A Yamaha dirtbike motorcycle reported stolen Dec. 25 was returned to its White Avenue owner Dec. 30, after a Huff Avenue resident reported finding the motorcycle on his property at 10:49 a.m.
Police picked up the motorcycle, and after confirming it was the missing motorcycle, returned it to the owner.
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Manville police broke up a fight between two automobile dealers at the Adesa Auto Auction at 11:31 a.m. Dec. 31, after receiving reports the men were fighting in the front parking lot.
Police were told the altercation was over a vehicle payment. No criminal charges were filed after the incident.
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A Bank Street resident reported a hit-and-run accident at 4:51 p.m. Dec. 31 after an unknown vehicle hit the caller’s 2000 Mercury four-door parked on South Bank Street.
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Manville police received a report of a lost cell phone, valued at $99.99, at the Adesa Auto Auction sometime on Dec. 29.
The phone was an LG Electronics model VX-31, according to the report. No serial number was provided to police for the phone.
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A Louis Street resident reported at 10:40 a.m. Jan. 1 someone had thrown a rock against a window, causing damage estimated at $100.
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A South Third Avenue resident reported someone scratched the hood and damaged the windshield on a vehicle parked on Dakota Street sometime between 12:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. Jan. 2.
No estimate of the costs to repair the damage was given to police.
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A Whalen Street resident reported finding a girls 16-inch, purple Huffy bicycle at 4:50 p.m. Jan. 3.
Police impounded the bicycle in case the owner contacts them.
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Manville police helped Franklin police following a theft at the Somerset Marriott hotel at 10:18 a.m. Sunday, according to the police report.
Manville officers were dispatched to Wilhousky Street to watch for a light green SUV or Blazer wanted in connection with the theft, in which the victim said thieves took a briefcase containing $20,000 from his vehicle in the hotel parking lot.
The SUV was not spotted by Manville police, and Franklin officers are continuing to investigate the incident.
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A Manville juvenile was taken into custody and charged with shoplifting after Wal-Mart security officers reported he had shoplifted unspecified items valued at $125.97.
The incident occurred at 4:38 p.m. Sunday. The juvenile was turned over to his parents.
