Rostraver police dog helps catch 2 burglary suspects
By Paul Peirce
Trib Total Media
Rostraver police K-9 officer Duvall was credited Friday with helping township police locate and arrest two suspects during a daylight residential burglary.
Todd Houseman, 43, of Monongahela, and Mack Simms, 47, of Monessen, were awaiting arraignment in night court on multiple charges of burglary, criminal mischief, criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property filed by police.
Police reported in a news release that just after 10 a.m., officers were dispatched to a call of a burglary in progress to a residence on Salem Church Road, where the owners were not home.
Reports said when the first officer arrived, he spotted a man standing in front of a window. Police said when the suspect saw patrol cars arriving, “he concealed himself within the residence.”
Police called Duvall and his handler, officer Joseph Spinola, and surrounded the residence.
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