FRACKVILLE - State police are searching for a thief after correctional officers at SCI-Mahanoy discovered a broken-into safe down an embankment on prison grounds around 12:30 p.m. Monday.
Officers supervising a work crew of inmates discovered the safe, which was damaged and contained nothing, approximately 40 feet to the right side of Interstate 81 North at mile marker 125.7, said police.
Police described the safe as a gray SentrySafe Depository Safe measuring 14 by 20 inches with a keypad combination locking mechanism on the door. The safe's serial number is DH074ED126010780. Its door had been forced open, police said.
Police urge anyone with information to contact State Police at Frackville at 570-874-5300.