MAHANOY TWP. – Five men were cited after state troopers allege they entered an abandoned mineshaft on Halloween.
Trespassing citations were filed Thursday in the Magisterial District Court in Shenandoah against Lee Eikszta, 48, of Shenandoah; Dennis Ringler, 50, of Palmerton; James Pollock, 50, of Hunlock Creek; Shawn Roberts, 37, of Sugarloaf; and Taner Howard, 36, of Raleigh, North Carolina.
According to the State Police at Frackville, troopers were called for a reported trespassing incident around 6am on Oct. 31 at the Skytop Coal Co. property on the Burma Road in Mahanoy Township…