ELLENVILLE, NY — New York State Police have arrested a man from Michigan who stole five grams of marijuana from a house in which his girlfriend was staying.

Police say Joshua Hotaver, 23, on August 14, while armed with a .22 caliber revolver, forced his estranged girlfriend to let him into her house. Once inside he stole the marijuana, and tried to force the woman to go back to Michigan with him.

They left the home, but when Hotaver went back into the residence to retrieve some additional items, the woman was able to leave the area and call for assistance.

Hotaver was arrested and charged with burglary and criminal use of a firearm and remanded to Ulster County Jail without bail.