An Elmira man has been arrested after he allegedly broke into the JCPenney store in Big Flats.
According to the Chemung County Sheriff’s Office, 61-year-old Eric J. Williams allegedly used a large rock to break through the glass doors of the store and sustained a cut on his arm during the incident.
He was taken to the Arnot Ogden Medical Center to be treated and then arrested and charged with burglary in the third degree, a Class D felony, and criminal mischief in the third degree, a Class E felony.
The Chemung County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Horseheads Police, West Elmira Police, Elmira Heights Police, the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit and the New York State Police.
