The preliminary hearing for Kornwell Chan, the Dresher man accused of stalking a Springfield woman and burglarizing her home for her underwear, has been postponed until February 15.

Chan, 37, of Audubon Drive, Dresher, will be represented by private attorney Michael J. McGovern of the McElroy, Deutsh, Mulvaney and Carpenter law firm in Philadelphia. Assistant District Attorney Samantha Cauffman will prosecute the case for Montgomery County.

Chan, currently free on $100,000 bail, faces charges of burglary, criminal trespassing, stalking, criminal mischief, and other charges related to his behavior around the alleged victim and the January 1^st break-in to her home. An affidavit of probable cause, filed by the Springfield Township Police Department, states the following:

Chan allegedly began talking to the victim in mid-October, when he would say hello to her on an Oreland train station platform during morning commutes. By mid-November, Chan began to ask her additional questions such as where she worked, what she did, and other areas of interest, according to the affidavit. On November 21^st, Chan indicated that he believed he had found the victim’s Twitter account and “confessed the awkwardness of this,” the report says.

By Thanksgiving, Chan began to address the victim by her first name, something she found “increasingly obnoxious” and which caused her to begin to avoid Chan during her morning commutes. On December 21^st, Chan gave the victim a Christmas card that contained an invitation to follow him on Twitter, as well as a hand-drawn picture that related to the victim’s last name, which disturbed the victim, as she had never told it to Chan, the affidavit states.

After the victim reported the activity to police following the January 1^st burglary, police began to park the victim’s car in the station parking lot, and noticed Chan watching it from a distance on several occasions, and also searching for it on an occasion when it was not parked in the lot.  Police also obtained a warrant to review incoming phone calls to the victim’s residence, and determined that nine calls were made from Chan’s phone number between December 24 and January 1, including six from December 31 to January 1, the report says.

Upon arresting the defendant for charges of stalking and harassment on January 19, Chan told police that he had burglarized the woman’s home on January 1, gaining access by breaking a rear, first floor window, the report says. Chan also told police he had repositioned family pictures, stolen undergarments from a second floor bedroom, and had them in his possession at his residence, the affidavit says. Upon receiving a search warrant for Chan’s home, police found those undergarments, which were later identified by the victim.