The Mechanicsburg Police Department and several other Cumberland County agencies, will be starting to grow beards for the month of October for Breast Cancer Awareness month. The officers, deputies and other employees will make a donation in order to forgo the policy against beards, to show their support for breast cancer awareness. The department will […]
MBG-2021-09-0261 On September 11th, 2021, at approximately 2:24 pm, the police department was dispatched to the intersection of South York Street and West Simpson Street for a crash which just occurred. Upon arrival officers determined there were two vehicles involved with one vehicle fleeing the scene. Investigation into the crash found Zenith was travelling northbound […]
MBG-2021-09-0254 On September 11th, 2021, at approximately 7:53 am, an officer on patrol came upon a vehicle in the 200 block of Mulberry Drive which had been in a crash. There was no one around the vehicle at the time. While on scene an individual approached officers and it was determined he was the father […]
MBG-2021-09-0209 On September 9th, 2021, at approximately 3:30 pm, the victim contacted the police department and advised they were the victim of a theft by deception. The victim reported they were contacted by phone about winning the Mega Ball Lottery. The victim was advised their winnings were $8.5 million. They were told to transfer $8,800 […]
MBG-2021-09-0155 On August 7th, 2021, at approximately 3:05 pm, the victim contacted the police department about a Wells Fargo account being opened in their name. The victim resides in the 400 block of West Main Street. The victim was contacted by Wells Fargo and told about the account. It is unknown how their information was […]
MBG-2021-09-0026 On September 2nd, 2021, at approximately 12:11 pm, the victim contacted the police department about a being scammed out of money. The victim resides in the 1st block of West Main Street. The victim advised they were contacted via email about becoming part of a bit coin program. They were informed upon joining the […]
MBG-2021-08-0743 On August 30th, 2021, at approximately 1:00 pm, the victim contacted the police department about their vehicle having been entered. The victim advised they parked their vehicle in the 1100 block of Cocklin Street on 8/27 at approximately 3:00 pm. The victim discovered their vehicle had been entered and an item taken on 8/28 […]
MBG-2021-08-0646 On August 26th, 2021, at approximately 6:59 pm, the victim contacted the police department about unauthorized purchases made on their credit card. The victim discovered the charges were made online and were fraudulent. The victim had contacted their bank and the charges were going to be reversed. The victim resides in the 100 block […]
MBG-2021-08-0617 On August 25th, 2021, at approximately 2:28 pm, the police department was notified about a “No Parking” sign being knocked down in the 100 block of East Green Street. Upon an officer responding to the scene it was determined the sign had been struck by an unknown vehicle. Parts of the vehicle were left […]