PORT JERVIS – A Milford, Pennsylvania man was arrested by Port Jervis Police and charged with breaking into the Port Jervis Market Place, formerly Sav-a-Lot, on Jersey Avenue, and stole money during the early morning hours of April 17,
James Purcell, 32, was wanted on a Port Jervis City Court bench warrant. He was charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor drug possession after he was found in possession of several bags of heroin. He was also charged with failure to appear on a bench warrant issued in 2014.
Purcell was sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail on the burglary and larceny charges and an additional $2,400 cash bail on the drug possession charge.
