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Monday, October 25, 1993     Page: 2A QUICK WORDS: POLICE BLOTTER

WILKES-BARRE — A man and woman stole $100 from the Park and Lock No. 6 on
Northampton Street at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Wilkes-Barre police said.
   
Attendant William Krill said a woman approached and asked him for change
for a dollar, police said. Then, a man came to the front of the booth, put his
hand in his coat pocket as if he had a gun, and said, “Give me all your money.
If you don’t, I’m going to pop you,” police said.
    The woman entered the booth and removed the money, and the pair fled west
on Northampton Street toward South Franklin Street, police said.
   
The woman is described as black, in her 20s, about 180 pounds and 5 feet 6
inches tall. She wore blue jeans and a blue jacket, police said. The man is
described as black, in his 20s, about 160 pounds and 5 feet 6 inches tall. He
had short, cropped hair and was wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket, police
said. The man may also have worn a mustache, police said.
   
Bottle damages window
   
WILKES-BARRE — Susan Craig of Hanover Village told city police someone
threw a beer bottle through her car’s rear passenger-side window at
Pennsylvania Avenue and Market Street at 6 p.m. Saturday.
   
Craig said she knew the person who threw the bottle, police said.
   
Juveniles throw stones
   
WILKES-BARRE — Juveniles on Bank Street were throwing stones at homes and
parked vehicles on Hazle Street at 5 p.m. Saturday, a Hazle Street resident
told Wilkes-Barre police.
   
The resident discovered damage to the hood of his 1987 Chevrolet after he
saw the juveniles throwing the stones, police said.