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HANOVER TWP. &#8212; Police are investigating reports of two men posing as &#8220;water company employees &#8221; and entering homes on Charles Street Friday morning.Police said a homeowner reported he was in his yard around 10:30 a.m. when the men asked to inspect his water meter. He allowed them in and one of the men spoke with him for approximately 30 minutes. The men left and the homeowner later discovered a lock on a file cabinet in his bedroom had been damaged and papers were scattered about the room. Nothing appeared to be stolen.Police said the second case happened around 11 a.m. The men were allowed into a house to check the water pressure. They asked that all the faucets and the washing machine in the basement be turned on. After going through the house the men told the homeowner everything was OK and left on foot. The homeowner discovered that a dresser and file cabinet in a bedroom had been gone through, but nothing appeared to be missing. The homeowner&#8217;s son came home after work and discovered that a Taurus Judge handgun and ammunition were missing from his bedroom dresser.The men did not have identification, uniforms or name tags and did not identify themselves by name, police said.One of the suspects was described as Hispanic between the ages of 45 and 50, 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet 1 inch tall, with a gray and black mustache, wearing a baseball cap, gray shirt and pants. The other man was heavier and white with a beard, between the ages of 45 and 50, 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, wearing a T-shirt and shorts.Anyone who saw these men is asked to contact the Hanover Township Police Department at 570-825-1254 or call Luzerne County 911.

Men posing as utility workers entered two homes in Hanover Township, a handgun reported stolen from one residence