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No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown
No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown Authorities in Lehigh County are working to identify a man in his 20s found dead on an Allentown alley in the early morning hours on Sunday, July 16.  The victim was discovered on the 600 block of Morris Street and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where doctors pronounced him dead around 2 a.m., said county Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. His cause of death is pending an autopsy scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, but officials said he "appears to have suffered head and traumatic injuries."  "With the assistance of the Allentown Police Department, post-mortem fingerprints a…

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by Mac Bullock
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Motorcyclist Killed In Allentown Crash Identified By Coroner Motorcyclist Killed In Allentown Crash Identified By Coroner
Motorcyclist Killed In Allentown Crash Identified By Coroner Authorities have named the 20-year-old man who died after his motorcycle crashed in Allentown on Saturday afternoon.  Justin J. Vasquez-Sotomayor died of multiple traumatic injuries, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said in a release on Monday.  Vasquez-Sotomayor's motorcycle crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of W. Greenleaf Street and Ott Street around 1:20 p.m. on July 8, the coroner wrote. The manner of death was ruled accidental.  He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died of his wounds, officials added.  The crash remains und…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 20, Killed In Allentown Crash Motorcyclist, 20, Killed In Allentown Crash
Motorcyclist, 20, Killed In Allentown Crash A 20-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash in Allentown Saturday, July 8, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The motorcyclist, whose name was not released, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest after the 1:19 p.m. accident at the intersection of W. Greenleaf and Ott streets, where he was pronounced dead. No further information was released.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park
Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park A woman was shot and killed in a Lehigh County park on Wednesday, says Coroner Daniel A. Buglio's Office.  It happened just before 7 p.m., near the West Catasauqua Playground on Pine Street in Whitehall Township, the coroner said.  The victim, a 35-year-old Allentown resident, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where she was pronounced dead a few minutes later, officials said. Her death was ruled a homicide but the cause is pending an autopsy scheduled for Thursday, June 14.  "The victim has been identified and her family has been notified," the coroner sai…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Man Dies After Being Hit By Two Cars, Coroner Says Lehigh Valley Man Dies After Being Hit By Two Cars, Coroner Says
Lehigh Valley Man Dies After Being Hit By Two Cars, Coroner Says A car accident in the Lehigh Valley claimed the life of a pedestrian late on Saturday, June 10, officials say.  It happened around 9 p.m. in North Whitehall, said Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio in a statement. Christian Torres, 22, of North Whitehall, was hit by two cars near Rising Sun Road and Mauser Street.  Torres was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest about an hour later, he added. The cause of death is pending an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday, June 14, Buglio wrote.  The accident remains under investigation by state police. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
89-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Lehigh Valley Wreck 89-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Lehigh Valley Wreck
89-Year-Old Passenger Killed In Lehigh Valley Wreck A car accident in Lehigh County on Thursday afternoon claimed the life of an 89-year-old passenger, the county Coroner's Office says.  It happened just before 2 p.m. near the intersection of Old US Route 22 and Mill Creek Road in Weisenberg Township, officials wrote in a release.  Myra T. Rosenberger of Weisenberg was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where she died of multiple blunt force injuries, the coroner said. Her death was ruled accidental.  The accident remains under investigation by state police at Fogelsville, officials added. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Pair Charged, Victim Identified In Deadly Allentown Shooting Pair Charged, Victim Identified In Deadly Allentown Shooting
Pair Charged, Victim Identified In Deadly Allentown Shooting One man is dead and two more are behind bars following a fatal shooting in Allentown Sunday night, authorities announced.  City police were called to the corner of 4th and Tilghman Streets around 9:30 p.m. on May 14 for reports of shots fired, the department wrote in a release.  They arrived to find a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, 27-year-old Jose Tirado-Ramirez of Bethlehem, was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he died from his injuries just after midnight, said Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear
Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear Officials in Montgomery County are still working to identify the cause of the early morning house fire that killed one man and one woman in Hatfield on Friday, May 12.  The Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company was called to the home, 2873 Washington Lane, at about 4:20 a.m., they wrote in a release Friday afternoon. Dispatchers advised that the blaze on the first floor had trapped two people upstairs, the Company said.  Firefighters arrived within minutes to find "heavy fire conditions" on the house's front side, with only three of the five residents having escaped, the release says. T…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Allentown Shooting Victim ID'd As 29-Year-Old Bethlehem Man Allentown Shooting Victim ID'd As 29-Year-Old Bethlehem Man
Allentown Shooting Victim ID'd As 29-Year-Old Bethlehem Man Authorities have released the identity of the man gunned down over the weekend in Allentown. Rahmil E. Gordon, 29, of Bethlehem, was killed around 10:50 p.m. Friday, April 21 on the 1100 block of Maple Street, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead. In addition to the coroner's office, this death is also being investigated by the Allentown Police Department, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force, with assistance from the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Shot Dead In Allentown Man Shot Dead In Allentown
Man Shot Dead In Allentown A man was shot and killed in a Friday night, April 21 incident in Allentown, authorities said. The man, whose name is not yet being released, was killed around 10:50 p.m. on the 1100 block of Maple Street, and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Lehigh County coroner. In addition to the coroner's office, this death is also being investigated by the Allentown Police Department, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force, with assistance from the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Victim ID'd In Deadly West Penn Crash Victim ID'd In Deadly West Penn Crash
Victim ID'd In Deadly West Penn Crash Authorities have identified the victim who was fatally injured in a car crash in West Penn Township on Thursday afternoon.  William J. Reed, 46, of Andreas, was driving along the 300 block of Lizard Creek Road on April 6 when he lost control of his car around 1:45 p.m., said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office in a release.  Reed's car veered off the street and into a ditch, officials wrote. He was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he died from multiple blunt-force injuries at about 5:15 p.m., the coroner said. The manner of death was ruled accidental.  The …

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
Montco First Responder Dies After On-Duty Stroke Montco First Responder Dies After On-Duty Stroke
Montco First Responder Dies After On-Duty Stroke More than two weeks after suffering a stroke in the line of duty, a Montgomery County first responder has died, officials announced.  Jay Miles, an emergency medical technician with the Upper Perkiomen Valley Ambulance service and Chaplain in the Pennsburg Volunteer Fire Company, passed away on April 1, his colleagues announced in a statement.  Miles and a partner were responding to a call for a medical emergency late on Monday, March 13, UPVA officials said. After arriving at the scene and loading the patient onto the stretcher, Miles "suffered what would later be diagnosed as a severe he…

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by Mac Bullock