By CBS3 Staff
DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) – Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a man wanted in the home invasion of his 80-year-old adoptive mother in Delaware County. Police say 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty was taken into custody around 5 p.m. Thursday.
Investigators say Dougherty forcefully entered the woman’s Middletown Township home armed with a hammer on Feb. 11.
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The vehicle was later recovered.
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