State police arrest man after Parks Township resident accuses him of burglary, knife threat

State police charged a man with a felony count of burglary after a Parks Township resident accused him of entering his home without permission, stealing a computer and then returning later the same day to threaten him with a knife.

In addition to the burglary charge, Brandan Lee Sacik, 25, of Custer Avenue in Vandergrift faces misdemeanor charges of making terrorist threats, simple assault and theft along with criminal mischief.

Sacik was being detained in the Armstrong County jail near Kittanning in lieu of a $25,000 cash bond, according to court records.

He faces a preliminary hearing on the charges before District Judge James Andring on Wednesday, Aug.17.

A state trooper from the Kiski Valley station wrote in a criminal complaint that a resident of Dime Road reported on Aug. 2 that Sacik drove a white Dodge Durango onto his property and damaged a wooden table.

He told the trooper that Sacik then entered his home without permission and stole his laptop before driving off.

The man said Sacik returned later in the day and again went inside the home “demanding a piece of mail,” the complaint said.

Sacik then pulled a knife out of his pocket and told the resident that “he will be back for all his stuff,” the complaint said.

Investigators did not say what the relationship was between the resident and Sacik.

Previous arrests

In January Sacik was charged with counts of defiant trespass and disorderly conduct after Vandergrift police said he was an accomplice to a woman accused of breaking into a house on Hancock Avenue after she was evicted.

Sacik also was charged on May 25 by New Kensington police with a felony count of possession of drugs with the intent to deliver and counts of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. He faces a preliminary hearing on those charges before District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. on Sept. 15, according to court records.

Allegheny Township police charged Sacik on May 5 with counts of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. His preliminary hearing on those charges is scheduled for Sept. 13 before District Judge Cheryl Peck Yakopec, court records show.

Sacik was sentenced to 45 days to a year in jail after pleading guilty in September 2019 to a count of simple assault filed by Vandergrift police, according to court records.