding officers on nearby New Dorwart Street, police said.
The residents of the burglarized home were sleeping in
an upstairs bedroom at the time of the crime, police said.
Gillespie was charged with one count of burglary and one count of possessing instruments of
crime and sent to Lancaster County Prison on $150,000 bail.
Police said the investigation is continuing and additional burglary charges may be filed against him.
