A man accused of vandalizing a McDonald Borough police cruiser with a baseball bat in April has pleaded guilty after a months-long search.

Video from the overnight hours of April 20 shows the suspect, Jacob Tigner, dressed in all black, carrying a baseball bat and approaching the McDonald Police Department.

Police say he beat on the station windows and shook the doors while wearing a ski mask, and later smashed the cruiser.

"We saw that a person carrying a baseball bat with a ski mask on came down and beat on the window of the police station and shook the doors trying to open them," said Chief Tim Motte.

Investigators obtained two search warrants that led them to further interviews, which confirmed Tigner was the man. But, he wasn't in Washington County. A cell phone ping put him in

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