NEW YORK — Nine years before he was accused of killing four college students in Idaho, Bryan Kohberger was arrested in his native Pennsylvania and charged with misdemeanor theft for allegedly stealing his sister's iPhone, according to records reviewed by ABC News.
It was Kohberger's father, Michael, who reported the incident to police, according to the court records.
Monroe County, Pennsylvania, offers first-time offenders the opportunity to enter into a pretrial program called"Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition," which allows for charges to be dropped and the record to be"expunged" once the accused successfully completes probation. A source briefed on the case told ABC News the alleged 2014 incident is now a subject of inquiry for prosecutors in Idaho, as they prepare for an impending capital trial that could start as early as October.
ABC News contributor Robert Boyce, the retired chief of detectives for the New York City Police Department, said,"What you look for now, is, was this a foundational moment, and was this a precursor for things to come."Bryan Kohberger is due to appear at the Latah County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, for another in an ongoing series of pretrial hearings connected to the murder case. He is being held without bail at the Latah County Jail.
Back in Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, Bryan Kohberger had"recently exited a rehab center and rejoined the family," his father told police, according to the records reviewed by ABC News. Home from rehab, Bryan took his sister Melissa's iPhone, which had an estimated value of $400, Michael Kohberger told police, according to the records.
"It all goes to the assessment of his character -- it may also help me when I interview other people about him, because I may know what the right questions are to ask going in," Frankel added. After a more than six-week hunt, according to police documents, police zeroed in on Bryan Kohberger as a suspect, tracking his white Hyundai Elantra, cellphone signal data, and recovering what authorities say was his DNA on a knife sheath found next to one of the victims' bodies.
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