Year In Business Was Full Of Promise

Abduction Attempt Reported

By BONNIE ADAMS; Times Leader Staff Writer
 Saturday, December 27, 1997 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 3A 





WILKES-BARRE- A teenager sent to the Luzerne County Juvenile Detention
Center in connection with carrying a hat containing more than $50,000 turned
himself in Friday after reportedly escaping last weekend. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "He's not getting any breaks," District Attorney Peter Paul Olszewski Jr.
said Friday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sixteen-year-old Charles Baldrica walked into the center at 10:45 a.m.,
said Chief Probation Officer Sandra Brulo. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Charles did not indicate where he has been since Sunday," she said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Parrish Street teen and three 18-year-old boys are accused of kicking
open two doors and escaping from the center Sunday evening. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Police said the three 18-year-olds were apprehended a short time later at a
home at Linden and Madison streets. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "It's always a danger to the community when juveniles escape," Olszewski
said. "We're going to treat them very harshly." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Arraigned Tuesday and charged with escape, a third-degree felony, and
institutional vandalism, a second-degree misdemeanor, were: Jamie Houseknecht,
RR1, Hunlock Creek; Brian Rush, Lincoln Plaza, Wilkes-Barre; and James
O'Brien, West Chestnut Street, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Those same charges will be included in a juvenile petition to be filed
against Baldrica early next week, said county detective Larry Fabian. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Fabian said the detention center could handle the matter internally and
determine what action to take. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The other option is to petition Luzerne County Orphans' Court because of
Baldrica's history and the severity of the current charges, he said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 An Ashley police officer stopped Baldrica and another teen on Dec. 3. The
boys were carrying a large amount of cash, police said. Authorities believe
most of the money came from a burglary of an elderly resident of the Rolling
Mill Hill section of Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Brulo said Baldrica will be sent to the Luzerne County Correctional
Facility because the escape charge is a felony. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The juvenile probation officer was in the center's hallway when Baldrica
returned. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We were glad he was back, saves us time looking for him," Brulo said. "We
were glad he was OK." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Olszewski said he was not aware that Baldrica caused any problems while
missing. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Charles Baldrica &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Teenage Escapee Turns Himself In Da Says Surrender Won't Result In Any Breaks