CRIME & SAFETY
Philly Dealer With Berks County Ties Had More Than $8 Million In Fentanyl: DA
Ramon Alberto Jimenez-Merejildo was arrested on Perkiomen Avenue in Exeter on Tuesday, April 30, according to prosecutors. Authorities said Jimenez-Merejildo was selling fentanyl in Philadelphia and also "transporting large amounts" to Berks for distribution. Police made several controlled buys from Jimenez-Merejildo during the two-month investigation, the DA's Office said. During...
1 taken to hospital after crash involving SUV, dump truck on Route 309 in Hatfield Twp.
HATFIELD TWP., Pa. - One person was taken to the hospital after a crash on Route 309 in Montgomery County. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday along Route 309 between Walnut Street and Lenhart Road, according to county dispatchers. Route 309 between Walnut Street and Lenhart Road is currently...
Car strikes Sinking Spring business
SINKING SPRING, Pa. - First responders in Sinking Spring responded to a car that struck a business Thursday afternoon. It happened just before 1 p.m. in the 4200 block of Penn Avenue. Initial emergency dispatches called for a vehicle into a building with structural damage. There are no reports of...
Black Bear Captured In Montgomery County: Police
The Pennsylvania Game Commission and members of the Upper Moreland Fire Department located the bear in a tree and safely removed him for relocation, police said early Thursday, May 2. "The bear was healthy and not harmed," they said. The bear is 3 years old and weighs some 255 pounds,...
Wanted in Berks: Carlos Diaz-Colon
READING, Pa. - Police are asking for assistance locating a Reading man wanted on drug charges. 20-year-old Carlos Diaz-Colon is charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance after authorities say he met with a confidential source in the 800 blk of Muhlenberg Street to sell a quantity of heroin/fentanyl.
Lehigh County raid nets explosives, guns, drugs and 1 arrest, authorities say
An investigation led to the execution of a search warrant Wednesday morning at an Upper Macungie home where authorities said they found weapons of mass destruction, multiple drugs and cash, as well as made an arrest. Agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Gun Control...
Multiple fire companies battle Limerick house fire
LIMERICK TWP., Pa. – A two-alarm fire in Montgomery County sent two firefighters to the hospital Wednesday morning. First responders were called to the 200 block of Limerick Center Road in Limerick Township just before 11:30 a.m. Officials said the injuries appeared to be minor. The people inside the...
Westbound lanes now open after Collegeville crash on Route 422 in Montgomery County
Pennsylvania State Troopers arrived at a serious crash on Route 422 Wednesday afternoon in Collegeville. At least two vehicles were involved in the accident. The multi-vehicle crash blocked all westbound lanes. Lanes are now back open.
Man gets 5-10 years in prison in killing near Quakertown
A New Jersey man will spend up to a decade in prison for his role in the death of a man during a botched robbery with his brother in Upper Bucks County nearly three years ago. On Wednesday, Joshua Gamble, 20, was sentenced to five to 10 years for his involvement in the the June 17, 2021, killing of Kevin Rosero, according to a news release from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. ...
Police investigating shooting at Laureldale pizza shop
LAURELDALE, Pa. - Police say the investigation continues into a shooting that happened Friday, just before midnight, at Margherita's Pizza on Kutztown Road in Laureldale. "The officer responded, had a big group of motorcycle members that were inside the establishment," said Laureldale Police Chief Brian Horner. Horner said the incident...
One injured in Mulberry Street shooting
READING, Pa. - The Reading Police Department is investigating a Monday night shooting that left a man injured. It happened just before 8:30 p.m. when police responded to the 800 block of Mulberry Street for a report of shots fired. Responding officers say they arrived to find a man with...
Pa. state troopers in Philly, Montco and Delco now wearing bodycams, agency says
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- All Pennsylvania State Police troopers who patrol in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware counties are now outfitted with body cameras and enhanced video recorders in their patrol vehicles, the agency announced Monday.The news comes as PSP rolls out body-worn cameras to all troops across the state.In 2022, the agency entered into a contract with Axon, a company that sells body cameras, Commissioner Col. Christian Paris said in a state Appropriations Committee hearing last month. Starting in 2023, PSP began rolling out body cameras, starting with one station in Cumberland County. As of April 29 troopers across five of the...
Suspect in 2023 Reading homicide arrested in NYC
READING, Pa. - The man named as a suspect in a 2023 Reading homicide is in custody, authorities say. Berks County District Attorney John Adams confirms that 33-year-old Vincent Sanchez was taken into custody in New York City. On the afternoon of July 21, 2023, police say Sanchez gunned down...
'I'm just grateful that God heard us': Victim's family relived after murder suspect arrested in NYC
READING, Pa. - Authorities have arrested the man they say is responsible for a midday murder in Reading last summer. Amaryllis Garman, widow of Ellis Garman Sr., who was shot and killed last summer in Downtown Reading near South 6th and Cherry streets, says she was at work when she found out about the arrest.
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