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Wednesday, January 09, 2002 Page: 9A
JACKSON TWP.
Crews can’t reach
hunting cabin fire
A hunting cabin in Jackson Township burned to the ground on Monday night.
Emergency and fire crews couldn’t reach it because of weather conditions,
police said.
The cabin, located about a mile from the intersection of Hillside and Chase
roads, was unoccupied, said Scott Davis, a criminal investigator with the
Jackson Township Police Department.
Some firefighters traveled by foot to the cabin but they could not get
equipment to the site, Davis said.
BEAR CREEK TWP.
Driver avoids injury
as car leaves road
A Wilkes-Barre man escaped injury Monday in a one-car crash on state Route
115, state police said.
At about 7:30 a.m., R.C. Hawkins, 32, was southbound on Route 115 when a
bus passed his 1995 Ford Explorer. Hawkins lost control of his vehicle in the
snowy conditions and struck a guard rail, said state police at Wyoming.
The Explorer sustained minor damage.
WILKES-BARRE
Police investigate
robbery of store
A Turkey Hill Minit Market in the city was robbed early Sunday, police
said.
A white male entered the store, located at 200 N. Pennsylvania Ave., at
about 2:20 a.m. and demanded money from the clerk, police said. The clerk
complied and the man made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
The man had his right hand inside his coat pocket, but it was unclear if he
had a gun, police said.
The robber was described as being between 20 and 40 years old, 5 feet 11
inches tall with a medium to heavy build, had dark hair with sideburns and
wore a blue coat, gray pants, boots and a black baseball cap.
WILKES-BARRE
Collision damages
fire command car
Two city fire vehicles were involved in a collision Sunday night.
Deputy Chief Donald Fiorucci said the department’s command car and utility
vehicle were checking road conditions and going to various city fire stations
when the collision occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Pine Street. No one was injured.
Fiorucci said the command car was traveling behind the utility vehicle when
the command car tried to stop, then slid and turned, trying to avoid a
collision. The command car sustained right-rear damage. Fiorucci estimated the
damage to be a few hundred dollars.
WILKES-BARRE
Window shattered
at downtown shop
The front window of downtown Wilkes-Barre business was shattered Sunday
night or Monday morning, police said.
Someone apparently used pellets to shatter the 12-foot-by-12-foot front
window at the Sartorio & Sons Barber Shop, located at 25 W. Market St., police
said.
The window’s estimated value was $2,500, police said.