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State police at Frackville

State police at the Frackville barracks reported the following incidents:

• Police are investigating the theft of a Stihl KM 94R weed whacker from a residence on Bull Run Street in Coaldale.

The victim, a 22-year-old man from Coaldale, reported the theft at 2:42 a.m. June 18.

The weed whacker is valued at $429.99, police said.

• Police said a black wallet with a gold zipper was found on the Morea Road, Mahanoy Township, at 6 a.m. June 9.

The owner can claim it by calling the barracks at 570-874-5300 and identifying the wallet.

• A 55-year-old Macungie woman is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after police made contact with her at 9:59 p.m. June 8 at the intersection of Route 54 and Barnesville Drive in Rush Township.

Police said the woman, a disabled motorist in a 2016 Jeep Compass, exhibited signs of impairment.

• A 42-year-old Tamaqua woman is the victim of a burglary that occurred between 8:06 a.m. and 5:08 p.m. June 15 on Lehigh Street in Schuylkill Township.

Police said someone entered her property and an unlocked shed and stole a Coleman camp stove, Coleman heater, muck boots and a rain jacket, and remained on the property for about eight hours before fleeing on foot.

The items have a collective value of $300, police said.

• Jason DeMarco, 49, of Coaldale, was cited for harassment by physical contact after police were called to a domestic-related incident at 4:46 p.m. June 17 on West Earley Avenue in Coaldale.

Police said a 40-year-old woman from Coaldale told them the two were involved in an argument that escalated when DeMarco shoved her and fled the scene.

• Police were called to a criminal mischief incident on East Earley Avenue in Coaldale at 7:28 a.m. June 19.

A 27-year-old woman from Coaldale told police someone entered her unlocked 1997 Volkswagen Jetta and damaged its ignition.

• A 31-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, both from Barnesville, were cited for harassment by physical contact after police responded to a domestic altercation at 6:18 p.m. June 9 on the Vulcan Road, Mahanoy Township.

Police said each person subjected the other to physical contact.

• Police were called at 4:27 p.m. June 16 to investigate the theft of security cameras in Coaldale.

A 65-year-old woman from Coaldale told police the cameras, valued at $50, were stolen from outside her residence on Fisher Avenue.

• Police said a 69-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman from Pleasant Valley Road in East Brunswick Township fell prey to a gift card scam.

They told police that $66,000 was stolen from them between Jan. 26 and March 13.