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State police at Frackville

State police at the Frackville barracks reported on several cases:

• A 34-year-old Mahanoy City man is the victim of a theft from a motor vehicle incident that happened between 5:10-20 p.m. Dec. 23.

Police said someone entered the man’s 2017 Dodge Ram truck that was parked on Virginia Avenue in West Mahanoy Township and removed his Samsung Galaxy S-22 cellphone from the center console. The phone is valued at $1,000.

• Police are investigating the theft of a 2006 Polaris 450 and a 2008 Yamaha Raptor from the backyard of a residence on Hope Avenue, East Brunswick Township.

The victims are a 42-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, both from New Ringgold. Police said the vehicles were chained together when they were stolen.

• Brianna Bradshaw, 25, of Pottsville, is facing multiple charges after police were called to an incident involving a knife at 9:04 a.m. Dec. 31 at a property on Valley Street in New Philadelphia.

Police said she and a 26-year-old woman from New Philadelphia were involved in an argument and Bradshaw left an apartment and slashed the tires on the victim’s vehicle before fleeing the scene.

They said Bradshaw arrived back at the scene a short time later and entered the victim’s apartment, causing damage to numerous items and stealing several items before exiting the apartment bearing a pocketknife.

Police said she chased the woman, attempting to cut her and making threats to her. They said a 32-year-old Pottsville woman arrived on scene and Bradshaw damaged her vehicle with the pocketknife.

Bradshaw fled the scene but was taken into custody a short time later and charged with burglary, aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats, criminal mischief, theft, harassment and disorderly conduct, police said.