Stolen bicycle leads to drug charge

When searching Burdge, police found two needles in his pocket. Burdge also had a backpack, which contained a cutting tool. The bicycle was secured with a lock, and police say it was cut with a similar cutting tool.

Burdge was cited for receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor of the first degree and possessing drug abuse instruments, a misdemeanor of the first degree due to a similar prior conviction.

Burdge was taken to the Butler County Jail on the two charges along with an outstanding warrant for possessing drug abuse instruments.

Burdge is scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. Oct. 24 in Area I Court in Oxford.