Man charged with repeatedly breaking into ex-girlfriend's house
Felony charges continue to mount against a 23-yearold Butler man accused of repeatedly breaking into an ex-girlfriend's house in the city and violating her protective order against him.
Jahote C. Dorsey Jr. on Monday again found himself in front of a district judge for arraignment — this time for four felonies.
He's accused in the latest case of twice last week entering the South Street home of his one-time girlfriend and twice hiding from police sent there to find him.
Butler police just five days earlier charged him in a separate case of sneaking into the same home.
Dorsey is being held in the Butler County Prison on a combined $100,000 bail.
Police on Feb. 7 arrested the defendant at the home where they found him about 6 p.m. hiding in the basement, according to court documents.
It was the third such offense and accordingly, investigators said, his third protection from abuse violation — in the same week.
He was initially arraigned Thursday on a lone charge of felony trespass for the first uninvited visit Feb. 4. Bail was set at $50,000.
On Monday, police filed two additional charges of trespass and two corresponding charges of flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment — all felonies.
District Judge William Fullerton arraigned Dorsey and slapped another $50,00 bail on him.
In addition to his criminal charges, he is charged in Butler County Court with three PFA violations.
