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Dad Of 5 Shot By Police In PA ID By Coroner
The identity of a 55-year-old father of five shot by police in East Greenville has been released by the Montgomery County coroner. Gabriel Diaz died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and shoulder in the shooting on Saturday night, Sept, 14, Coroner Dr. Janine Darby told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Sept. 17. A staff member arrived at the scene at a home in the 100 block of Cherry Street at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15 — but Diaz had already been pronounced dead at 12:05 a.m. The manner of death was "determined to be homicide," Darby said. Diaz had barricaded himself in a basement wit…
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Women Drugged With Meth-Infused Tequila, Sexually Assaulted By PA 'Sugar Daddy,' Complaint Says
A newly obtained criminal complaint details how a 40-year-old Pennsylvania man drugged and sexually assaulted six women during their dates from hell at his home. All of the women, including two from New Jersey, met Andrew Gallo, of Levittown, PA on sugardaddymeet.com. Gallo appeared to have followed the exact same playbook, police papers show: He'd brag about his bartending skills then pour them a drink from open bottles and hop in the shower shower. When he got out, he'd give the women a tour of his home, telling them how he rebuilt it after a fire. It was somewhere around this point …
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Murder-Suicide Married Couple ID'd By Northampton County Coroner
An elderly couple was killed in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide, the Northampton County Coroner’s Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The couple was 78-year-old Celeste L. Kistler and 80-year-old Larry A. Kistler, according to the coroner's release. Celeste was shot and her manner of death is homicide; Larry was also shot and his manner of death was suicide, the coroner detailed. They were found in their home in the 700 Block of Redfern Lane in the City of Bethlehem on Saturday, August 3. Additional information was unavailable at the time of publishing. Che…
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Bethlehem Man Paid $24K+ To Filipino Child Sex Traffickers:
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A 49-year-old Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for paying and directing "livestreamed sexual abuse of Filipino children," the US Department of Justice announced on Friday night, Aug. 2. Harold "Harry" C. Daleus (also known as Dalaeus), Jr., 49, of Bethlehem, was sentenced to 20 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the production of child pornography and related offenses, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero detailed in the release. Daleus sent over $24,000 to the Philippines over several years, "in order to view the live transmiss…
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Woman Left Infant In Car On 90-Degree Day, Quakertown Police Say
A Bethlehem woman is accused of leaving a baby in a hot car, Quakertown police said in an updated release on Wednesday, July 31. Janelle Loveless, 33, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to borough police. The infant was spotted in an unattended car at 245 W. Broad St. on July 5, authorities said. The windows were slightly cracked and the car was not running, officials wrote. Bystanders removed the baby from the vehicle and contacted police, who found Loveless nearby, authorities said. The infant was taken to St. Luke's Hospital-Bethleh…
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PA Mom Charged With Attempted Homicide Of Baby, Prosecutors Say
A Lansford woman is accused of "causing significant harm" to her infant, said the Northampton County District Attorney's Office. Abigail Horn, 18, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of a child, prosecutors wrote in a release. Witnesses told Bethlehem police in May that they saw Horn "smothering" the then-6-week-old child, according to authorities. Others said Horn caused the baby to "scream and gasp for air," and on a separate occasion, "squeezed the infant and caused the infant to scream in apparent pain." Photo evidence showed …
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Cheer For These 35 Pennsylvania Athletes Representing Team USA At Paris Olympics
We're days away from the Paris Olympics, and several of Pennsylvania fittest and most athletic residents will be there. A whopping 35 athletes from Pennsylvania have qualified for the Olympics and are ready to make their run at the gold when events kick off Friday, July 26. They are: David Abrahams, of Havertown: Para Swimming Justin Best, of Kennett Square: Rowing Kahleah Copper, of Philadelphia: Basketball Emma Deberdine, of Millersville: Field Hockey Brooke Debredine, of Millersville: Field Hockey Casey Eichfeld, of Drums: Canoe/Kayak Phia Gladieux, of Oley: Field Hockey Michael G…
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Lehigh Coroner Seeks Next Of Kin For New Jersey Woman
Officials are looking for the loved ones of a New Jersey woman who died on Friday, July 12. Shirley J. Smith, 77, of Belvidere, broke her right femur in a fall and died from complications at St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Her death was ruled an accident. Anyone who can contact her family is asked to call the Coroner's Office at 610-782-3426 or email danielbuglio@lehighcounty.org.
