Tired of Electric Bills, Man Breaks Meter, Police Say

Easton police say a West Ward man damaged his ex-girlfriend's electric meter because he was tired of paying her utility bill.

Jeremy Andrew Labarre, 39, of the first block of S. 13th Street, was charged Saturday with criminal mischief, criminal trespass, possession of an instrument of crime and harassment.

According to court records, Labarre's ex-girlfriend told police he had come to her home—at a different S. 13th Street address—and cut the line running into her electric meter.

Police say Labarre told them he severed the line because he didn't want to pay his ex-girlfriend's eletric bill.

Labarre was arraigned before District Judge Daniel Corpora in Easton and sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.