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Courtesy/City of AllentownThree unidentified juveniles were charged with criminal mischief in connection with the damages, which cost the city about $47,000. -
Stephanie Sigafoos/LehighValleyNews.comThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security has used county office space but hasn't paid rent in three years despite a 2022 memorandum of understanding, county officials said. Said Controller Mark Pinsley: "We're going to deport ICE."
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An Allentown Police officer has been charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of assault after allegedly striking a man with his service weapon. -
City officials said the encampment is in active flood zone and must be shut down. The move goes against Mayor Matt Tuerk's directive to clean rather than clear camps.
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State Police are investigating a hit-and-run that occurred on the ramp from Route 22 eastbound in Hanover Township. They discovered a man dead, but still are working to determine how he died.
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Northampton County's district attorney will not press charges in a fatal single-vehicle motorcycle crash, officials announced Tuesday.
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The patrols — on Broadway or on side streets just off Broadway — came during the opening weekend of Musikfest in Bethlehem.
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Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio said toxicology testing showed a significant level of illicit controlled substances in Timothy Vanbilliard’s system, including methamphetamine, when he died May 11, 2025.
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Attorney Ronnie Louis Creazzo has been charged in connection to threats made against the Office of Disciplinary Counsel following their attempts to serve him at his Bushkill Township home in 2024.
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Two men, including one at-large, have been charged with attempted homicide and other offenses in the shooting of six individuals in Easton this month.
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Phillip Rishel alleges an Allentown cop drove his SUV at him after a confrontation over Rishel's filming of officers at their substation at Tenth and Hamilton Streets. He was later charged with loitering.
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Police tried to stop Thomas Kravitz's vehicle as it arrived at the woman’s home, but he drove away, hitting an Allentown police car, police said.
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro sent lawmakers a letter with six proposals to fill vacancies.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - COVID-19 cases appear to be dropping in Lehigh Valley jails, but the omicron surge continues to drive new lockdowns for inmates and…
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Wolf said part of the solution is to improve job opportunities, increase community resources and fund schools.
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Northampton County recently shut down its work-release program; Lehigh County ended its over a year ago.
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The 13-year veteran of the Allentown Police Department had been hospitalized since early this year.
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To help ease the strain of surging COVID cases, officials are considering letting some inmates go home on work release.
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Chief Charles Roca will lead the department with Assistant Chiefs Michael Becker and James Gress.
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The American Civil Liberties Union was among the chief opponents of approval.
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Mark Pinsley says it would reduce food waste and provide job training for the incarcerated.
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Activist groups have called on state police to be more transparent in use of force cases.
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The district attorney's office says Nothstein stalked a female acquaintance and her boyfriend.
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Police say the "smash and grab" theft could be part of a bigger national trend.
