Police catch two biking bandits
WILKES-BARRE - A pair of bike-riding bandits looted dozens of vehicles for valuables early Monday in Courtdale, Larksville, Plymouth and Swoyersville before being caught by an alert police officer who chased after them, police said.
Footprints in the snow eventually led police to where the thieves tried to hide - in the bed of an old coal delivery truck on Washington Avenue in Plymouth.
Police said Josh Kolinoski, 19, of Plymouth, and a 16-year-old boy entered at least 50 vehicles in the four boroughs before police caught them.
Charges are pending in the case until police determine the total number of victims and damages, police said.