A Joliett man was jailed Monday after being charged by Pottsville police with violating a Protection From Abuse order.
Police said officers were called about 6:30 p.m. to The Holistic Healing Spa, 11 Westwood Road, Pottsville, and determined that Thomas A. Starrett, 50, went to the business, entered and had contact with his estranged wife, who has a current PFA order against him.
The order, police said, bans Starrett from being on the premises or having any contact with the woman.
Starrett fled the area before officers arrived but, with the assistance of state police at Schuylkill Haven, was located at a residence in Frieden Manor where he was taken into custody, police said.
Starrett was charged with indirect criminal contempt for violating the PFA order as well as a separate charge of criminal trespass.
He was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge David J. Rossi, Tremont, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $25,000 on each of the charges.
Starrett was charged by Pottsville police for a similar incident at the spa on Oct. 5 where he threatened to shoot his estranged wife, business patrons and himself but fled the scene to the Joliett area without harming anyone.
Police said they learned that Starrett tracked his estranged wife to a residence in that area and tried to gain access but had been unsuccessful and fled.
With the assistance of various law enforcement agencies, he was located and taken into custody at a residence in Frieden Manor.
At the time of Monday’s incident, Starrett was on bail on charges from the Oct. 5 incident that included terroristic threats, simple assault and persistent disorderly conduct, police said.