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ROCHESTER - A Rochester man waived his probable cause hearing to felony burglary and assault charges on Wednesday in Rochester District Court in a case in which Rochester Police used sophisticated tracking of cyber communications to close in on him, including phone records, text messages and Facebook.

Jeffrey Emmons, 35, of 26 Soapstone Lane, was finally arrested June 26 after a medical call on Soapstone Lane, more than three months after the attack.

The original incident happened way back on March 16 around 10:45 a.m. when it is alleged Emmons and another man broke into a residence on Manatee Drive in Saks Mobile Home Park and assaulted a man in an effort to steal money they thought was in the residence.

The 29-year-old victim of the attack told police he recognized the voice of one of his masked attackers and that he saw them depart in a red vehicle, according to a police affidavit.

The victim also reported that the man whose voice he recognized along with another acquaintance both knew he had a large sum of money hidden in a stereo speaker as they had visited him prior to the attack.

The victim, who received nonlife-threatening injuries in the attack, said he moved the money after the pair left the first time and before he was assaulted.

The next day police went to the home of the man whose voice the victim recognized and found a red vehicle in the driveway with similar tire tread to those seen on Manatee Drive the day before.

A search warrant procured the man's cellphone and text messages which pointed to another possible suspect, who was contacted through a wireless network to an area code 508 number later traced to Emmons.

Text messages between Emmons and his possible accomplice a couple of hours before the attack indicated the two needed money for drugs and after the attack they would have plenty, according to the affidavit.

Police also found that the other suspect in the case showed a Facebook contact for Emmons, and were able to then get Emmons phone number, which showed two conversations between the two the morning of the attack.

The day after the burglary, meanwhile, a message on the anonymous cyber line associated with Emmons tells his alleged accomplice to withhold his name in connection with the 508 number.

Police interviewed Emmons several times and subsequently filed an arrest warrant.

Emmons, who now also faces a witness or informant tampering charge as well, is currently out on bail and awaiting indictment by a Strafford County Superior Court grand jury.

He could face up to 21 years in state prison if convicted on all charges.

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