Fern Ridge Police report on thefts

State police at Fern Ridge released reports on the following thefts and break-ins:

Police were summoned to investigate a break-in attempt at a storage shed on the property on the Tractor Supply Co., 1580 Route 209, Chestnuthill Township.

Police said it was reported at 3:58 p.m. Dec. 4 that someone attempted to access the outside storage shed by cutting a small portion of a locked fence.

Nothing was reported stolen during the attempt between 9 p.m. Dec. 3 and 5 a.m. Dec. 4.

• Police are investigating the theft of a license plate from an Effort woman’s vehicle.

Police said the woman discovered her license plate was stolen sometime between midnight Nov. 18 and 8:19 p.m. Dec. 5, after she received a ticket on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Surveillance showed her plate, JZS9307, is being used on another vehicle, which was pictured on the turnpike.

A license plate pictured on the victim’s car, KGW9942, was previously reported stolen to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police department.

• Police are investigating a burglary attempt at a Penn Forest Township residence that happened between midnight on Dec. 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 3 along Petrarch Trail in the township.

The victim told police nothing was stolen from the home, but the front door was damaged in an attempt to break into it.

• Police said someone vandalized three mailboxes in a Chestnuthill neighborhood.

The damage happened between 11 p.m. Dec. 12 and 12:30 a.m. Dec. 13 along Chatham Road in Chestnuthill Township.

Damages were $30, $30 and $100, respectively.