{"id":78364,"date":"2026-01-05T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78364\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:06:06","slug":"stolen-vehicle-suspect-also-attempted-child-abduction-in-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78364\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen vehicle suspect also attempted child abduction in Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF)  \u2014 Scranton police are investigating a stolen vehicle case that escalated into a reported attempted child abduction Tuesday morning, prompting heightened concern near a local school.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say that around 9:01 a.m., a silver Hyundai Elantra with tinted windows, displaying Pennsylvania license plate LYK1711, was reported stolen from the 500 block of Cedar Avenue. The suspect is described as a male wearing a black face mask.<\/p>\n<p>Following the theft, police received reports of attempted abductions in the 500 block of East Elm Street and in front of South Scranton Intermediate School.<\/p>\n<p>FOX56 News spoke directly with Scranton police, who confirmed that the individual who stole the vehicle also attempted to abduct a child shortly after taking the car. Investigators are treating the incidents as connected.<\/p>\n<p>A be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) alert was issued to area law enforcement at 9:01 a.m., with an update released at 9:24 a.m. as the investigation continued.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public to remain vigilant and to immediately report any sightings of the vehicle or information related to the suspect to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Scranton police are investigating a stolen vehicle case that escalated into a reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-78364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78364","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=78364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}