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Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police
Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police A man is in police custody following a standoff that lasted several hours in a Target parking in South Whitehall, according to township police.  Authorities said officers were dispatched to the Crest Plaza parking lot on North Cedar Crest Boulevard around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov., 27 for a report of a suicidal man refusing to get out of his vehicle. South Whitehall police called Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team (MERT) crisis negotiator, who eventually convinced the man to stand down, officials said. He was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, they added.  On…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Person In Crisis' Rescued From Ledge Of 8th Street Bridge: Allentown Police 'Person In Crisis' Rescued From Ledge Of 8th Street Bridge: Allentown Police
'Person In Crisis' Rescued From Ledge Of 8th Street Bridge: Allentown Police Police in Lehigh County rescued a man apparently standing on the outer ledge of an Allentown bridge Thursday morning, authorities said. With help from Allentown police crisis negotiators, officers were able to convince the "person in crisis" to come back over the ledge of the 8th Street Bridge around 11:30 a.m., police said. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police said. No further information was immediately available. 

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun A 36-year-old man was in custody Friday morning after a nearly 5-hour standoff with police in Berks County that began Thursday night, authorities said. Sean M. Butler Jr. had allegedly assaulted and threatened his wife with a firearm inside a home on the 2200 block of Spring Street in Spring Township around 10 p.m, according to Deputy Chief of the Spring Police Department, Stephen Powell. With a crisis negotiation team on the scene, police talked to Butler Jr. through the phone, in an attempt to get him to surrender, Powell said. After Butler refused to surrender, police created a dis…

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by Cecilia Levine & Nicole Acosta