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Woman admits to lying about attack in parking lot; innocent man freed from jail: DA
Authorities say Anjela Borisova Urumova admitted she lied about the entire incident and that no assault occurred in the Redner's parking lot on April 16, according to the criminal complaint filed Monday.
Driver wields machete at family in Route 22 road-rage accident, police say
A 51-year-old Allentown man is accused of wielding a machete and threatening another man and his family after the pair were involved in a road-rage accident, state police said. That driver is being charged with four counts misdemeanor simple assault and four counts misdemeanor reckless endangerment, as well as various...
Police: Allentown man brandished machete during Route 22 road rage incident
WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police say an Allentown man was arrested after pulling out a machete during a road rage incident on Route 22 East. According to police, the incident occurred around 5:20 p.m. Saturday when two eastbound vehicles crashed near the MacArthur Road exit. The drivers...
Elderly Couple Dies In Murder-Suicide: Lehigh County Coroner
Authorities said 78-year-old Harvey H. Hartung shot his wife, 79-year-old Carol A. Hartung, before turning the gun on himself. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Pennsylvania State Police and the District Attorney's Office are investigating, Coroner Daniel A. Buglio added. to follow Daily Voice Lehigh and receive free news...
Police in Lehigh Valley seek man who, allegedly, installed credit card skimmer at Dollar General
Law enforcement officials in Macungie, in Lehigh County, are on the lookout for a man who, they claim, installed a credit card skimmer at a discount store in the borough. According to police, the incident happened around noon on April 11, when a man was captured on store surveillance cameras after he, allegedly, installed a credit card skimming device on a self-checkout register at a Dollar General store located along the 100 block of Main Street.
Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, man wanted for 35-year-old homicide found in Coshocton County
COSHOCTON − A fugitive from Pennsylvania wanted for a 35-year-old homicide was apprehended recently in Coshocton County. Michael Breisch, 65, of Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, has been charged with homicide, robbery and other charges related to the death of Rose Josephine Hnath in 1989 in North Whitehall Township, outside Allentown, Pennsylvania. Authorities from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, stated advances in DNA technology helped investigators to connect Breisch to the crime.
Here are the results of Friday's police detail in Allentown
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Police in Allentown say they are proactively working to fight crime. Pennsylvania State Police and Allentown police conducted a joint detail in the city on Friday, they said in a news release Monday. The enforcement detail from 3-11 p.m. was to seek out and intercept criminal activity.
Webinar planned to help parents address sensitive topics after Bethlehem cop charges
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Bethlehem Area superintendent says the district is making progress after last week's arrest of a school resource officer. That police officer is accused of sexually victimizing two middle school students. Parents turned out to hear Superintendent Jack Silva respond for the first time Tuesday night to...
Police arrest suspect in 1989 cold case killing of 78-year-old Pennsylvania woman
More than 30 years after an elderly woman was stabbed to death inside her Lehigh Valley home, an arrest has been made in her murder. On Thursday, May 16, 2024, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan announced homicide and burglary charges against Michael Breisch, now 65, in the 1989 murder of 78-year-old Rose Hnath.
Catasauqua hires part-time police officer as it prepares to search for new chief
Catasauqua took the first steps Monday in addressing police staffing shortages by hiring a new part-time officer, one of several new hires — including a police chief — it hopes to make in the coming months. “Welcome aboard,” Mayor Barbara Schlegel told Steve Parr to the applause of residents attending a borough council meeting after swearing him in. The borough will begin the process of hiring ...
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