Warren man charged with burglary

WARREN

Norman J. MacLachlan, 45, of Jefferson Street Southwest and Ohio Avenue Northwest was charged with aggravated burglary Thursday after residents of a house on Logan Avenue Southeast said McLachlan came to the house with a baseball bat and a gun at 7:15 a.m. and threatened people there with them.

A woman said MacLachlan came to the door with the bat and gun and pointed the gun at her, trying to open the door, but she blocked him from coming in. MacLachlan then walked away, waving the gun and hitting light poles with the bat.

MacLachlan said he had come to the house seeking the return of money he was owed. Police found MacLachlan nearby and confiscated a bat from him but didn’t find a gun.

MacLachlan pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Warren Municipal Court and is being held in the Trumbull County jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.