NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's been four months today that the offices of State Representative Alec Ryncavage were firebombed.
The act was captured on a security camera. No one has been charged in connection with the crime.
The I-Team's Andy Mehalshick talks with police about the investigation, and Representative Ryncavage talks about the crime and how it won't deter him from serving the public.
It's a crime that shocked many in the community, and it was captured on camera, the firebombing of a state lawmaker's office in Luzerne County.
It was four months ago today that the someone firebombed the Nanticoke office of state representative Alec Ryncavage (R).
Are police close to making an arrest? The I-team's Andy Mehalshick is working the story.
The police chief tells me that the investigation is moving in the right direction, but they are not commenting on a possible suspect or arrest.
State representative Alec Ryncavage tells me he will not be intimidated by acts of violence.
A security camera captured the firebombing. You can see a man light two objects and throw them at the offices of state representative Alec Ryncavage on North Walnut Street in Nanticoke.
We highlighted the objects, it was around 11:30 pm Wednesday February 19.
"We saw shattered beer bottles, a dewy film over the building," said Rep. Ryncavage.
That is representative Alec Ryncavage talking about the firebombing two days after it happened, so we wanted to know will this video lead to the arrest of the culprit?
"The state police are analyzing those photographs and enhancing them if we could get a better shot of what we see in that video," said Chief Michael Roke, Nanticoke Police Dept.
Nanticoke Police Chief Michael Roke says:
"We have some digital evidence that we're going over with other entities. We are counting on them to help us out with basically to analyze that information and try to get some leads on the suspect."
Mehalshick asked, "Do you have a suspect or a person of interest or people?"
Roke stated that," Our detectives aren't ready to share that information at this point in time. I know they're looking in certain directions. We're not going to share that at this point."
"It's hard to believe that this is becoming a pattern but it is and that's deeply troubling." expressed Rep. Ryncavage.
Ryncavage refers to the attacks on lawmakers in recent months including the firebombing of the governor's mansion in Harrisburg and the deadly shooting of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of another Minnesota lawmaker and his wife.
Ryncavage says he will not be intimidated but is cautious.
"The attacks are meant to intimidate. Public service comes with challenges and as we are seeing sometimes will lead to danger but my commitment to my neighbors that I represent isn't going to change just because of recent events," voiced Rep. Ryncavage.
And at this point in time, we do not know what the motive was for the firebombing.
