A homeless man was jailed on charges that he broke into Tamaqua police Chief Michael Hobbs’ home on May 22.

According to police, Jarrod Bowman, 39, last known address of Tamaqua, is facing charges of criminal trespass and defiant trespass.

Tamaqua police said they were called about a “suspicious” man looking into yards in the area of Lincoln Street around 10 a.m.

The man, later identified as Bowman, then laid down in the middle of a street. Police said that when they arrived, Bowman was no longer there.

Officers, however, spotted Rush Township police parked near Hobbs’ home. Rush officers asked Tamaqua police if they knew who had just exited Hobbs’ home. That’s when Tamaqua police saw Bowman in the area, and realized that he matched the description of the “suspicious” man.

Officers stopped him and asked if he was talking to Hobbs at the house, and Bowman said he was.

Tamaqua police said Bowman then entered the home again through a rear door.

The police phoned Hobbs to determine whether he had been speaking to Bowman. Hobbs said that he wasn’t, and he would check his house.

Rush and Tamaqua police went to the door, where they heard Hobbs yelling that Bowman had no business being on his property.

Hobbs was able to take Bowman to the ground, and officers took him into custody.

Bowman was arraigned on the charges before Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer and committed to the Schuylkill County Prison on $25,000 straight cash bail.