(Sandy Giordano/Beaver County Radio)

(Hopewell Township, PA) An Erie County man was arrested in conjunction with a robbery in Beaver County.

33-year-old James Hribar entered the Snowy White Laundromat on West Main Street in Hopewell Township on May 24, 2023. He opened the cash boxes for the lottery machines using a crowbar, according to police, and took the money. He didn’t stop there, according to police, as he went to another business in the township, attempting to use the crowbar to open those machines. He was identified by people to township police, according to Detective Greg Durkos.

Durkos said Hribar is lodged in the Erie County Jail and will be extradited back to Beaver County for his hearing here. Detective Durkos didn’t have information on what Hribar is in jail for in Erie.

He is being charged with theft by unlawful taking and criminal mischief and a preliminary hearing is set for Monday, July 7, 2023 at 8:45 a.m. in Beaver County Central Court.