The Kelayres man charged with setting a booby trap for police had his hearing continued.

Ronald Riffon was scheduled for a preliminary hearing March 23 in District Magistrate Stephen Bayer’s courtroom but it was continued to 10 a.m. May 25.

Police say he set the trap with a pickax and knife above an entranceway at a home in Kline Township. Police responded to the 200 block of North Street in Kelayres Feb. 2 to serve an involuntary commitment warrant.

Police say the home was not fit for occupancy because it had no heat, running water or electricity. He was found asleep on a bed behind a plastic curtain. Police noticed the booby trap “ominously” mounted with a “string type activation mechanism.”

They took him into custody and charged him with possessing instruments of crime and recklessly endangering another person.