The Highspire Borough police have been searching for Shaquan Dunston, 26, who has been missing since at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, the department says.
The following day his family began receiving text messages from his phone number demanding $10,000 if they wanted to see him again.
Dunston was last seen wearing a blue tie-dyed t-shirt and is described as a black male, 6’1”, approximately 220 pounds.
He was operating a black 2015 Ford Fusion bearing PA Registration LSB8355.
He has been known to have violent tendencies, and has a criminal record involving physical harassment and drug dealing, police say and court records show.
A reward of an undisclosed amount is being offered for his safe return.
Any person with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or online at here.
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