The incident involving a defendant from Upper Hanover Township occurred in the area of North Line Street in Hatfield earlier this month.
An Upper Hanover Township man who was admitted as a patient at Jefferson Lansdale Hospital has been charged with felony criminal trespassing and misdemeanor theft by unlawful taking after he allegedly fled the hospital into the woods and later broke into a residential garage earlier this month.
Hatfield Police allege Joshua Lawrence Beauseigneur, 32, of the 1400 block of Route 663, ran away from the hospital at 8:36 a.m. Oct. 15 and was last seen heading into the woods near North Line Street. Police said they were familiar with Beauseigneur from an incident the day prior in another jurisdiction.
While en route to check the area for Beauseigneur, a homeowner on the 1100 block of N. Line Street called police to report a man was walking around her property, per the complaint.
Upon arrival at the home, police found a garage door closed and police from another department confirmed Beauseigneur was locked inside, police said. Once more officers arrived on scene, the garage was opened and Beauseigneur was allegedly found hiding under a wooden table, per the affidavit. Beauseigneur was ordered to come out and he complied, and he was taken into custody to be transported back to the hospital, police said.
The homeowner told police she was in a second-floor kitchen, when she saw Beauseigneur on her property in between a pickup truck and a trailer, per the affidavit. The woman’s husband went outside to speak to the defendant, who was allegedly trying to open the locked trailer door.
Beauseigneur, police allege, then walked into the backyard, picked up a Roadmaster bicycle, got onto it, and started riding away toward the front of the home. When the homeowner asked Beauseigneur what he was doing, he dropped the bicycle, police said, to which the homeowner told him, “You are not allowed to be on my property, get out.”
Instead, police said Beauseigneur walked into the open, attached garage, disconnected the power to the building at the circuit breaker box, and then rummaged through various drawers.
Beauseigneur is free on $5,000 unsecured bail, per court records. A preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 19 at 9:30 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Andrea Duffy.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
