Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Frackville Police Investigating Stolen Firearm from Vehicle

The Frackville Police Department is investigating the theft of a gun from a vehicle early Saturday.


According to Police Chief Rick Bell, the gun was taken from a vehicle on 4th Street in Frackville, overnight Thursday, March 27th, 2020 into Friday, March 28th, 2020.

The owner provided the firearm's information to Police and marked it stolen in the NCIC database.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Frackville Police Department at (570) 874-0238.

The theft occurred on the same night that a vehicle was stolen from the Englewood section of Butler Township near Frackville.

The stolen vehicle was later found Friday morning in New Jersey.

It's not known if the two incidents were related.