{"id":124228,"date":"2026-02-26T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/124228\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:31:06","slug":"scranton-police-searching-for-missing-woman-last-seen-in-early-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/124228\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton Police searching for missing woman last seen in early February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF)  \u2014  Scranton police are asking for the public\u2019s help in locating a 40-year-old woman who has been reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>Jodi A. Wagner was last seen on February 5 in the 500 block of New Street, according to the Scranton Police Department. Her disappearance was officially reported to authorities on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner is described as a white female, approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds. Police said her clothing at the time she was last seen is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators noted that Wagner is unhoused and is known to spend time near Redner\u2019s Supermarket and other businesses along Providence Road, including Sheetz. Authorities also indicated she has a reported mental health diagnosis and may not be taking prescribed medication.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database as a missing person.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to contact Patrol Detective J. Dombroski by email at jdombroski@scrantonpa.gov<\/p>\n<p>or call the Scranton Police Department at 570-348-4134. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online through the city\u2019s tip portal.<\/p>\n<p>Police advise anyone who believes they have seen Wagner not to approach her and to call 911 or 570-348-4134 immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"500 block of New Street in Scranton. Courtesy Google Earth\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/98b5ccd7-a833-43f5-8520-006770d659bd-500blockofNewStreetinScranton.CourtesyGoogleEarth.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>500 block of New Street in Scranton. Courtesy Google Earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Scranton police are asking for the public\u2019s help in locating a 40-year-old woman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-124228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}