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Easton Police Seek Suspects In Corner Store Stickup
Authorities in Easton are investigating an armed robbery of a convenience store over the weekend, according to a release from the police department.
It happened at D&R Market, 698 Northampton Street, on Sunday, March 26, authorities wrote. Two suspects wearing facemasks walked into the shop at 5:15 p.m., displayed a firearm, and demanded cash, police said.
The men left with an undisclosed sum of money, hopped into a getaway car, and fled west on Northampton Street, the release says.
The suspects are described as young men, and the vehicle is said to be a white GM…
Meth, Fentanyl Seized In Early Morning Easton Raid: Police
A team of state, local, and federal law enforcement agents descended on an Easton home early Friday, seizing drugs and firearms, according to authorities.
City police, joined by Palmer Township police, state troopers, the Northampton County Drug Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at a property on the 100 block of North 8th Street at about 8 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, officials said in a release.
First entry was made by a state police tactical team, authorities said. Once the area was secured, officers began the search.
In all, poli…
Arrest Made In Knifepoint Sexual Assault Behind Phillipsburg Alleyway: Prosecutor
An Easton man was arrested over a year after authorities say he held a woman at knifepoint and sexually assaulted her behind a Phillipsburg alleyway.
John H. Holmes, 40, of the 200 block of Northampton Street, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, criminal restraint, theft, and weapons offenses, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said in a release on Friday, Feb. 3.
The woman had just gotten off of a bus in Easton when Holmes approached her and started following her across the Northampton Street Bridge toward Uni…
‘Amazing Soul:’ Cody Rodenbough Of Northampton County Dies, 34
Tributes and donations are pouring in for Cody Rodenbough of Northampton County, who died at his home on Tuesday, Jan. 10. He was 34.
Born in Easton, Cody went to Easton Area High School.
He was described as an overall “lover of life and the life of most parties,” his obituary says.
Cody had a passion for eating at his favorite lunch spots — “just no red sauce.”
He is survived by his loving parents, Claire/Joe Cerino and Donald Rodenbough; sister, Megan; brothers, Garrick, Colton and Josh; as well as many extended family members and “innumerable friends,” reads his obituary.
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