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Outraged Parents Blast Officials At Parkland School Board Meeting After Frank Anonia's Arrest Outraged Parents Blast Officials At Parkland School Board Meeting After Frank Anonia's Arrest
Parkland Parents Air Concerns Over Francis Anonia's Arrest Outraged parents showed up to a school board meeting in Lehigh County to blast officials after news broke that a teacher had been arrested for secretly recording a student undressing in a school auditorium. Laura Warmkessel was just one of those parents. "You guys sit up here the majority of the time patting yourselves on the back and congratulating each other on how wonderful this school district is, but under the radar letting these monsters into our system, repeatedly," Warmkessel told the Parkland School District Board of Directors on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Click here to watch the meeting. …

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by Merriell Moyer
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Jeep Driver Who Struck 3 Nurses While Dropping Off Gunshot Victim At ER Turns Himself In, PPD Jeep Driver Who Struck 3 Nurses While Dropping Off Gunshot Victim At ER Turns Himself In, PPD
Jeep Driver Who Struck 3 Nurses While Dropping Off Gunshot Victim At ER Turns Himself In, PPD Three nurses and a gunshot victim were struck by a car outside a Philadelphia hospital, the police told Daily Voice on Saturday, Oct. 12.  A driver of a silver Jeep Cherokee, Jaadir Goodwyn, was dropping the gunshot victim off at the ER at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center located at 3900 Poweltown Avenue at 4:22 a.m., Philadelphia Police detailed. Goodwyn, 20, turned himself over to the police on Wednesday, Oct. 16, as stated in a press conference. He is facing charges of aggravated assault and other related offenses, the police said. The court docket for this case…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Bethlehem Motorcyclist Dad Caused His Fatal Crash, Lehigh County DA Says Bethlehem Motorcyclist Dad Caused His Fatal Crash, Lehigh County DA Says
Bethlehem Motorcyclist Dad Caused His Fatal Crash, Lehigh County DA Says New details have been released in four Lehigh Valley crashes, revealing that the three fatal crashes were caused by the drivers and were possibly preventable. This includes the death of a New Jersey native, District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan said on Monday, Oct. 14. Jorge Pickett, 34, originally of Camden, NJ, and most recently of Bethlehem, rode his motorcycle "through a steady red light for westbound traffic on Center Valley Parkway" fatally striking an SUV around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4 at West Saucon Valley Circle and Center Valley Parkway in Upper Saucon Township, the DA deta…

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Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA
Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA A convicted drug dealer is back behind bars again, this time for murdering a man with a sword, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10. William Smoot, 50, Exeter Township, was convicted of First-Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder for stabbing DelCollo multiple times with a sword on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Smoot has been held in the Berks County Prison while awaiting sentencing, the district attorney's office said. A sentencing date was not available at the time of publication. Smoot's accompl…

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Levittown Mom Of Three Identified As Train Operator Killed By Fallen Tree, Family Plans Lawsuit Levittown Mom Of Three Identified As Train Operator Killed By Fallen Tree, Family Plans Lawsuit
Levittown Mom Of Three Identified As Train Operator Killed By Fallen Tree, Family Plans Lawsuit The family of the New Jersey Transit train operator killed by a fallen tree is planning to sue several organizations for negligence, an attorney said. Jessica Haley of Levittown, Pennsylvania, was identified as the person who died in the crash, according to a news release from the Anapol Weiss law firm on Thursday, Oct. 15. The single mother of three boys was 41 years old. Haley was operating a River LINE train heading north from Trenton at around 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14. The light rail train struck a tree that had fallen on the tracks south of the Roebling station in Mansfield …

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Reckless Teens Caused Their Injuries By Crashing Stolen Car, Lehigh DA Says Reckless Teens Caused Their Injuries By Crashing Stolen Car, Lehigh DA Says
Reckless Teens Caused Their Injuries By Crashing Stolen Car, Lehigh DA Says New details have been released in multiple serious Lehigh Valley crashes, including one involving minors, District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan said on Monday, Oct. 14 A teenager driving a stolen Nissan Maxima crashed on American Parkway, just north of the intersection of Bradford Street in Allentown at 2:35 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11, the DA detailed. The two teens in the car, ages 14 and 15, were both injured. "The driver, whose name will not be released due to his age, was seriously injured," the DA said. "A passenger inside the car also received minor injuries in the accident." The investiga…

