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First Posted: 6/4/2013
HAZLETON — City police reported the following:
• The operator of a dirt-style motorcycle struck an unmarked police cruiser driven by city Detective Ken Zipovsky in the area of North Church and Oak streets Monday night.
Zipovsky was not injured in the crash, police said.
Zipovsky was stopped with the emergency lights activated as the dirt bike traveled the wrong direction on Oak Street, a one-way street, and struck the cruiser at about 9:45 p.m. The male operator of the dirt bike ran away from the scene, police said.
Anyone with information about the motorcycle driver is asked to call 911.
• Police believe two robberies within one hour on Monday are related.
A woman entered a residence in the 100 block of South Pine Street at about 10:58 p.m. and tried to take a gold necklace from a man who was asleep. When the man woke up, the woman brandished a handgun and forcefully removed the necklace.
Police said that at about 11:35 p.m., a woman matching the description of the suspect who stole the necklace stole a cellphone from a residence in the 200 block of South Wyoming Street. The woman claimed she was looking for a man to return a passport.
Anyone with information about the woman is asked to call 911.
HANOVER TWP. — Township police said a locking hasp was broken off a shed and windows were smashed on a shed and a garage behind two houses on Wilkes-Barre Street on Monday.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Township police reported the following:
• Abigail O’Connell reported Saturday her iPhone 4 was stolen from her vehicle parked outside Wegmans Market, Highland Park Boulevard.
• Heather Perkowski reported Sunday her purse was stolen from her vehicle while it was parked outside Logan’s Roadhouse, Highland Park Boulevard.
• Carlos Lopez reported Sunday his iPhone 3 while he was at Kmart, Blackman Plaza.
• An employee at Gamestop, Wilkes-Barre Township Commons, reported Sunday an unknown male stole $100 worth of video games.
• A manager at Turkey Hill, Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard, reported Monday an unknown female stole $37 worth of merchandise.