30-06-2025
Nanticoke man faces charges after breaking into Taylor home
A Nanticoke man faces charges after breaking into a Taylor residence twice on Wednesday, police said.
Officers responded to the 200 block of West Taylor Street around 8:14 p.m. on a report of an intoxicated male who broke into a home and started attacking people, including his father, according to a criminal complaint. Once on scene, officers were informed the man, who was wearing a tan shirt and tan pants, had fled through an alley, police said.
The caller told county dispatchers the man — later identified as Michael Frazier — broke into the home and attacked him and his juvenile son, officers said.
The juvenile told officers Frazier doesn't live with them but stops by when he donates plasma, according to the criminal complaint. He added Frazier had a couple of drinks in the pool, became drunk and started becoming aggressive before being removed from the residence, police said.
However, Frazier later broke back into the home through a rear window and kicked in the front door, according to the criminal complaint.
The juvenile told officers Frazier fought with him, and he showed investigators a bruise on his leg where Frazier kicked him, police said.
The father intervened when Frazier became more aggressive and threatened the juvenile, officers said.
An officer found Frazier in the parking lot behind the Taylor Deli, police said. Frazier refused to talk with officers, saying he would speak only to his attorney, according to the criminal complaint.
Police charged Frazier with criminal trespass, terroristic threats, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, harassment and public drunkenness.
As of Monday, Frazier, 24, remained in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for July 9 at 9:30 a.m.
