Michael David Riehl, 43, of Paradise, was caught on South Belmont Road, after he allegedly broke into a nearby building on Quarry Road, Cpl. Lawrence Wallick said.

The activation of motion alarms at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday alerted Ivan Beiler King, 33, that someone was on his property at 4 Quarry Road, Paradise, which is about 11-w miles south of Route 30.

When King checked a building, he heard noises and then saw a person inside the office area, Wallick said.

The intruder fled on foot, runing east on Quarry Road and then south on Belmont Road. King followed him on a scooter. Troopers then arrived and took Riehl into custody, Wallick said.

Riehl was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and theft, and was committed to Lancaster County Prison in default of $10,000 bail, police said.

On Wednesday night, Lancaster state police searched for a “peeping tom’’ suspect in Salisbury Township.

A resident who lives in the area of 5200 block of Old Philadelphia Pike near Snake Lane, which is west of White Horse, called the Lancaster barracks at 9:25 p.m. He had seen a strange man looking into the window of a neighboring home, trying to get a glimpse of a female, Trooper Josh Whiteside said.

The man had both his hands and face pressed against the window, the caller told police.

When the caller asked the man what he was doing , the man replied that “he was looking for his dog,’’ which he described as a white German shepherd with a black rear leg. The man told the neighbor he had been looking for the dog for several hours, Whiteside said.

The man then fled on foot. Lancaster troopers and a K-9 unit from the West Brandywine Police Department in Chester County searched for the suspect for about an hour, but could not find him.

The fleeing man was described a a white male, 5-foot-8 or 5-foot-9 inches tall, with a stocky build. He wore a black sweatshirt and gray pants when the neighbor saw him.

Anyone with information about the suspect, who is being sought for loitering-prowling at night, is asked to contact Trooper Whiteside at 299-7650.

Lancaster City police this morning were holding Luis Oscar Sanchez Jr., 32, of 516 Fairview Ave., on charges of resisting arrest, possession of a small amount of marijuana, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct.

City police bicycle officers smelled marijuana when they passed a group of people on a porch at 511 Pershing Ave., shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Officer David Rachor said.

Sanchez ran from the porch and then scuffled with officers in the middle of the 500 block of Pershing Avenue, where there was vehicle traffic, said Rachor, whose watch was broken during the struggle.

Police found a sandwich bag containing a small amount of suspected marijuana when they took Sanchez into custody, Rachor said.

Also on Wednesday night, city police investigated more reports of vandals shooting paintballs and other objects at buildings and vehicles, mostly in the southeast area.

There were about 10 such reports, Lancaster County Control said. A window at a small chruch at South Queen and Andrew streets was shattered by a projectile, and paintballs struck a tractor-trailer backing up at the Turkey Hill Minit Market at South Duke and Chester streets, police said.

Vandalism also was reported at the Paradise-Leaman Place Fire Co. at 5 Hershey Ave., Paradise.

Unknown suspects on Monday night spray-painted graffiti on several walls of the fire company building and on two smaller buildings. Trooper Joseph M. Harper said.

The graffiti included the word “shockers’’ and the symbol of ak within a circle, police said.

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