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Two girls reported missing in Mount Carmel found

MOUNT CARMEL, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police were searching for two girls reported missing in Mount Carmel.

According to the Mount Carmel Borough Police Department, 10-year-old Jaidyn Emburg and 12-year-old Alexis Popp, both from Mount Carmel, were reported missing.

Scranton police officer involved in crash

The two have since been located.

Two facing charges related to second attack on mink farm

ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A mink farm in Northumberland County was attacked, letting out over 700 animals, and now two people facing charges. What's more shocking is that the Massachusetts pair allegedly has ties to two anarchist groups.

Police say this security footage shows the suspects, 29-year-old Christopher Legere and 27-year-old Cara Mitrano, entering the mink enclosure around 1:00 a.m. on October 19 at the Richard H Strohl Sons Mink Farm in Rockefeller township.

Police arrest man after allegedly lighting pumpkins on fire

SHAMOKIN, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The man who police say allegedly committed "pumpkin arson" is now in custody.

Shamokin Police have arrested Timothy Jeremiah after police were dispatched to East Independence Street in Shamokin last Thursday.

Firefighters battle Exeter Township brush fire

City cameras show the suspect dumping a container on the pumpkins before lighting them on fire.

Jeremiah admitted to the act, telling police he used gasoline to start the fire. He now faces several charges including arson.

FBI: Two people arrested for mink release connected to anarchist communes in Mass.; Pair charged with eco-terrorism

SUNBURY — Federal Bureau of Investigation officials say two Massachusetts residents involved in the Oct. 19 release of hundreds of mink in Northumberland County are tied to anarchist groups in New England.

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