A 41-year-old person of interest in his stepfather’s killing was under arrest in Bucks County on Thursday on drug charges after triggering a manhunt.
Brian Joseph Carey was arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, court records showed. He is considered a person of interest in the killing of his 78-year-old stepfather, Joseph Michael Jakimowicz.
Police found Jakimowicz dead inside his home on the 700 block of Winder Drive in Bristol Township on Tuesday night. His death was ruled a homicide.
Investigators initially said they believed Carey was driving his stepfather’s silver 2006 Chevy Trailblazer. On Wednesday they found that vehicle empty in Philadelphia.
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State troopers arrested Carey in Trumbauersville Borough, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.
Court records showed Carey was being held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility in Doylestown on $750,000 bail. The records did not list an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
