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After School Satan Club Can Meet In Saucon Valley, Federal Judge Rules After School Satan Club Can Meet In Saucon Valley, Federal Judge Rules
After School Satan Club Can Meet In Saucon Valley, Federal Judge Rules Saucon Valley School District in Northampton County must allow the "After School Satan Club" to meet on campus, a federal judge decided in a ruling dated Monday, May 1.  The controversial club will be allowed to meet on school grounds, though district officials will not be required to distribute their permission slips, US District Court Judge John M. Gallagher ruled in a preliminary injunction.  The After School Satan Club, sponsored by the Salem, Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple (TST), garnered controversy in February when its flyers made the rounds on local social media.  The flyer…

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by Mac Bullock
Schools
Lehigh Valley Teacher, Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl At Hotels, Provided Cocaine, Alcohol: DA Lehigh Valley Teacher, Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl At Hotels, Provided Cocaine, Alcohol: DA
Lehigh Valley Teacher, Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl At Hotels, Provided Cocaine, Alcohol: DA A Lehigh Valley high school teacher and head volleyball coach has been slapped with sexual assault charges and placed on admin leave by investigators who say he gave his juvenile victim cocaine and alcohol throughout meetups in hotels and parking lots. Freedom High School teacher and girls’ Head Volleyball Coach Christopher Schweikert, 27, was charged with sexual assault by a sports official, corruption of minors, and institutional sexual assault, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck announced on Friday, Jan. 13. Schweikert, of Coplay, met his victim during her freshman year, wh…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Dad Allegedly Stabbed By Son Dies 4 Months After Attack Lehigh Valley Dad Allegedly Stabbed By Son Dies 4 Months After Attack
Lehigh Valley Dad Allegedly Stabbed By Son Dies 4 Months After Attack The Northampton County dad who police believe was stabbed by his own son has died, officials say.  Joseph S. Rizzolino of Palmer Township died Monday, Dec. 19 due to complications from stab wounds, said Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio in a statement. The official manner of death is homicide.  Police were called to the Rizzolino home on the 900 block of Mine Lane Road at about 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 27, as Daily Voice previously reported. There, police found the then-60-year-old suffering from multiple stab wounds. His son, 29-year-old Giuseppe "Joey" Rizzolino was arrested the followin…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Former Pennsylvania Officer Charged With Stalking And Harassing Ex-GF Former Pennsylvania Officer Charged With Stalking And Harassing Ex-GF
Former Pennsylvania Officer Charged With Stalking And Harassing Ex-GF A former Bethlehem police officer has been charged with stalking and harassing another police department employee — someone he used to be in a relationship with, authorities announced. Noah Klingborg, 27, is expected to turn himself into the Bethlehem City Police Department on Tuesday afternoon, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck said in a press release. Klingborg, of Bethlehem, is accused of stalking and harassing a civilian employee of the Bethlehem City Police Department that he had a relationship with between December 2021 and ended in June 2022, the release said. Af…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Ex-Bethlehem Finance Director Resold Phones Bought With City Funds To Get Richer: DA Ex-Bethlehem Finance Director Resold Phones Bought With City Funds To Get Richer: DA
Ex-Bethlehem Finance Director Resold Phones Bought With City Funds To Get Richer: DA A former Bethlehem finance director was charged on Thursday, June 2, with misusing city funds to buy thousands of dollars worth of electronics, reselling them, and pocketing the proceeds, authorities said. Mark Sivak, 44, used the city’s Verizon account to buy and resell at least 31 cellphones between November 2019 and April 2022 for a total of $12,630, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck said alongside the City of Bethlehem Police Department. He also apparently admitted to ordering additional items from the city's Verizon account over the past six months and bri…

