Buffalo man jailed
WINFIELD TWP — A Buffalo Township man is accused in separate cases of selling thousands of dollars in jewelry stolen from his ex-girlfriend and later showing up uninvited at her house and workplace.
State police Monday arrested 47-year-old David A. Symer on charges in both cases that followed the breakup with former girlfriend Kelly Schaffer, court documents said.
He is in the Butler County Prison on $60,000 bail.
Schaffer previously notified police after she discovered several rings and bracelets missing from a jewelry box at her home in Winfield Township.
She believed the items were taken between Aug. 28 and Sept. 11. She also noted that she had recently ended a relationship with Symer.
Schaffer told police that after the breakup she had gone to Symer’s home to retrieve her belongings and found some of the missing jewelry, documents said.
Police subsequently learned that Symer last week sold three rings and a bracelet, owned by Schaffer, at gold stores in Butler County.
Symer also is accused of trying to peek through the windows of Schaffer’s home during the early morning hours of Nov. 11, and driving to her workplace, violating a court-issued protective order against him.
District Judge Sue Haggerty on Monday arraigned Symer on felony charges of receiving stolen property and stalking. Additionally, he is charged with loitering or prowling at night time, a misdemeanor.
He faces preliminary hearings in both cases Nov. 27 at Haggerty’s office in Saxonburg.
