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WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — Police across the area as well as the U.S. Postal Service officials are issuing an alert regarding thefts from postal service drop boxes.

The I-Team is looking into the thefts. Investigators tell the I-Team the thefts are taking place from drop boxes and they say this might actually involve an organized group that is hitting drop boxes across our region.

"You never think it's going to happen to you so you're kind of shocked and still over a week ago and you feel like it's not real," mail theft victim Scott said.

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — An unidentified man is still at large after police say he opened fire on officers. It happened overnight in Luzerne County.

"Where I'm pointing, you can see the bullet entry hole," said Lorenzo White, Eyewitness.

16-year-old Lorenzo White was woken up to the sound of a bullet coming through his mother's bedroom around 1:15 Friday morning.

"I heard gunshots outside my house. I heard a bang and I ran to my mom's room. And there's a bullet hole in the house," said White.

HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — Pennsylvania State Police have recovered a stolen vehicle after it was involved in a crash Monday morning in Hazle Township.

According to Pennsylvania State Police Hazleton, a white Ford F-250 belonging to Nause Landscaping, Inc. was stolen from Sunburst Drive in Hazle Township sometime between 2:40 a.m. and 4 a.m.

At approximately 7:30 a.m. PSP Hazleton responded to Stockton Road for a crash involving the missing F-250. The truck struck a pole, causing damage to both the vehicle and the pole.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For nearly a decade, Scranton Police patrolled around the holidays under an 'Undercover Santa' program.

But with growing tension between law enforcement and community, activists questioned the initiative.

In the past, Scranton police would do "Undercover Santa" where they pulled over drivers only to surprise them with gifts instead of citations. But the police department and the mayor went a different direction this year, replacing the program with "Sidewalk Santa". Judging by the kids' excitement, it was a success.

UPDATE: Argenis Lopez has been arrested by police. He is facing charges of simple assault, aggravated assault against an officer and related charges. He's being held in Luzerne County Prison on $250,000 bail.

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — Police are searching for a 22-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and ordered his pit bull to attack police officers.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One man was injured in a dispute that turned into a shooting Sunday night and police are now searching for the perpetrators.

Police responded to a home on Jones Street in Wilkes-Barre around 8 p.m. for reports of a shooting. They say they found a male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to a local hospital.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP – An officer attempted to stop a Pontiac sedan shortly before 1 AM Friday in the area of Tenny St & Old Berwick Rd, but the driver fled at a high rate of speed on Riverview Ave.

One person fled on foot after the vehicle wrecked at the dead end of Worman St.

Bloomsburg Police attempted to stop a vehicle driving erratically around 2:00 AM Sunday, resulting in a high-speed pursuit with speeds reaching around 100 MPH.

The driver fled towards Catawissa on SR-487, eventually leaving the roadway at the top of Riverhill Dr to attempt losing officers in a field. Officers described the driver as being dangerous with the vehicle.

Officers from Bloomsburg University, Briar Creek Township, Catawissa Borough, Hemlock Township, Locust Township, Montour Township, Scott Township, South Centre Township, and State Police Bloomsburg assisted.