Battery, GPS stolen - News Item
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police here are investigating the theft of an Optima brand vehicle battery, Craftsman tool set and Garmin GPS from a vehicle parked in the 1100 block of West Arch Street between 1:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. Monday. Anyone with information about the theft should call Coal Township police at 570-644-0333. Phone scams. LOCUST TOWNSHIP - Locust Township police have received multiple phone scam reports during the past week. Police said a local resident was contacted by an individual who identified himself as being from Microsoft Windows. Police said the caller requested the resident to provide him with her name, address, phone number and date of birth and also requested the resident to give him permission to remotely access her computer to complete an upgrade of Microsoft Windows... Police said the individual was able to remotely access the resident's computer and then locked it. The caller told the resident that the only way he would unlock her computer is if she paid an unspecified monetary amount. Two residents also received calls from an automated calling service identifying themselves as being from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The automated message provides them with a call back number and advises them that they are requested to call back because they allegedly owe money to the IRS. Police said Brommer is accused of dumping eight bags of garbage at the store, including a full bag of used cat litter. Source: newsitem.com
