A State College homeless man is behind bars for allegedly stalking a woman whose wallet he found and returned two weeks ago.
State College police arrested Brandon George, 32, on Sunday after a woman called to report that he had allegedly come to her home and knocked on the door repeatedly over the previous three days.
According to court documents, George had found her wallet filled with cash earlier this month and returned it to the woman.
Ginny Poorman, executive director of Hearts for Homeless, says George called the shelter after finding the wallet on a park bench and asked for help finding the owner.
“At that point, Brandon had called us to ask us to take it, saying ‘this is too tempting, I don’t want to spend this money, it’s not what God wants me to do,’” Poorman says.
After shelter staff tracked the woman down through social media and mutual friends, George was able to return the wallet.
According to court documents, George then began visiting the woman’s apartment uninvited and pounding on her door, causing the woman to feel uncomfortable.
On Sunday, George knocked on the woman’s door again, but left when she called 911. Police say they found George nearby and that he smelled of alcohol and marijuana.
Police say George appeared intoxicated and was unable to follow instructions. After being taken into custody for public drunkenness, a search reportedly found a marijuana joint in his pocket.
George faces misdemeanor charges of stalking, drug possession, public drunkenness and a minor harassment charge. He is being held in the Centre County Correctional on $15,000 bail while awaiting a July 8 preliminary hearing.
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