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Woman Arrested After Ex-BF Accused Of Firing Fatal Shot In PA Parking Lot: DA Woman Arrested After Ex-BF Accused Of Firing Fatal Shot In PA Parking Lot: DA
Woman Arrested After Ex-BF Accused Of Firing Fatal Shot In PA Parking Lot: DA A second arrest has been made in the killing of Hector Garcia Gomez, a Palmerton mechanic fatally shot in a Whitehall Township parking lot during a dispute, authorities announced Friday, Dec. 20. Liz Pacheco, 36, of Allentown, is accused of conspiring with her former partner, Christian Martinez-Ramos, to locate and kill Garcia Gomez, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Whitehall Police Chief Michael Marks. Pacheco has been charged with first-degree felony counts of criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, and aggravated assault, as well as misdemeano…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit
Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit The former performing arts director at a Lehigh County high school was charged for secretly recording a student while he was in a changing room, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Francis Anonia, 43, of Allentown, was accused of using his cell phone to secretly record a student changing clothes while he was in the Parkland High School auditorium on Monday, Oct. 14, as detailed by the Allentown police in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student, who is now 21 years old, was 18 when the recordings were made in the auditorium's changing rooms in April 2021, a…

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by Merriell Moyer
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Woman Critically Injured In Lehigh Valley Attempted Murder: Police Woman Critically Injured In Lehigh Valley Attempted Murder: Police
Woman Critically Injured In Lehigh Valley Attempted Murder: Police A woman was critically injured in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday, April 28, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police responded to a home on the 1500 block of South Krocks Road in Lower Macungie, where they came across a woman stumbling out the front door with "numerous injuries," they said in a Tuesday, May 3 press release.  The unidentified woman, who had also called 911, was taken to Saint Luke's Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition, police said. Her injuries were not specified. Troopers arrested Stephen Lee Malarchik, 53, of Lower Macungie, as he tried to fle…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Woman Shot By Ex-Boyfriend In Allentown, Police Say Woman Shot By Ex-Boyfriend In Allentown, Police Say
Woman Shot By Ex-Boyfriend In Allentown, Police Say Police in Allentown have arrested the ex-boyfriend of a woman he allegedly shot and wounded. The woman was shot in the 100 block of Chestnut Street around 1:10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16, Allentown police said. The victim was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where she was in stable condition. Nearly an hour later, officers found the alleged gunman in the 600 block of North Penn Street and arrested him without incident. The man was identified as Kyle C. Birch, 36, of Allentown, police said. He was confirmed to be the victim's ex-boyfriend. Birch was arraigned on charges of attem…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: Allentown Man Charged For Hiring Hitman To Kill Ex-GF, Tried To Arrange More Murders Feds: Allentown Man Charged For Hiring Hitman To Kill Ex-GF, Tried To Arrange More Murders
Feds: Allentown Man Charged For Hiring Hitman To Kill Ex-GF, Tried To Arrange More Murders After being charged with hiring a hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend, a Lehigh County man was newly charged with attempting to arrange the murders of two more people, authorities said. Dominic Luis Escalera, 37, allegedly traveled to Newark, NJ from Jan. 28 to Feb. 17 to organize the murders of two Allentown residents described in federal documents as M.R and A.R, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. He made an agreement to pay someone to commit the murders using drugs and cash, authorities said. The Indictment alleges that knowing Escalera had previously b…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police Apprehend Second Suspect In Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Man In Reading Police Apprehend Second Suspect In Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Man In Reading
Police Apprehend Second Suspect In Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Man In Reading Police in Berks County have arrested a man accused in the 2020 shooting death of an 18-year-old man in Reading, authorities said. Xavier Concepción, 32, was taken into custody Wednesday at his home in Leesport, and charged with first and third-degree murder in the death of Victor Aguirre Jr., of Laureldale, according to the Reading Police Department. Aguirre was shot multiple times in 300 block of Church Street at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2020, police said. Concepción is being held at Berks County Prison. A second suspect, Ramses Miller, 18, was arrested on…

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by Nicole Acosta