Published March 14. 2014 05:00PM
The second man accused of entering a Lansford home on Feb. 27 has been arrested.
Brian Kehl, 30, who last lived in Summit Hill, was nabbed Thursday morning in Kline Township, according to borough police.Kehl is charged with robbery, criminal trespass and unlawful restraint of a minor. He's in Carbon County prison under $50,000 bail.Police were looking for Kehl, who, along with Joseph Becker, 31, of Coaldale, entered the West Water Street home.The men said they were looking for a man named Cody who owed them money.Kehl restrained a teenage boy who lives in the house, while Becker searched the house.The boy escaped when Kehl joined in the search, and ran to his grandfather's house next door.The grandfather, David Knittle, confronted Becker and Kehl with a 9 mm handgun.The men left, and Becker was caught a short time later.
Brian Kehl