EVANS CITY — A Sharon man waived his right to a preliminary hearing for a second case related to an alleged flurry of crime that began with him removing his probation-imposed GPS tracking anklet.

Chad Trimbur, 47, appeared Monday before District Judge Amy Marcinkiewicz. He is being held in Butler County Prison on a combined $200,000 bond across three different cases filed since the beginning of the year.

With Tuesday’s waived hearing, all three cases are now in Butler County Common Pleas Court.

Trimbur’s first case involved an alleged multi-county string of vehicle thefts that ended with his arrest in January. He is charged with 23 felonies in that case. Trimbur eventually posted the required $20,000 bond, but he was arrested again March 11.

Trimbur’s second arrested was for allegedly fleeing from police during a traffic stop in yet another stolen vehicle. In that case, Trimbur was charged with two felonies and five misdemeanors, some of which included drug-related charges.

Trimbur’s latest charges, filed by state police Friday, include 19 felonies and 18 misdemeanors for a variety of offenses, including theft, burglary and criminal mischief, among others.

According to police, Trimbur kicked off his most recent spree in the early morning of March 10 by cutting his GPS monitor.

“The GPS unit was ultimately found hidden and abandoned behind a guide rail of the Perry Traditional Academy, which is 0.2 miles from Trimbur’s registered address,” said the investigating trooper in the affidavit.

Police said Trimbur walked down the road and stole a U-Haul, which he drove to a car wash in Ross Township, Allegheny County. While there, Trimbur tried to pry a change machine from the building, unsuccessfully, police said.

Police said Trimbur was more successful at another car wash, where he went next. The change machine, valued at $5,900, was removed and held $800.

According to police, Trimbur next broke into a nearby gas station, where he stole 111 packs of cigarettes, valued at $1,076.

Later that morning, a U-Haul truck appeared on Butler Township cameras heading toward Route 422. Police said Trimbur ditched the box truck at Route 18 Auto Sales, from which he stole a blue Dodge Ram truck.

A short time later, the truck was spotted by cameras in the area of the Commodore Perry School District, where around the same time a storage building was broken into.

Police said the truck was seen on camera heading toward the Commodore Perry Little League Field, where softball equipment was stolen from yet another storage unit.

Around 11 p.m. that day, Hempfield Township police approached a suspicious vehicle sitting in a business’ parking lot.

“When the officer went to approach the vehicle, the blue Dodge Ram sped away,” police said.

The blue Dodge Ram was found abandoned off Route 422 in Franklin Township.

Police said in the early hours of March 11, Trimbur stole a red Dodge Ram truck from J.R.’s Truck and Auto Sales, 934 New Castle Road, Franklin Township.

“The blue Dodge Ram was found abandoned in a neighboring business’ lot,” police said. That morning, state police recovered the change machine stolen from the Ross car wash as well as softballs, helmets, a catcher’s outfit and two gas cans.

Police said Trimbur next targeted another car wash, this time in Jackson Township. The change machine at Wash Me at 124 Perry Highway was damaged.

“The change machine was attempted to be removed or broken into, but the (Trimbur) failed,” police said.

Police said Trimbur then stole a pressure washer and generator from a home on Lindsay Road in Jackson Township.

The red Dodge Ram was spotted on multiple cameras throughout the county, including ones in Zelienople, Jackson Township and Cranberry Township.

“In the bed of the truck was a generator and a power washer,” said police of the camera footage.

The red Dodge Ram was then spotted parked outside the home of Trimbur’s girlfriend but he was able to avoid authorities, police said.

The red Dodge Ram was ditched near the location where a West Penn Power truck was stolen from an F-350, from a substation located off 441 Graham Road in Pine Township.

Police arrested Trimbur in the stolen F-350, which was included in his second set of charges. He was interviewed about the events pertinent to the third case.

Police said Trimbur admitted to stealing all of the vehicles, and he admitted to most of the crimes, except stealing the softball equipment. He said he didn’t remember that. Trimbur said tried to sell the pressure washer and generator for drug money.

“It should be noted that Trimbur was found to be in possession of a Dodge key along with a General Motors key during his apprehension,” police said.

Police said they later matched the keys to the U-Haul and the red Dodge Ram truck.