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by Nicole Acosta
Business
More Fraud, Theft Charges For PA Pool Shop Owner Who Scammed Dozens Of Clients, DA Says More Fraud, Theft Charges For PA Pool Shop Owner Who Scammed Dozens Of Clients, DA Says
More Fraud, Theft Charges For PA Pool Shop Owner Who Scammed Dozens Of Clients, DA Says A Pennsylvania pool shop owner accused of scamming dozens of clients out of thousands of dollars is facing additional fraud and theft charges, authorities announced Wednesday. Bethlehem resident Roger Kornfeind, who owns Hydro Dynamic Pools, was initially charged in January with 26 counts each of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, as well as 23 counts of home improvement fraud, DailyVoice.com previously reported. Starting in July 2018, Kornfeind, 58, failed to fully install pools for customers who had entered into a purchase agreement and paid at least $2,000 down,…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Second Suspect, 15, Charged As Adult In Double-Fatal Easton Shooting, DA Says Second Suspect, 15, Charged As Adult In Double-Fatal Easton Shooting, DA Says
Second Suspect, 15, Charged As Adult In Double-Fatal Easton Shooting, DA Says A 15-year-old suspect has been charged as an adult in connection with the deadly shootings of two teens in Easton, authorities announced Friday. Jayden Luis Denizard was charged with criminal homicide, attempted homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, reckless endangerment, and several weapons offenses, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck said in a release. Denizard is accused of fatally shooting D’Andre Snipes, 17, and Kavan Figueroa, 18, inside a vehicle parked on the north side of the 1300 block of Washington Street shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday, March 14, DailyVoice.com …

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by Valerie Musson
Business
‘Devious:’ PA Pool Shop Owner Scammed 26 Clients Out Of Thousands For Years, DA Says ‘Devious:’ PA Pool Shop Owner Scammed 26 Clients Out Of Thousands For Years, DA Says
‘Devious:’ PA Pool Shop Owner Scammed 26 Clients Out Of Thousands For Years, DA Says A Pennsylvania pool shop owner was slapped with dozens of charges Tuesday after an investigation found that he had spent years scamming at least 26 customers out of thousands of dollars, the district attorney announced. Roger Kornfeind, of Bethlehem, faces 26 counts each of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, as well as 23 counts of home improvement fraud, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Kornfeind — the owner of Hydro Dynamic Pools — has been defrauding customers at locations in Pen Argyl, Northampton County; Slatington, Lehigh County; and Oley, …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report
Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report A school bus crash that hospitalized the driver and eight students last month in Pennsylvania was caused by a distracted driver and no charges will be filed, PennLive.com reports. The Easton Area School District bus was carrying almost 30 middle school students when it barreled through a guardrail on Bushkill Drive and plunged 25 feet into Bushkill Creek in Easton on Nov. 8, DailyVoice.com reported. According to a follow-up investigation by the district attorney’s office, the driver tested negative for drugs and alcohol following the crash and moments before had turned her head to address a…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized
PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Pennsylvania man in the Holland Tunnel after he  kidnapped a woman driving on a local street, authorities said. Ruben Carrion Melendez opened the driver's side door of Krystal River's white Nissan and forced her over to the passenger's seat around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, near Commerce Center Boulevard in Northampton, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Melendez, who had an active PFA for stalking Rivera, intentionally crashed the car into a pole, then forced Rivera into his Honda Accord by her hair, Houck said. Melende…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Police Seek Suspect In PA Kidnapping Of 25-Year-Old Stalking Victim UPDATE: Police Seek Suspect In PA Kidnapping Of 25-Year-Old Stalking Victim
Update: Police Seek Suspect In PA Kidnapping Of 25-Year-Old Stalking Victim Police are searching for a man who allegedly drove a woman he had been stalking off the road and kidnapped her in PA early Tuesday morning. Ruben Melendez Carrion, 27, was behind the wheel of a black two-door 2012 Honda Civic when he drove 25-year-old Krystal Rivera off the road near 3419 Commerce Center Blvd. in Bethlehem just before 7:20 a.m., Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said in a release. Carrion then opened the driver side door of Rivera’s white Nissan, forced her over to the passenger seat and intentionally crashed the car into a pole, Houck said. Carrion, who …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Attorney General: Pair Of 3D Printers Used To Make 'Ghost Guns' Seized From PA Felon’s Home Attorney General: Pair Of 3D Printers Used To Make 'Ghost Guns' Seized From PA Felon’s Home
Attorney General: Pair Of 3D Printers Used To Make 'Ghost Guns' Seized From PA Felon’s Home Two 3D printers allegedly used to make homemade "ghost guns" and other firearm components were confiscated from the home of a Northampton County felon, authorities said Tuesday. Kenneth Wilson, 38, was found with the pair of printers, as well as three ghost gun frames, three firearms, a small amount of methamphetamine, $1,140 in cash, and drug packaging equipment during a search conducted by the Bureau of Narcotics Investigations and Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team on June 24, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The printers were allegedly used to print homemade fi…

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by Valerie Musson