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Attempt to locate suspect in Mercer County home invasion where a male posing as a delivery driver entered a residence, pulled a firearm, and restrained occupants with duct tape; suspect stole victim’s phone and credit cards. Raleigh County units notified to be on lookout for a white van or box truck.Princeton WV

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Courthouse Rd, Princeton, WV

Attempt to locate suspect in Mercer County home invasion where a male posing as a delivery driver entered a residence, pulled a firearm, and restrained occupants with duct tape; suspect stole victim’s phone and credit cards. Raleigh County units notified to be on lookout for a white van or box truck.

Audio|Heard on: Raleigh County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
04:26
Transcript:
00:00
Raleigh control all units be prepared to copy the following BOL[1] reference and attempt to locate for a home invasion that occurred in Mercer County break.
00:10
I mean, if you have a look out for a white van or a white box truck occupied by a blackmail driver, he had shown up to a residence in the wooded area somewhere in Mercer County posing as a delivery driver.
00:24
They had let him inside the sign some paperwork and he had pulled a firearm on them and duct tape them break.
00:32
Subject has stolen the C-Mell's cell phone and credit cards, if located, contact Mercer County, and under the direction of travel.
00:39
All unit is being a lookout at 1523.
00:43
...control.
00:48
Are they able to bring her fax cell phone?
00:54
Go ahead.
00:57
Sir, you copy that VOL.
01:00
Copy, go ahead and clear.
01:02
We'll be off.
01:03
Copy.
01:07
1.30.
01:10
I copy your BOL[1].
01:11
I'll be around to use a lot of room call.
01:14
Copy, sir, thank you.
01:20
Control other than Woodard area in Mercer County, can they be more specific?
01:25
Sir, I'm going to call Mercer County back and speak to myself here in just a moment.
01:31
Copy, that's a big area.
01:35
Yeah,
01:36
see if there's somewhere Rolley County that mail is supposed to be going to or anything?
01:42
Sir, I'll call them and I'll ask all the questions needed in just a moment.
01:45
If you can give me this moment.
01:51
Control 631.
01:54
631. 631.
01:58
Transporting to Raleigh.
02:04
Cotting.
02:10
20648.
02:13
648. Key Lodge with the public service member was for the Hill.
02:22
I attached into the card, but the first number that I tried to call was 304-922-5716, and that was showing to the last name of the subjects there.
02:35
And then the other phone number didn't have a name on it, and it was 304-719-3219.
02:47
104 what's the number for the caller that called it?
02:51
Copy sir, I apologize.
02:52
The number for the complainant is going to be 304-22-2786 and that is a Tanya Massey.
03:06
So three.
03:08
Six-O-three.
03:10
Available B.
03:13
Copy.
03:15
Control 154.
03:20
Control.
03:22
154. Show us out at 171-71-set Fire Lane.
03:27
Tem service of one.
03:32
Copy. Control 635.
03:38
Control 635.
03:41
This is your phone.
03:43
By the way.
03:46
Copy.
03:52
Sir,
03:53
I do call Mercer County back as was requested to check the city if they could ping the cell phone that was stolen.
04:00
I asked them if they could call the female back, see what cell phone company she had, to try to pin it, to see where it might be now.
04:07
They advised me that they would pass that along to their officer.
04:12
Break.
04:13
And I also asked him where the mail left from, and it was a Sarah Ray Court in Princeton, West Virginia.
04:22
They had no further information than what was given out prior to that.
Police codes explained
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[1]
BOL: Be On the Lookout

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Courthouse Rd, Princeton, WV

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