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Police allege in court papers filed Friday that Michael Metro Drabyk couldn’t stay away from his estranged wife.
Newtown Township police, who patrol Wrightstown, received a call last Friday around 3:50 p.m. They were dispatched after a resident who claimed Drabyk, 60, of Doylestown, was her estranged husband and was trying to get into her house on Rushland Road called 9-1-1. The woman said she had an active Protection From Abuse (PFA) order against the 60 year old, police said.
Cpl. Paul Deppi responded to the call in Wrightstown and requested additional officers, including those from Buckingham and Warwick, to respond to the Rushland Road home.
Drabyk’s estranged wife locked herself on an outside balcony and was heard screaming and crying when patrol officers arrived, police said. They added that Drabyk’s estranged wife told them her daughter was also in the house.
Arriving officers immediately began to set up a perimeter around the Rushland Road dwelling as Deppi and Buckingham Patrolman Jack Roussel attempted to gain entry to the home through the open garage. However, the interior garage door was locked and had to be kicked open, police said.
Once the door was kicked in, officers made entry to the home and began searching the house. At the top of the steps, they spotted Drabyk and told him to “put your hands up,” police said.
Instead of complying with officers, Drabyk ran into a bedroom and screamed his daughter’s name. She was then spotted running out of the bedroom and officers took Drabyk into custody in the room, police said.
As Drabyk was leaving the house, he allegedly called his wife’s name.
While at the Newtown Township police station, Drabyk requested medical assistance and was taken St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown. He was shortly thereafter cleared and released to police custody, court papers state.
In a supplementary police affidavit, officers said Drabyk had cash, electronic equipment and pictures of himself as entered the home of his estranged wife, police said.
According to the court papers, Drabyk entered several rooms in the house, damaged pictures, removed tools and broke an exterior window.
In addition to the patrol officers, Detective Jason Harris responded to process the scene.
Drabyk was arraigned on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, loitering and prowling and mischief. An additional charge of indirect criminal contempt was filed.
Drabyk was sent to Bucks County prison on 10 percent of $250,000 bail.
According to county court records, Drabyk is awaiting trial for terroristic threats, simple assault and other charges in relation to a June arrest by Newtown Township police. He was out on bail on that case.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
