Eastern, Pa. burglar cuts his hair, fries chicken

January 19, 2010 at 2:54p.m.

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania man is charged with breaking into a house where he cut his hair and fried chicken before being discovered.

Jose N. DeGracia is charged with breaking into the home in Easton, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. According to court documents, the homeowner returned home Sunday to discover him watching TV and cooking chicken.

Authorities say DeGracia threw a rock through a front door window to get inside and appeared to have cut his hair and taken a shower and rummaged through the house before he was discovered.

DeGracia faces burglary, criminal trespass and other charges. He is in jail on $15,000 bail.