SouthSide Man Was Wanted in N.Y. Burglary: Police

Bethlehem police Tuesday afternoon arrested a SouthSide man wanted for a March burglary in upstate New York in a case that also may have involved a stabbing.

A warrant out of Endicott, N.Y., says Pedro Garcia-Ayala, 36, used a “sharp-edged instrument” on two people, causing “multiple physical injuries.”

The warrant describes the incident as a burglary in the first degree, adding that Garcia-Ayala “entered a dwelling with the intent to commit assault.”

A March 27 story on the website of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports that a man and woman were injured in a stabbing around 3 a.m. on that day at 1701 Watson Blvd. in Endicott, which is west of Binghamton.

In Bethlehem, Det. Sean Molony writes in a criminal complaint that Garcia-Ayala was already at police headquarters when another officer informed Molony about the burglary warrant. The complaint does not say why the man was already at police headquarters.

Garcia-Ayala, of 603 Aaron St., Apt. C, was arraigned by on-duty District Judge Jackie Taschner of Palmer Township and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.