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Ohio Township Police

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Brian Flesher Charged With String of Burglaries in Pine, Other Communities

Break-ins occurred in McCandless, Franklin Park, Ross, Pine, Ohio and Moon townships.

When Brian Flesher met with police at the beginning of December, he told them he wanted to get everything out in the open so he could begin to get help for his drug addiction, according to a criminal complaint. "Everything" included burglaries at homes and a business in McCandless, Franklin Park, Ross, Pine, and Ohio townships, court documents state. The 26-year-old Pittsburgh man now sits in the Allegheny County Jail, unable to post bail, facing a multitude of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy charges.  Flesher also is charged in Moon Township with stealing jewelry from a Shafer Road home.   In nearly every burglary, Flesher kicked in a side or rear door to gain entry into the home; he told police he …

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