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Driver Pleads Guilty To Homicide In Crash That Killed 22-Year-Old Allentown Woman
A driver pleaded guilty Monday in a crash that killed a 22-year-old Allentown woman last year, reports say.
Amanda Ritter, 30, was driving 81 mph in a 35-mph zone and was intoxicated when she struck a Chevrolet Malibu at Overlook and Mauch Chunk Roads in Allentown on Jan. 14, 2020, WFMZ reports citing the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
The front-seat passenger in the Chevrolet, 22-year-old Yasmine Woodruff was pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet says. The driver, Keiana Allen, 21, two juvenile passengers were injured in the crash.
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Bethlehem Man Pleads Guilty To Homicide In 2019 Robbery, Shooting Death Of Whitehall Resident
A Bethlehem man pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in connection with the 2019 shooting death of a man in his Whitehall Township home, reports say.
Michael Layton, 26, admitted he helped kill Jeffrey Werner, 53, on Oct. 18, 2019, with initial plans to rob him, LehighValleyLive reports citing the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
With help from Dakota Schmoyer, 27, the duo ransacked the house and took several items, including a safe, the outlet says.
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DA: Allentown Man Accused Of Killing Mom, Sister Pleads Guilty But Mentally Ill
An Allentown man charged with killing his mother and sister in 2018 has entered a guilty plea, authorities announced.
Zakiiy Carson, 37, on Tuesday pleaded guilty but mentally ill to two counts of murder in the third degree, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin.
Carson called 911 himself on Oct. 28, 2018, and told dispatchers he had shot his mother and sister, identified as Newark, NJ natives Latricia Ezell and Ashley Campfield, authorities said.
When officers took Carson into custody, he explained he had argued with his mom earlier that day about the treatment…
AG: Lehigh County Man Forced Another To Illegally Buy 29 Firearms To Support Meth Habit
A pair of Lehigh County men were arrested for their roles in the illegal straw purchases of 29 firearms in an effort to make up for the debt related to one of the man's drug use, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office announced.
James Gleason, 38, of Emmaus, was instructed by Reynold Lewis, 37, of Allentown, to make straw purchases of firearms to pay back debt related to Gleason’s methamphetamine use, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
Agents executed a search warrant on Lewis' hotel room and vehicle on May 3, and recovered one handgun, ammunition, firearm parts, and accesso…
