CRIME & SAFETY
Suspect Punched Victim In Face, Fled The Scene In Allentown: Police
Authorities said the pictured man walked by the victim, punched him one time in the face, and walked away. It happened near the Sherwin Williams at 1900 Catasauqua Road on April 27, state police said. The suspect was wearing black pants and a green sweatshirt with white lettering on the front and back.
Allentown Police make arrest in armed robbery
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Police in Allentown are releasing information about an armed robbery in the city. A press release from Allentown Police says on Friday just before 6 p.m., officers were called to The Corner Mart located in the 2400 block of Emaus Ave. for a report of an armed robbery.
5 adults, 3 kids displaced in Allentown row home blaze, fire official says
Five adults, three children and their pets are all homeless after flames ignited Wednesday morning at an Allentown row home, a fire official said. City Deputy Fire Chief Christian Williams told lehighvalleylive.com the fire began shortly before noon in the 700 block of North New Street. It started on a left row home on the third floor and quickly began spreading to its neighboring home on the right, Williams said.
Man charged in 2016 slayings makes court appearance
Williamsport, Pa. — Dawud Muneer Rogers appeared at the Lycoming County Courthouse in Williamsport for a long-awaited preliminary hearing. Friday marked the 42-year-old Allentown man’s first appearance since being charged last year with the 2016 slaying of William Michael Blackwell in Williamsport. Judge Aaron Biichle, who initially denied bail for Rogers in September of 2023, bound six charges over for trial. Rogers faces one count of criminal homicide along with...
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