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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan announced more than 100 additional criminal charges Wednesday against County Commissioner Zachary Cole-Borghi. -
Screenshot/YouTube/Lehigh County Board of Commissioners MeetingLengthy criminal complaints contained more than 150 pages of transcripts of messages allegedly sent between Cole-Borghi and cooperating sources for the prosecution. Those messages show negotiations on the price of drugs, including marijuana/THC products and cocaine, as well as arranging for delivery and purchase.
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Robert Bowen Jr. is being held at Northampton County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail. Police said they found him in possession of explosives and a homemade gun after he said he intended to detonate a bomb at Musikfest. -
Armed with a search warrant, Bethlehem police say they detained a man Friday who allegedly made statements of his intent to build and detonate an improvised explosive during Musikfest.
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Bill Bachenberg is accused in a $10 million lawsuit of hiring a cybersecurity company to analyze voting machines in Fulton County for voting irregularities but than stiffing it when it found no evidence of voter fraud.
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Jonathan A. Richards, 41, of Shillington, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.24% at the time of the crash — three times the legal limit, authorities said.
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Political observers in the Lehigh Valley said the new criminal charges against former President Donald Trump won't be enough to shake up the 2024 presidential race. Despite two impeachments and multiple federal charges, the 45th president still dominates the Republican Party.
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Thong Pham hit his head in September 2019 after he was punched at an Allentown bar, authorities said. He never regained consciousness and died in 2021.
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The Allentown Police Department can now enter a formal contract to work with Pinebrook Family Answers' “community intervention specialists.”
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The rehab program, if completed succesfully by the accused person, could result in their charges being reduced or dropped before they even make it to court.
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Several top Allentown police officials have declined to answer whether they are following the department’s use-of-force policy.
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Easton City Councilmember Taiba Sultana was arrested by the Easton Police Department Monday afternoon for a charge of simple assault and harassment for allegedly attacking her son, according to court records.
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Advocates for immigrant rights argue detention is inhumane and unnecessary.
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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.