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CASE: Troopers Seek Lehigh Valley Woman Who Disappeared Without A Trace
More than 30 years after she vanished from her Fountain Hill home, state police continue the search for Frances Mary Kiefer. Kiefer was 44 years old when she was last seen on March 22, 1994, troopers said. She was in bed when her husband woke up and went to take a shower, but was nowhere to be found when he returned, according to the Charley Project. The family car was missing, as was the medicine she took daily for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. The vehicle was later found abandoned in Bethlehem's Saucon Park, some four miles from her South Hoffert Street ho…
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Crews Respond To Back-To-Back Fires In Bethlehem
City fire crews were at the scene of two blazes in Bethlehem on Tuesday, July 9, officials said. The first fire broke out on East Broad Street and reached two alarms before being brought under control, firefighters wrote in a statement Wednesday. The second blaze was on the 1800 block of Norwood Street. No residents were inside when first responders arrived but firefighters encountered "heavy fire conditions," and a tanker task force was called to the scene along with backup from Allentown, authorities said. Facebook/Bethlehem Firefighters IAFF Local 735 Facebook/Bethl…
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Norfolk Southern Train Derails In Bethlehem
Bethlehem city officials responded to a train derailment under the Hill to Hill Bridge on Friday afternoon, July 5, authorities said in a release. Four to five cars from the 125-car train derailed around 2:40 p.m., said the Fire Department in a release. "Two to three" of the cars derailed on the bridge over the Lehigh River and two others derailed on the tracks at the end of the bridge. All of the affected cars were empty and the river was not "involved or affected," officials said. Two of the cars on the train were carrying hazardous materials, but they were "remote" fro…
Police & Fire
Officer Injured During Drug Arrest In Allentown: Police
An Allentown police officer was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries after a suspect resisted arrest on Wednesday, July 3, according to city officials. Police said they were patrolling near North Boyer and Russell streets around 6 p.m. when they spotted two men "involved in suspected drug activity." They initiated an arrest and 23-year-old Jeniel Rivera Gotay resisted and tried to flee, according to APD. He was placed in custody and police said they found fentanyl and crack cocaine in his possession. Another suspect, 50-year-old Pablo A. Garcia, was found to have crack…
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Coroner Seeks Family Of Late Carbon County Woman
Officials are looking for the loved ones of a Nesquehoning resident who died at St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem. Leslie D. Cottrill, 69, died from natural causes on Saturday, June 15, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Anyone who can contact her next of kin is asked to call the Coroner's Office at 610-782-3426 or email danielbuglio@lehighcounty.org.
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Suspect Sought For Breaking Into Bethlehem Home, Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend: Police
A suspect is at large after police said he stabbed his ex in her Bethlehem home. Authorities believed Jose Antonio Ramirez-Duran forced his way inside the victim's residence in broad daylight on June 9. He physically assaulted her then stabbed her multiple times in the chest and neck, according to city police. Authorities said the victim's two children were home during the attack. The 45-year-old fled before police arrived and has not been located, officials said. Anyone with information is asked to call 610-865-7000 or email BethlehemPolice@bethlehem-pa.gov. …
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Bethlehem Shooting Sends Victim To Hospital In Critical Condition: Police
City police are investigating a shooting in Bethlehem early Sunday morning, June 23. Authorities said they were called to the 1300 block of Fritz Drive just after 4 a.m. Officers arrived to find an adult man with a gunshot wound to the body and he was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, BPD said. His condition has since stabilized. No arrests had been made as of Monday, June 24. Anyone with information is asked to call Bethlehem police at 610-865-7000 or email BethlehemPolice@bethlehem-pa.gov.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Issued In These NJ, PA Counties
The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings and warned of 60 mph winds across parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Friday, June 14. At 4:15 p.m., the NWS issued the warnings for Sussex and Warren counties in New Jersey, and Carbon, Monroe, Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton, in PA. Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, are also being warned of severe storms. The warnings are in effect through 5 p.m. Temps hit the 90-degree mark late in the afternoon, the NWS said. Storms were expected in the evening hours, a…
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Coroner Names Woman Killed In Bethlehem Fire
Officials have identified the Bethlehem woman who died in a house fire on Wednesday morning, May 22. Ladell Christie, 56, was pronounced dead at the scene on the 900 block of Broadway, according to Northampton County Coroner's Office. Her cause and manner of death are pending the results of the fire investigation, the Coroner's Office added.
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