Child found
SHAMOKIN - A 7-year-old girl who wandered from her home at 236 S. Sixth St. on Friday was found unharmed in the city's Fifth Ward about 30 minutes after she was reported missing.
Patrolman Mark Costa found Mary Reinard with a group of other children near Pearl and Spruce streets at 7:52 p.m. Police say the child tried to duck behind a garbage can and hide when she saw the patrol vehicle, but then stood upright and waved as the vehicle moved closer.
She told the officer she left home to walk to Sunbury and meet with her "Mammie," according to police.
The child was returned to her mother, Angela Reinard, and promised not to run away again.
Reinard first reported her daughter missing at 7:24 p.m., some 20 minutes after the child went outdoors to play.
Assisting Costa and Cpl. Bryan Primerano were officers from Coal Township and Ralpho Township police departments, Shamokin Fire Bureau and its fire chiefs and concerned neighbors.
Chainsaw stolen
RUSHTOWN - William Robert Meng, 75, of Danville, reported someone stole a red 16-inch Husqvarna chainsaw bar bearing serial No. 20043200839, Model No. 141 LE, and a "Crock Pot" pottery jug from a property at 300 Rushtown Road in Rush Township sometime between 8 p.m. May 1 and 11 a.m. Saturday.
Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Daniel J. Wilk of state police at Stonington at 286-5601.