• On 1/6/2019 shortly after 5:00 AM a deputy took a report of a residential burglary on Pershing Street in Jefferson Township.  The homeowner confronted an unknown subject inside the home and the subject fled on foot, leaving behind item(s) that had been gathered together.  Nothing was found to be stolen at the time of the report.

• On 1/7/2019 deputies were dispatched to St. Paul's United Church of Christ on Oregon Rd, in Liberty Township for a burglary complaint.  It was reported that multiple times in December of 2018, someone had forced entry in to the building and had stolen and rummaged through gifts that were part of their Angel Tree program.  One of the items stolen was a Colts football jersey. This activity began around the second week of December 2018.   

If you have any information on these cases, you are asked to please contact the Detectives Division of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office by calling the Tip Line at 567-890-8477 or anonymously through the web site (www.mercercountysheriff.org).