A Penacook man charged with stealing thousands of dollars in artwork from the Kimball-Jenkins Estate was in court yesterday facing a new round of charges - including burglary, drug possession and breach of bail - stemming from an incident earlier this week, the police said.

Kirby Griffith, 26, of 64 High St., was arrested by the Boscawen police about 11 p.m. Thursday night after a woman called to report that Griffith, whom she said she knew, had broken into her King Street apartment through a bathroom window. According to a police affidavit, the woman said Griffith walked into her bedroom and lifted the covers off her head. The records did not specify Griffith's relationship to the woman, but she told the police she knew him and did not invite him inside. She said she escorted Griffith out the back door of her apartment, the filings said.

When the officers arrived at the apartment, she told them Griffith was staying with friends who lived in the same complex, the records said. When the officers arrived at the unit, one went to the front door and the other walked around back, they said.

"While Sgt. Wyman was at the front door knocking, Officer Drouin observed movement through the rear door" and observed a man meeting Griffith's description "place something behind a book in a box on the kitchen table" before greeting Wyman at the front door, the affidavit said.

The police said Griffith let them into the apartment, where he told the officers that he'd been invited to the woman's residence and when she didn't answer the door, he took the screen out of the bathroom window and went in.

While in the apartment, one of the officers observed "material needed to inject drugs" and a white powder on the kitchen table, the records said. When Griffith was asked whether he'd hidden anything in the box, he said no, the police said.

Griffith was placed under arrest and the police said they received permission to search the apartment's from owners, who were home but asleep when the officers arrived, the records said. The owners also told the police Griffith arranged to sleep on their couch for the night, and had stayed at the woman's apartment the previous evening, according to the statement.

The police said they found a hypodermic needle filled with clear fluid and a knife with "white powder residue," in the apartment, among other items. Griffith told the police he found the needle at the woman's house, the police report said.

Griffith, a Merrimack Valley High School graduate, was arraigned on one felonious count of burglary last month for allegedly breaking into the Kimball-Jenkins Estate and stealing 14 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs, valued at $1,200 apiece. The art has not been found, and the Concord police have provided few details about the investigation.

The heist, which the police say Griffith turned himself in for, occurred in June. In July, Griffith told the Monitor he felt "guilty, shameful and very remorseful for what I have done." He was released on $5,000 personal recognizance while awaiting trial for the burglary charge.

For the newest batch of charges, a judge yesterday ordered Griffith held on an additional $5,000 personal recognizance for two misdemeanors: criminal trespass and breach of bail; and $1,000 cash for the two felonies: burglary and possession of a controlled narcotic. As of last evening, Griffith had not posted bail, according to a Merrimack County Department of Corrections officer.

Griffith's attorney, Jim Dennehy, said yesterday there was less to the incident than there appeared to be. He said the woman and Griffith had known each other since high school. They had an argument, and things were "blown out of proportion," he said.

Dennehy said he was satisfied that his client's bail had been set lower than the police's $10,000 cash-only request. Dennehy said Griffith is an engaged father and full-time college student with strong ties to the community.