Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Two Arrested for Stealing Truck from Construction Site in Mahanoy Township

State Police are investigating an incident where a truck was stolen from a construction site in Mahanoy Township.


According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville, the incident occurred on November 5, 2018 when the fleet manager for Burgette Excavation noticed one of their construction trucks was not accounted for at a site for an Interstate 81 construction project in Mahanoy Township.

Police say the manager was able to use GPS tracking that was in the vehicle to locate the truck inside a residential garage in Palmerton, Carbon County.

Pennsylvania State Police arrested two suspects who were found disassembling the vehicle inside the garage.

The identities of the two arrested was not released.