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Lehighton state police report incidents

State police at Lehighton investigated the following incidents:

• A harassment incident was reported at 10:03 p.m. Oct. 14. It happened along Forest Inn Road in Lower Towamensing Township. The victim is a 38-year-old man from Aquashicola who police said was harassed through physical contact.

• State police at Lehighton reported investigating two-vehicle crash about 12:20 p.m. on Oct. 17 along Ben Salem Road in East Penn Township, Carbon County.

Troopers said Tanner J. Seltzer, 23, of Lehighton, was driving a 2016 Ford F350 truck southbound while Wayne H. Troxell, 88, of Andreas, was behind him operating a 2008 Buick LeSabre. Troopers said Seltzer backed up and into the Buick. No one was injured. Damages were minor to the vehicles.

• Three people were cited following a domestic incident that was reported on Oct. 16.

State police at Lehighton responded to Dam Road and Lower Main Street in Parryville, Carbon County, for a domestic incident at 6:11 p.m.

As a result Becky Gnas, 45, and Robert McNabb, 41, both of Parryville, and Robert McNabb, 64, of Allentown, were all cited for harassment — physical contact.

• A criminal mischief incident was reported at 1:06 p.m. Oct. 13. Someone damaged a mailbox at property located at 9170 Interchange Road, Towamensing Township.

• Police said an ex-boyfriend allegedly keyed a woman’s car. A 26-year-old woman from Kunkletown reported at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 10 reported the damage happened along Interchange Road in Towamensing Township.

Police said a 29-year-old man from East Stroudsburg will be charged in connection with the incident. Police said there were witnesses to the early-morning incident. His name was not released.

• A flatbed trailer owned by a Palmerton man was stolen between 4 and 9 p.m. Oct. 9 on Snyders Road in Towamensing Township.

The resident told police someone stole the flatbed carry-on trailer that has extra welds and a broken guide light on it.