CRIME & SAFETY
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...
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...
Car overturns, lands on its roof in Reading
READING, Pa. - A car overturned in Reading Thursday night landing on its roof. First responders were called to the scene of the incident involving entrapment in the 230 block of Lancaster Ave., Berks Co. communications officials confirm. The incident is under investigation. No word on injuries. The cause of...
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.
Police: Woman robbed at gunpoint near Leesport
BERN TWP., Pa. - Police are investigating the armed robbery of a woman in Bern Township. On April 29, just before 11 a.m., authorities say the female victim was robbed of cash at gunpoint while traveling on Cross Keys Road near Leesport. The two robbers are described as Black males,...
NYC woman arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into Schuylkill County prison
MAHANOY TWP., Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police say a 42-year-old New York City woman was arrested after trying to smuggle drugs into a prison in Schuylkill County. According to police, Natasha Santana, of The Bronx, attempted to smuggle the drugs to an inmate at SCI-Mahanoy. Part of Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institute, the prison is located on Grey Line Drive in Mahanoy Township.
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...
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.
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...
Federal Inmate In Schuylkill County Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Officer: Usdoj
The US Attorney's Office said Carlos Rodriguez-Cruz, 33, punched a guard at FCI Schuylkill in Minersville last Oct. 6. According to authorities, the guard found a homemade knife or "shank" during a search of Rodriguez-Cruz's cell. Rodriguez-Cruz, formerly of Puerto Rico, faces up to eight years of imprisonment, supervised release,...
PennDOT memorial honors workers killed on the job
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. - PennDOT officials are honoring highway workers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The department is paying tribute with a memorial that's on display this week in southern Schuylkill County. The display highlights the dangers workers face on highways. "The folks behind us have...
Moms of teens killed in McCandless crash win court battle against bail for jailed driver
Heather McCandless began to sob in front of a judge as she described how her husband ends each day by saying “good night” to the urn holding their late daughter’s ashes. Taylor Orlowski, 18, was killed Dec. 23 after a speeding car in which she was riding with four other passengers crashed on a North Hills road.
Accident involving Reading police car sends 1 to hospital
READING, Pa. – A Reading police car was involved in a wreck in the city that sent one person the hospital. It happened around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday near North Fifth and Court streets. The police car was hit on its driver's side. The SUV involved had heavy damage to...
SEPTA Searching for Suspect that Attacked a Temple Student
Philadelphia, Pa – SEPTA Police want your help to find the suspect who attacked a Temple student, on the Broad Street line. SEPTA Transit Police say it happened on March 14th, as a train approached the Cecil B. Moore Station. The suspect assaulted the victim, and then ran away. The suspect was wearing a red-plaid […]
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