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pahunkboy -> RE: Home invasion, deconstruct? (6/19/2010 1:03:07 PM)
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May 28, 2010 UPDATE: Few additional details on apparent home invasion A borough woman was assaulted and tied up in an apparent home invasion Thursday night in Northumberland, said borough police who declined to release any more details of the alleged crime Friday.
The woman, who has not yet been identified, was taken to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, for observation. She was found still bound by her husband, who returned to their 326 Water St. home at about 11:40 p.m.
Phone records identify Jason W. Carl as the home’s resident.
Police from Selinsgrove and Point Township, and the Northumberland County K-9 unit, joined Northumberland police in searching for the alleged suspect.
“This is unusual for Northumberland,” borough police Sgt. Cliff Kriner said around 1 a.m. Friday, after county Sheriff Chad Reiner and his 4-year-old German shepherd, Clark, had made their way through the house and come up empty.
Police checked local bars and a truck carrying bloodhounds arrived at the scene shortly after 1 a.m.
No one responded Friday at the home, where a front-window air conditioner whirred and the blinds on all the windows were drawn.
Northumberland police investigating the incident were unavailable Friday and no further details about the alleged victim and suspect were provided.
They did release a terse statement advising residents in the area to keep doors locked and call police if they see any suspicious activity.
An elderly neighbor said he wasn’t aware anything was amiss until police and an ambulance arrived on the scene late Thursday.
The man said he didn’t know the couple’s name, but said they’d lived in the house for about a year and had two young children.
Northumberland Crime Watch participant Adam Klock said he’d like police to be more forthcoming about the unusual incident.
“At a minimum they ought to be letting us know who to look out for,” the King Street resident said.
Klock said he wasn’t being critical of law enforcement and understands some details have to be withheld to preserve the investigation, but some information should be released.
He said a neighbor noticed two suspicious men in the area Thursday and he’s encouraged him to notify police.
“Any lead may be important,” Klock said, adding community members should be diligent. “We have to let the police do their jobs, but people may have information.”/snip
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