Police say a Kelayres man set a booby trap with a pickax and knife overhead an entranceway at a home in Kline Township.

State police at Frackville went to the 200 block of North Street in Kelayres on Feb. 2 to serve an involuntary commitment warrant on Ronald Riffon, 53.

Police said the home was not fit for occupancy because it had no heat, running water or electricity. Riffon was found asleep on a bed behind a plastic curtain. Police noticed the booby trap “ominously” mounted with a “string type activation mechanism.”

They took him into custody and charged him with possessing instruments of crime and recklessly endangering another person. A preliminary hearing is set for 1 p.m. March 23 in Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer’s courtroom.