Posted on 10/29/2014 2:45:31 PM PDT by Brother Cracker
BARRETT TWP., Pa. - Another tool in the police arsenal used to try to find an accused cop killer has not been as useful as hoped, officials said.
A surveillance balloon borrowed from the Ohio Department of Transportation has been returned, according to State police spokesman Tom Kelly.
The unmanned mylar balloon was not helpful, due to the tree canopy and rugged terrain of the search area, Kelly said Wednesday.
Authorities have been searching for 31-year-old Eric Frein for more than six weeks.
Frein is the lone suspect in the ambush shooting of two state police officers in the parking lot of the barracks in Blooming Grove, Pike County on Sept. 12.
Cpl. Bryon Dickson was killed and Trooper Alex Douglass was seriously wounded.
Frein is suspected of hiding in the wooded areas of the Poconos, especially near the Candensis, Monroe County home of his parents.
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