Incidents

** UPDATE** Update to the release on September 13th, 2025 The Hazleton City Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on September 13th, 2025, at the Hilltop Apartments. The female victim found deceased at the scene has been identified as Vanessa Bigg-Carr. T...

On September 10, 2025, at 2:28 am, Officers with the Hazleton City Police Department were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in the 500 block of West Maple Street. The 911 caller reported a 3-car motor vehicle accident in which the vehicle had struck the side of a house. &...

On September 7, 2025, at 4:02 a.m., Hazleton City Police Department officers responded to a call about a male lying in the road near the intersection of West 1st Street and North Church Street. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male with an open fracture to his left leg. A...

Police are probing the theft of a high-end electric bicycle, a Talaria XXX Power Teck model, which was stolen during a meetup arranged to sell the item. The owner had agreed to meet the suspect at the Carey Avenue Burger King, where the suspect took the bike for a test ri...

On August 18, 2025, at 7:39 pm, the Hazleton City Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle near Columbus Court. Upon arrival, officers found a Nissan Altima with two occupants. Their investigation revealed that Dominique Frazier-Gibson was in possession ...