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CRIME & SAFETY
State Police looking for suspect in Schuylkill County bank robbery
MCADOO BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are searching for a man involved in a bank robbery Thursday morning. According to the release, a man wearing a flannel shirt, baseball hat, sunglasses, fake beard, sunglasses, and gloves entered First National Bank on the 20th block of North Kennedy Drive at 10:30 a.m. […]
Road rage suspect allegedly fires gun at teen driver
SOUTH MANHEIM TWP., SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are looking for a suspect wanted for allegedly fired a gun at a teen during a road rage incident. According to state police, on May 28 around 2:30 p.m., troopers were called for a road rage incident in South Manheim Township in Schuylkill County. Police say a […]
Search continues for missing kayaker in Schuylkill County
GIRARDVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The search continues for a man who capsized in a kayak in Schuylkill County Tuesday. According to Fire Chief Frank Zangari, the call came in around 2:10 p.m. Tuesday for a water rescue in an abandoned strip mine filled with water over 1,000 feet deep in Girardville. Chief Zangari says […]
Girardville water recovery operation continues
GIRARDVILLLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Thursday marks day three of the water recovery search for a man in Schuylkill County. Dive teams were on the scene continuing to search for the kayaker’s body using sonar technology. Crews from the PA Fish and Boat Commission, Mahanoy City, and Pennsylvania State Police could be seen near the entrance […]
Carbon County man gets prison sentence for meth trafficking
A Carbon County man has learned his fate for trafficking methamphetamine. Curtis Margle, 34, of Lehighton, was sentenced last week to 11 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He pleaded guilty in September to possessing between 200-350 grams of crystal methamphetamine...
Carbon County man sentenced for bringing explosive to airport
LANSFORD, Pa. — A Carbon County man will spend more than two years in prison after bringing a bomb to an airport in the Lehigh Valley. Marc Muffley, 41, of Lansford, pleaded guilty to possession of an explosive and related charges back in January. Muffley was charged after TSA...
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