A Watertown man and an alleged teen accomplice face a charge that they committed a daytime burglary at a Columbia Street home.

Roger D. Brogdan Jr., 23, of 730 W. Main St., and Jared M. Thomas, 16, of 307 S. Rutland St., were charged by Watertown police Thursday with second-degree burglary and petit larceny.

It is alleged that just after noon Thursday, the pair entered 1641 Columbia St. and Mr. Brogdan stole a PlayStation 3 game belonging to Muranda Johnson, while Mr. Thomas stole $106 in cash, $33 in gift cards, a pellet gun and paddles for the PlayStation.

Police said they fled the residence when someone returned home, but were apprehended with the assistance of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department’s K9 unit and tracks left in the snow.

Both were arraigned Friday before acting City Judge Catherine J. Palermo and ordered held without bail at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building.

Thousands of readers like you have made Northern New York Newspapers the number one ranked website* for local news and sports coverage in the north country.

You can continue on to this article in a few seconds, or you can visit one of our websites:

• Watertown Daily Times
• The Ogdensburg Journal
• Daily Courier-Observer