A Schuylkill County man was jailed after being charged with burglary and related counts.

State police at Frackville said Christopher Michael Pate, 38, New Philadelphia, has been charged with entering a vacant home along Valley Street in his hometown and removing a furnace, sometime between 3 and 4:30 p.m. on March 30. Troopers said Pate apparently abandoned his efforts leaving the furnace on the berm of the street to flee before the arrival of police.

Through an investigation, Pate was identified and charged. He was arraigned on Wednesday before District Judge David A. Plachko, of Port Carbon, and committed to the county prison in Pottsville after failing to post 10 percent of $10,000 bail.