Suspected Intruder Said to Be a Convict

The transient who allegedly broke into a Burbank house last week and settled in as if it were his own was convicted of breaking into two federal offices in Washington last year and is a probation violator wanted by police there, a District of Columbia Superior Court law clerk said Tuesday.

The suspect, who told Burbank police that he was Richard Roe, 45, from Arizona, has been identified through FBI fingerprint records as Philip Wayne Hybarger, 49, a native of Gary, Ind., Burbank police Lt. Duane Dow said.

On Jan. 4, 1985, Hybarger was arrested by Washington police, who found him inside the locked offices of the U. S. Regulatory Commission, the law clerk said. Earlier that day, Hybarger had broken into offices of the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Council in the same building, according to Mitchell A. Stearn, the law clerk to a District of Columbia Superior Court judge who signed a bench warrant for Hybarger’s arrest on Dec. 3 last year.

Failed to Appear

The judge issued the warrant because Hybarger had failed to appear in court to explain why he did not report to his probation officer as required under terms of a two-year probation stemming from his conviction for unlawful entry and destruction of property, Stearn said.

At the time of his arrest in Washington, Hybarger told police that he was locked in the building and was trying to get out, Stearn said. Hybarger was ordered to undergo psychiatric screening and was found to be competent to stand trial, Stearn said.

On Jan. 19, Burbank police arrested Hybarger after he reportedly tried to shoot Jeffrey Hill with a hunting rifle when Hill and his family returned from a weekend ski trip to their home in the 1400 block of Country Club Drive, in a mountainous residential area of Burbank. Hill, a 38-year-old Vietnam veteran, said he overpowered the intruder and locked him in the trunk of his wife’s car until police arrived.

Broke Into House

The Hills said that, while they were away, Hybarger broke into the house, placed a sawed-off shotgun in their baby’s crib, taped bizarre notes on kitchen cabinets and appliances, rearranged their furniture, tossed their family mementos out a window and donned clothing belonging to Mrs. Hill.

Hybarger has been charged with attempted murder, residential burglary while armed and manufacture of a deadly weapon, police said. He is being held at County Jail on $30,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing Feb. 27 in Burbank Municipal Court.