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Tuesday, September 27, 1994 Page: 2A QUICK WORDS: POLICE BLOTTER
WILKES-BARRE — A city man and his 2-year-old passenger were injured when
he drove through a stop sign and was hit by another car Monday.
Steve Kocher, 22, and Melvin Wallace, 2, both of Scott Street were treated
and released from Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre following the 5 p.m. accident
at High and Blackman streets.
Kocher was given various traffic citations, including operating without a
license, operating an unregistered vehicle, operating without insurance,
fraudulent use of a license plate and other moving violations, said police.
The driver of the other car, Terry Lee Urbon cq , Lyndwood Avenue, Hanover
Township, was not injured. Police did not report if the drivers wore seatbelts
or if the 2-year-old was in a car seat.
Police search for teen
PRINGLE — Police are searching for a 14-year-old boy they suspect ran away
from his Grove Street home.
The boy is white, 5-feet 1-inch tall, weighs 105 pounds, has a fair
complexion, a scar on his left elbow, hazel eyes, and short dark brown hair.
He has a pierced left ear and was wearing a gray “Champion” sweatshirt, black
pants and black “Nike” sneakers.
Police did not release the boy’s name.
Anyone with information is urged to call state police in Wyoming at
826-5460. cq