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PA Dad Stabbed Dead On Ride Home From Casino PA Dad Stabbed Dead On Ride Home From Casino
PA Dad Stabbed Dead On Ride Home From Casino Support is surging for the family of a 35-year-old Lehigh Valley dad who was stabbed to death by another man on their way home from Wind Creek Bethlehem casino on Friday. Nearly $2,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for the five children of Elson Aviles as of Monday afternoon.  Aviles was remembered on the fundraiser as a "loving, loyal person and a true stand-up family man."  Jose Luis Leon, 30, is facing charges of criminal homicide, possessing instruments of crime, simple possession, and two counts of aggravated assault for the killing of Aviles, of Bethlehem, according to…

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by Nicole Acosta
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3-Year-Old Boy Dead, 2 Others Unbuckled Ejected In PA Rollover Crash 3-Year-Old Boy Dead, 2 Others Unbuckled Ejected In PA Rollover Crash
3-Year-Old Boy Dead, 2 Others Unbuckled Ejected In PA Rollover Crash A 3-year-old boy died four other people including a 7-year-old girl all not wearing seatbelts were ejected in a Friday evening crash on State Route 33 in Northampton County, authorities said. Troopers from the Belfast barracks responded to southbound crash at the Route 78 interchange in Lower Saucon Township around 7:55 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Nathan T. Branosky said. A 2004 Mercury Mountaineer carrying five people from Manilus, NY, was trying to get onto the Route 78 eastbound ramp while a 2017 Kia Sportage was trying to get on the Route 78 westbound ramp, th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Pennsylvania HS Teacher Accused Of Year-Long Sexual Contact With Student Ex-Pennsylvania HS Teacher Accused Of Year-Long Sexual Contact With Student
Ex-Pennsylvania HS Teacher Accused Of Year-Long Sexual Contact With Student A Lehigh Valley man was working as a high school teacher when he had sex with a 17-year-old student numerous times over the course of more than a year, state police charged. Eric Michael Hahn, of South Whitehall Township, engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl while working as a teacher at Bangor Area High School starting in October 2019, state police said. Hahn, 38, engaged in the activity both in and outside of school, police said. Hahn was charged Thursday with intercourse/sexual contact with a student and corruption of minors, both third-degree felonies. He was being held …

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by Valerie Musson