Friday, March 20, 2015

Five Taken into Custody for Hazleton Abduction in East Union Township

Suspects from an abduction in Hazleton were taken into custody in East Union Township on Friday.


On Friday March 20th, 2015 at approx 1:45pm all Schuylkill County Police units received a BOLO for a black Chevy SUV which was involved in an abduction in Hazleton City.

Around 2:06pm the vehicle was spotted on Route 924 in Brandonville along with the victims vehicle, East Union Twp Chief Rentschler conducted a vehicle stop on both vehicles along with assistance of Captain O'neil of Shenandoah Police who was off duty and assisted. 3 males and 2 females were taken into custody and the victim was transported to the hospital by Shenandoah Als. Other assisting units included Shenandoah, Mahanoy City, West Mahanoy, Mahanoy Twp, Frackville, Psp-Frack and Hazleton Police.