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<p>KINGSTON &#8212; Two are facing charges after police allege they burglarized two residences in Pringle.</p><p>Connie Mihalichko, 26, and Luke Galazin, 29, each face two counts each of burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property.</p><p>Officers from Kingston were dispatched to a residence on Kemp Street in Pringle for a reported burglary at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 27. The resident reported that his 24-inch Sony television was missing from his kitchen. The resident told officers that he believed someone entered the residence through an unlocked back door.</p><p>Police said the alleged victim also found a syringe on the second floor of the residence as he searched it. Officers took the syringe as evidence and swabbed it for DNA.</p><p>At 8:42 p.m., police were dispatched to another reported burglary on Courtright Street in Pringle. The victim reported that she entered the residence and found several items moved around and several dresser drawers opened.</p><p>Police said a rear window leading to the basement was smashed and slid open. The victim reported nearly $6,000 in jewelry missing.</p><p>Police searched the Precious Metal Database on Jan. 30 and were able to locate the missing jewelry as being sold to King Gold Exchange in Kingston by Galazin on Jan. 28. Police took photos of the jewelry at the store, and the alleged victim positively identified the jewelry as belonging to her.</p><p>Police took Galazin into custody from a residence in the 1000 block of Roosevelt Street in Edwardsville on Monday. Police said Mihalichko, identified as Galazin&#8217;s girlfriend, agreed to voluntarily come to police headquarters to talk to officers.</p><p>In an interview with police, Mihalichko allegedly admitted to entering both residences with Galazin. Mihalichko said she was walking with Galazin when she checked to see if the rear door of the residence on Kemp Street was open, according to police.</p><p>Mihalichko then allegedly made her way inside, entered a porch area, then opened the interior door leading inside and then closed it. She then allegedly told Galazin the door was open and waited in a wooded area before meeting back up with him approximately 30 minutes later.</p><p>The police report did not specify if Galazin or Mihalichko stole the television from the first residence.</p><p>Mihalichko allegedly told police the two entered the residence on Courtright Street, and that Galazin went inside and jewelry was stolen.</p><p>Mihalichko then told police the pair sold the jewelry at Leonardo&#8217;s in Kingston on the day of the alleged robbery, and at King Gold Exchange the next day.</p><p>In his interview with police, Galazin allegedly told police that Mihalichko was the one that went into the first house. Police also said Galazin alleged Mihalichko told him that she wanted money and she was going into a house.</p><p>Galazin further told police that Mihalichko got &#8220;a couple pieces of jewelry and coins&#8221; from the second house. Galazin allegedly admitted to selling jewelry at King Gold Exchange that Mihalichko gave to him.</p><p>Mihalichko and Galazin were each arraigned on their charges by District Judge Joseph Halesey on Wednesday. They are each scheduled for preliminary hearings before District Judge David Barilla at 9 a.m. on Feb. 23.</p><p>Both Mihalichko and Galazin were jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000 bail.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Travis Kellar</p><p>tkellar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Travis Kellar at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Man, woman charged with burglarizing residences in Pringle