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<p>WAPWALLOPEN &#8212; A Wapwallopen woman was startled Sunday to find that an intruder was creeping around in her home.</p><p>According to Pennsylvania State Police, Cinthea Ann Bianco-Martinson, 61, was in her Sunset Road home at around 6 p.m. Sunday when the incident occurred.</p><p>She and her cat were lying in bed in the second-floor bedroom, when the cat suddenly leaped from the bed towards the door.</p><p>Bianco-Martinson sat up in bed, and could see through her bedroom door that a man was crawling up the stairs on his hands and knees towards her room.</p><p>The victim began to scream, causing the man to run back down the stairs and out of the home.</p><p>State Police say an investigation showed that the male entered through the unlocked back door. No items were removed from the home.</p><p>The victim said the man was of medium build and was wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt. She was unsure of his age or race.</p><p>A follow-up investigation from PSP showed that several area residents had seen a suspicious male in a hooded sweatshirt in the area between 6:30 and 7 p.m. after the incident.</p><p>The male was also seen on three other occasions in the area in the past two weeks. In all three occasions, the male ran to a nearby wooded area after residents spotted him.</p><p>PSP Hazleton are asking that anyone with information contact them at 570-459-3890.</p><style>
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