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Drugs discovered on Rockview inmates

State police charged another two inmates at the Rockview state prison with having drugs in their cells.

In the first incident, inmate James Edward Cole Jr. was found with a bag of marijuana during a search of his cell in November. A corrections officer “saw Cole remove the bag of weed from his pocket and act like he was going to turn off his TV,” police wrote in court papers.

When the officer told him to stop, Cole dropped the bag on his bunk bed, police said.

A second inmate, Michael Sparrow, was arrested after four tablets of the prescription pill Elavil were found in his cell during a search in May.

The two incidents were unrelated. Both inmates are charged with one count of possession of narcotics by an inmate, and possession of a controlled substance.

The charges are the result of an ongoing investigation by the Troop G Vice and Narcotics unit of the state police.

State police searching for stolen motorcycle

State police are looking for a motorcycle that was stolen from 163 Hecla Road in Mingoville sometime since Dec. 15. Police say the 2006 Honda CR 125 is red.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at Rockview at 355-7545.

Missing mail sparks police investigation

State police at Rockview are investigating the theft of mail from mailboxes along Jacksonville Road in Marion township between 9 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday.

The mail, stolen from boxes between Lyonstown Road and Jacksonville, were found scattered around the area by postal employees, and was torn apart and wet from rain.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Trooper Frank Gaus at 355-7545. Any postal customers along the route may contact the post office in Bellefonte or Gaus for information.

Blasting caps found in Potter Twp. outbuilding

State police at Rockview say about 20 “blasting caps” were found in an outbuilding at 58 Tusseyville Road in Potter Township about 10:15 a.m. Saturday.

Police secured the devices until the State Police Hazardous Device unit got to the scene. The blasting caps were then collected and transported to a nearby field where they were destroyed, police said.

Unusual behavior leads to man’s arrest

State College police say they have identified the suspicious man who approached two State College Area High School girls April 7 at Welch pool.

Police say 55-year-old Richard Grubb, of Bellefonte, was arrested by Bellefonte police April 8 on assault and disorderly conduct charges arising out of a different incident in Bellefonte.

At that time, Grubb was driving a white van, and was later identified as the person at the pool. Grubb won’t face any charges for the April 7 incident, State College police said, because he didn’t commit any crimes.

“He was demonstrating unusual behavior, and that’s why they called,” Lt. Chris Fishel said.

iPod, video games among items stolen

State College police reported two burglaries in the same apartment complex early Sunday. The residents of an apartment on the sixth floor of 636 E. College Ave. told police that an iPod, personal computers, and collectible football jerseys were stolen from their apartment while they slept between 3 and 7 a.m.

One floor down, two bottles of liquor and a Wii video game system with its games were reported stolen the same morning.

State College police are investigating the incidents.