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Delco Man Arrested With Drugs, Guns In Months-Long Narc Probe: Police Delco Man Arrested With Drugs, Guns In Months-Long Narc Probe: Police
Delco Man Arrested With Drugs, Guns In Months-Long Narc Probe: Police A Delaware County man was arrested after authorities found drugs, guns, and money in his home following a four-month-long narcotics investigation, police said. Edward Plumley, 48, of Aldan, was previously identified by the Delaware County Narcotics Task Force as a drug trafficker, according to the Marple Township Police Department. Plumley, who had been distributing drugs in and around Marple Township, had his residence searched under warrant by the narcotics task force on Thursday, Oct. 10, police said. In Plumley's residence, officers with the task force found and seized: 1,600 grams o…

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Performing Arts Director At Parkland Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit Performing Arts Director At Parkland Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit
Francis Anonia Accused Of Secretly Recording Student: PD The former performing arts director at a Lehigh County high school was charged for secretly recording a student while he was in a changing room, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Francis Anonia, 43, of Allentown, was accused of using his cell phone to secretly record a student changing clothes while he was in the Parkland High School auditorium on Monday, Oct. 14, as detailed by the Allentown police in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student, who is now 21 years old, was 18 when the recordings were made in the auditorium's changing rooms in April 2021, a…

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Driver Wanted After Passenger Killed In Crash: Lehigh DA Driver Wanted After Passenger Killed In Crash: Lehigh DA
Driver Wanted After Passenger Killed In Crash: Lehigh DA New details released in several Lehigh Valley crashes include those of a manhunt for a driver who left his passenger to die alone, according to a release by the Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan on Monday, Oct. 14. The most recent fatal crash happened in the 700 block of Central Boulevard in Bethlehem just before 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13. Ezequiel Hernandez-Cartagena, 20, of Allentown, has been identified as the passenger killed in the single-vehicle crash, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, as Daily Voice previously reported. This was a single-vehicle cra…

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CEO Caused The Crash That Killed Him: Lehigh DA CEO Caused The Crash That Killed Him: Lehigh DA
CEO Caused The Crash That Killed Him: Lehigh DA New information released for numerous serious Lehigh County crashes included surprising details about the death of a CEO who worked in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Stephen "Steve" La Pierre, 66, of Upper Macungie Township, sideswiped Judith Crossley of Upper Macungie Township's vehicle as she was going east on West Tilghman Street in Allentown, about to turn onto Werley Road, as Daily Voice previously reported. He continued to strike a curb, cross all lanes on Tilghman Street before hitting a lamp pole, and became airborne around 10:37 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5. "An investigation into this cras…

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Convicted PA Thief Pleads Guilty to Allentown Murder, Among 3 Other Cases: DA Convicted PA Thief Pleads Guilty to Allentown Murder, Among 3 Other Cases: DA
Legious Robert Minder Jr. Guilty Of Killing Najeer Lane: DA A 22-year-old Bethlehem man has admitted to murder, and numerous other crimes the Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Monday, Oct. 14.  Legious Robert Minder Jr., pleaded guilty to Murder in the Third Degree, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of Firearm Prohibited for the Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, slaying of Najeer Lane, 22, of Allentown, according to the DA. Minder Jr. had been charged along with two other men for Lane's death as well as the attempted murder of Bless Jones during Allentown so…

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PA Passenger Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter For I-78 Fatal Crash: DA PA Passenger Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter For I-78 Fatal Crash: DA
PA Passenger Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter For I-78 Fatal Crash: DA A passenger has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter for a fatal crash on Interstate 78, the Berks County District Attorney's Office annoued on Friday, Oct. 11. Dustin Micheal Harbaugh, 37, of Lebanon, was convicted for causing the crash that killed Jason Carl Blauch, 38, of Myerstown, according to the DA and his obituary posted by Rohland Funeral Home Inc. Blauch was one of six people the 2013 Chrysler Town and Country crossed the fog line and onto the snowy and icy berm near mile marker 9.8 in Bethel Township around 2 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, as Daily Voice previousl…

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