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Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comThe Lehigh County Coroner's Office said the 27-year-old died Saturday night at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest — hours after being shot during a standoff with Pennsylvania State Police in a North Whitehall Township driveway. -
Jason Addy/LehighValleyNews.comYaniel Fermin, 17, is charged with homicide, possession with intent to deliver controlled substances and possession of a firearm by a minor in the death of Jeomy Miguel Soto, 19. Soto was shot Thursday in Allentown.
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At Wednesday's Allentown City Council meeting, the city's police chief requested permission to seek grants from the state to afford a gunshot detection system, new surveillance cameras and other upgrades. -
Lehigh County is sitting on $1.7 million for opioid abuse treatment. And millions more are on the way.
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The teen, a student at William Allen High School, died at Stevens Park near Sixth and Tilghman streets, authorities said.
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Police released details Monday of the threat received last week through the Safe2Say tipline.
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Officials learned of the threat through the Safe2Say anonymous messaging system.
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Gov. Tom Wolf this week unveiled a plan to provide pardons for people who have been convicted of minor, non-violent marijuana crimes. It could affect thousands in the Lehigh Valley
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Muhamad Diop is charged with making terroristic threats and harassment, authorities said.
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Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio says a new post-mortem CT scanner should be up and running in 4 to 8 weeks.
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William Arthur Strunk of Stroudsburg entered the plea Friday before Judge Paula A. Roscioli, Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta said in a release Monday.
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Allentown police are investigating the incident that they say occurred early Saturday night after they were called to the 1100 block of Fullerton Avenue.
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Former Allentown vice officer accused of stealing cash; no details on five-year gap in investigationJason Krasley was a member of the Allentown Police Department's Vice Unit in May 2019 when $5,500 was taken during a search at a Hamilton Street barbershop.
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Lehigh County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to seek state funding to study whether several municipal police departments in the county should be combined.
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Bethlehem Police Chief Michelle Kott said methamphetamine is “a real issue” around the city and beyond.
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Ongoing investigations are happening, according to the Northampton Co. D.A., into smoke shops selling THC products with misleading or untrue labels.
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Lehigh County Clerk of Elections Tim Benyo said his office contacted law enforcement after determining an organization turned in hundreds of faulty voter registration applications.
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That hearing is set to be the first scene in what could be an ugly legal saga between Allentown officials.
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Two Allentown officers alleged they faced retaliation after trying to report their colleagues to superiors.
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Frank Anonia, 43, who resigned as the Parkland School District's visual and performing arts director, is charged with secretly recording a student getting changed in a high school auditorium dressing room in 2021.
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IRS Criminal Investigation special agents visited Moravian University during a full-day criminal investigation simulation known as the citizen academy.
