A Harmony man is being held in jail with no bail allowed on charges related to several alleged burglaries and thefts in Ripley and Harmony, police said.

Jason Cunningham, 50, is facing one count of burglary, two counts of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, and one count of violation of condition of release in connection with two reported thefts in Ripley, according to Chief Deputy Mike Mitchell of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Cunningham, who is also facing charges from an unrelated burglary and theft in Harmony in May, was being held Friday at the Somerset County Jail in Madison, Mitchell said in a statement Friday. Bail has been denied, and Cunningham is due to appear in a Skowhegan courtroom on Aug. 6.
Cunningham was arrested July 15 after an investigation by Sheriff’s Office Detective Michael Lyman, Mitchell said. A utility trailer and tools were reported stolen in Ripley that day.
Lyman found most of the stolen property after obtaining and executing two search warrants at Cunningham’s Harmony residence, Mitchell said. The search also turned up property from another Ripley residence that was reported stolen July 12.
The value of the stolen property found by police exceeds $2,000, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
At the time of Cunningham’s recent arrest, he was out of jail on bail for another alleged burglary and theft in Harmony, which allegedly occurred May 28, Mitchell said.
In that case, Detective David Cole found more than $10,000 of stolen property when executing a search warrant at Cunningham’s residence, said Mitchell, who did not specify what items were found.
“Additional charges may be forthcoming once these cases have been reviewed by the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office,” Mitchell said.
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