A Spring Creek man has pleaded guilty to several of the charges filed against him over a several day span in February.

Robert R. Hall made pleas in four separate dockets before Judge Gregory Hammond last week. The first set of charges filed against Hall came after the Pennsylvania State Police responded to a report of an alleged hostage situation at a Pittsfield Township residence in late February. Hall pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault filed against him after the incident while charges of unlawful restraint, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize others, harassment and cruelty to animals were not prosecuted.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, police responded to the call that Hall was allegedly holding a person against their will with a knife. According to the affidavit, when state troopers arrived, a woman said Hall had been “holding her in the house against her will and had been hitting her and her dog.”

Hall had allegedly prevented the victim from leaving for three days, taken her cell phone, and sat on the couch with the woman, telling her that if she tried to leave or contact anyone, he would kill her.

The affidavit also said Hall allegedly punched the woman multiple times, dragged the woman by her hair into the bedroom and told her he was going to hang himself and make her watch. The woman’s service dog allegedly attempted to bite Hall, according to the affidavit.

The woman was able to connect an old phone she was given by Hall to play games on to Wi-Fi and send a Facebook message to a friend asking them to call 911 while he slept at her feet with a butcher knife.

A second set of charges was later filed from the same weekend by the State Police after Hall allegedly broke into Lottsville Millings Inc. in Freehold Township and stole $160 worth of merchandise while allegedly committing $300 worth of damage inside the store on Feb. 24. Troopers responded to the store on Feb. 25. Surveillance footage captured the incident, and footage from the Lottsville Millings cameras was similar to footage captured by State Police at Warren who were investigating another burglary at a store in Sugar Grove. Two burglaries took place within minutes of each other and were a few miles apart. The person identified was driving a dark colored Ford Explorer that had running board brackets but no running boards.

The State Police at Warren executed a search warrant at Hall’s home on Feb. 27 and recovered a calculator allegedly stolen from Lottsville Millings and seized clothing police say was worn by Hall during both incidents. Police also report finding the same vehicle as was identified on the surveillance footage. Police then interviewed Hall at the Warren County Jail on March 3.

“During the interview, Hall was shown still images from the Lottsville Milling burglary and identified himself as the person in the photos,” the affidavit states. “He stated that he had taken his wife’s Xanax medication before committing the crime and that he remembered very little of what occurred that night.”

Hall pleaded guilty to second-degree felony burglary and criminal mischief in relation to the incident while charges of theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and retail theft were not prosecuted. Hall will pay $476 in restitution.

Hall pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault on a third docket, with charges of false imprisonment and harassment not prosecuted. On a fourth docket, Hall pleaded guilty to second-degree felony burglary while charges of second-degree felony criminal trespass, third-degree retail theft and criminal mischief were not prosecuted. Hall will pay $2,236.47 in restitution to Darling’s Pharmacy.

The charges stem from a Feb. 24 incident where Hall stole $4,770 worth of items from the Sugar Grove pharmacy while also causing $4,400 worth of damage during the break-in.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, the State Police at Warren responded to a burglary alarm Feb. 24 at Darling’s Pharmacy in Sugar Grove and saw the front window of the pharmacy had been broken with blood seen on the glass and inside the pharmacy. Several swabs of blood were collected as evidence. Video surveillance showed a man wearing athletic shorts with facial hair had broken the front window with an ice scraper that was left at the scene along with pills, eye drops and lollipops. Two days after the burglary, an area resident said he had seen a vehicle driven by a man who looked like the man whose picture had been posted on social media parked near Caitlin Hill Road and Forest Street and the man staggering across the road. Additional video footage from the Kwik Fill in Sugar Grove showed a vehicle similar to the one described by the eyewitness while State Police at Corry were investigating another incident possibly involving a similar vehicle. A pharmacist at the CVS Pharmacy in Corry also called the State Police at Warren saying he had received a call from the Warren County Jail regarding medications for Hall, and the pharmacist then said he recognized Hall from the social media post regarding the burglary at Darling’s Pharmacy.

The state trooper who arrested Hall for a previous domestic incident showed body camera footage allegedly showing Hall wearing similar clothing to the man who broke into Darlin’s Pharmacy, Hall’s wife allegedly owned a vehicle similar to the vehicle seen in video surveillance and it appeared Hall had injuries according to the body camera footage.

Troopers then went to Hall’s home and spoke with Hall’s wife.

“(She) immediately reacted to the photographs,” the affidavit states. “(She) believes the male inside Darling’s Pharmacy was her husband, Robert Hall. (She) was asked how certain she was. (Sue) stated she was certain the male in the photograph was Robert Hall. Not only did it appear to be Hall, but (she) stated he had committed similar crimes in the past.”

Troopers investigated the vehicle, noted damage to the interior and received a search warrant to search the vehicle as well as Hall’s home. A number of items were seized, including many items with “Darling’s Pharmacy” tags on them.

“Bulk plastic pill bottles that were missing from Darling’s Pharmacy that were not available for purchase were observed and seized from Hall’s residence,” the affidavit states.

According to the affidavit, Hall admitted to breaking the front window of Darling’s Pharmacy and stealing several items, including medication.

“Hall had lacerations to his legs and still had pieces of glass in his legs from the broken window,” the affidavit states. “Hall stated he made the decision to break in and steal medication because he had taken his wife’s medication and he needed a way to try and make it right with her.”