Police briefs

November 06, 2008

Wallet reported missing following home robbery in Berkeley County

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A wallet was taken in a home invasion robbery Tuesday in the Rocky Glenn mobile home park, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.

The incident happened at about 9 p.m., deputies said. A K-9 team found the victim's wallet, but the suspects were not found, deputies said.

The two suspects were described as a black male, possibly in his 20s, wearing a dark hooded sweat shirt, and a Hispanic male in his early 20s, deputies said. After the robbery, the suspects might have traveled by foot along Ropp Drive and Harlan Springs Road, deputies said.

Anyone with information may contact the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department at 304-267-7000 or Berkeley County Crime Solvers at 304-267-4999.

No one hurt in fiery Interstate 81 crash in Franklin County

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - No one was injured in a fiery crash on I-81 in Franklin County early Tuesday that involved a tractor-trailer and a semi-trailer, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.

Both trucks were driving north on I-81 in the right lane at about 4:30 a.m., when the tractor-trailer struck the back of the semi-trailer near exit 24 in Southampton Township, police said.

After the impact, the tractor-trailer caught on fire and traveled across the median and the southbound lanes, spilling diesel fuel, police said.

Neither driver was injured, police said.

Cement mixer stolen from Pa. job site

MERCERSBURG, Pa. - A cement mixer was stolen over the weekend from a home construction site on Pa. 16 in Peters Township, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.

The mixer was a red-and-white tow-type stone cement mixer with a GX240 Honda engine, police said. It was towed or loaded onto a vehicle between 11:30 a.m. Saturday and 6:50 a.m. Monday, police said.

Anyone with information may contact Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg at 717-264-5161.

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