KERHONKSON – State Police have charged an Olive man with trying to burglarize Cancelliere’s Pizzeria on Route 209 in Kerhonkson in the overnight hours on Wednesday and they say he may have been involved in other commercial burglaries in the area during the same timeframe.

William Monarch, 38, has been charged with third-degree attempted burglary, a felony, and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.

Police said Monarch allegedly attempted to burglarize the pizzeria and in the process damaged store property.

Troopers also received several reports of commercial burglaries during the same overnight hours and police said Monarch is considered a suspect. All of those burglaries were of commercial establishments where damage occurred to property and money and product were stolen.

The investigation is continuing in an effort to tie Monarch to those burglaries, police said.

He was arraigned and remanded to the Ulster County jail without bail.