Commonwealth v. Melnyczenko

Opinion by

Spaeth, J.,

At 9:00 p.m. on December 9, 1971, Ethel Shingle returned from a visit to her husband in the hospital to discover that their home had been burglarized and ransacked. Among the items taken were a shotgun, a rifle, a pistol, two watches, and a ring. The police were summoned, and they took some items from the premises to check for fingerprints.

At 1:38 a.m. on February 19, 1972, Patrolman Speth of the Spring Township police went to the Peiffer Grocery Store in West Wyomissing in response to a radio call that a burglary was in progress. At the store he met the owner and Chief…