State police at Fern Ridge
State police at the Fern Ridge barracks reported the following incidents:
• A 27-year-old Jim Thorpe man was cited for harassment by communications after police were called to Patten Circle, Penn Forest Township, at 1:30 a.m. Oct. 10.
Police said the victim is a 25-year-old woman from Albrightsville who reported that the man repeatedly called her and caused an annoyance. She said that she blocked him but he continued to call her from unblocked numbers.
• A 45-year-old Jim Thorpe man is the victim is a theft by deception police were called to at 3:57 p.m. Oct. 11 on Algonkin Road, Penn Forest Township.
He told police a collection agency contacted him saying he owed approximately $2,000 for college loans and stated that someone stole his identity, as he did not apply for any college loans.
• A 33-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, is facing charges of carrying a concealed firearm without a license after police made a traffic stop at 5:12 p.m. Oct. 7 on Interstate 80 in Kidder Township.
Police said he was driving a 2020 Volvo when police were conducting a motor carrier safety inspection program and stopped him for speeding.
They said he provided an Illinois concealed carry permit, which was known to not reciprocate with Pennsylvania, and was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun that police seized.
• Police said charges are pending against Francisco Ciprian, 33, of Plains, for “firearm not to be possessed” after an incident on Shawnee Lane, Chestnuthill Township.
They said they were dispatched there at 2 p.m. Oct. 4.
• Police were called to a criminal mischief incident at 4:13 a.m. Sept. 30 on Poplar Creek Road, Chestnuthill Township.
They said a 23-year-old man from Effort reported that damage was done to a shed door and screen by what appears to be an effort to gain entry to the residence.
Police said a neighbor’s video showed four people dressed in black and wearing red gloves in their driveway.