On Friday April 26, 2019, this department was dispatched to a residence in the 1700 block of Scenic Drive, Franklin Township. This roadway is situated to the south of the “Old Krum’s Orchard and to the north of the Southern Columbia Schools. The burglary occurred between approximately 4:30 pm on...

On January 19, 2019 at approximately 0100 hours, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge pickup truck after observing suspicious activity at a residence in which the vehicle did not belong. Throughout the course of the traffic stop, three males were positively identified. A fourth male...

Incident #19-000147 The Locust Township Police Department is investigating a residential burglary that occurred on Wednesday, 01/16/19 between approximately 0800 hrs and 5:45 pm. The burglary occurred in the 800 block of Old Reading Road, Locust Township (near the intersection of Black Bear Drive...

SCAM ALERT A Locust Township resident has reported receiving four to five calls a day between Monday 07/16/18 and Thursday 07/19/18. The caller was a male who spoke very broken English. The male claimed he was calling from the electric company that provided electricity to the resident. The resident...

On March 11, 2018 at approximately 7:22 p.m., Ptlm. DeFrain of the Locust Township Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for equipment violations. The vehicle was stopped at the entrance to the Country Acres mobile home park located at 1120 Numidia Drive, Catawissa. The officer...