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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A teenager from Allentown was arraigned Thursday on charges he smashed a window and burglarized a city business last year.</p><p>Shaquan Rogers Jordan, 19, allegedly used a rock to smash a window at Valdez Buy &amp; Sell, 502 Hazle St., and reached inside to unlock the door Sept. 21.</p><p>Unbeknownst to Jordan, the owner of the business and two employees were just feet away.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>Owner Leo Gomez told city police he had just closed the business and was getting ready to drive away in a van with two employees, Robin Hogena and Samuel Suriel, when he spotted Jordan.</p><p>Gomez said Jordan looked inside the store, picked up a rock and threw it to smash a window.</p><p>Jordan then reached inside to unlock the door when Suriel jumped out of the van to confront him.</p><p>Suriel suffered a minor laceration on his head.</p><p>Gomez told police Jordan ran toward Blackman Street but returned with several men. He claimed Jordan had a handgun and threatened them.</p><p>Jordan ran away when Gomez called 911.</p><p>Gomez told police he was familiar with Jordan as he had been inside the business several times.</p><p>Jordan was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail.</p><style>
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Allentown man charged with burglarizing Wilkes-Barre business