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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; Just days after Patrick Evans posted bail granting his release from jail on drug trafficking charges in Nanticoke, city police obtained an arrest warrant charging him with assaulting an ex-girlfriend and burglarizing her residence.
				Evans, 40, last known address as 147 Elizabeth St., Pittston, is accused of burglarizing a residence on Johnson Street and assaulting a woman when she arrived home on March 17.
				Court records say it is the second time Evans has allegedly burglarized the woman&rsquo;s Johnson Street residence since January.
				Six days before the alleged burglary and assault on March 17, Evans was released from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility after he posted $50,000 bail through a bail bondsman on March 11.
				Evans was jailed on drug trafficking offenses filed by Nanticoke police after a search warrant was executed at an apartment he lived at in the 200 block of East Ridge Street on Feb. 27.
				Authorities said they found a large amount of packaged bags of methamphetamine, heroin, paraphernalia and a shotgun and shotgun shells when Evans&rsquo; apartment was searched, court records say.
				Police in Nanticoke said Evans is a convicted felon and prohibited from carrying, owning and possessing a firearm.
				According to the latest criminal complaint by Wilkes-Barre police:
				A woman told police she arrived home and encountered Evans inside on March 17. She claimed Evans headbutted her, breaking her nose.
				Police said the woman had blood on her face.
				When the woman called 911, Evans hotwired a motorcycle and sped away.
				An arrest warrant was issued by District Judge Thomas F. Malloy Sr. charging Evans with burglary, criminal trespass, theft, simple assault and harassment.
				Before Evans got arrested by Nanticoke police, Evans was free on $50,000 bail he posted Jan. 21 on charges he burglarized the woman&rsquo;s residence on Johnson Street on Jan. 15. She encountered Evans inside her house when she arrived home, court records say.
				Evans is facing burglary, criminal trespass, harassment and criminal mischief charges for the Jan. 15 incident.
				In a related case, Evans pleaded guilty to simple assault when he assaulted the woman inside her residence Sept. 23.

Arrest warrant issued for man on burglary, assault charges