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Obituaries
Mom Dies In Fatal Pennsylvania Apartment Fire, Community Rallies To Help Family
After the death of a Berks County mom in an apartment fire, the community has rallied to help her grieving family. Amy Valentine couldn't escape from her burning apartment building in the 3400 block of Kutztown Road in Muhlenberg Township on Friday, Nov. 1, a GoFundMe campaign started by Valentine's daughter, Lexi Shuey, states. "I'm raising funds for my mom's funeral. These are words no child should ever have to say," Shuey said on the campaign page. Valentine had a partial handicap and lived alone when the fire tore through her apartment building, according to Shuey. The cause…
Obituaries
Kutztown University Professor Found Frozen To Death On One Of Turkey's Tallest Mountains
An associate business professor at Kutztown University has died after he and another man's bodies were found frozen on one of the tallest mountains in Turkey last weekend, according to university administrators and local news reports. Dr. M. Halim Dalgin a 58-year-old Adana, a Turkey native living in Mountain Top, Luzerne County, had been climbing a mountain near the country's southeastern border with Iran, multiple outlets report. On his Facebook page, Dalgin said he was making a pilgrimage to the top of Mount Ararat (also known as Mount Ağrı or Büyük Ağrı Dağı) while travelin…
Police & Fire
Newark Flight Attendant From PA Dies After Spinout Crash With Tractor Trailer On Route 78
Jennifer Friedel-Hoffman, a 60-year-old Pennsylvania resident, was killed in a crash on Route 78 in New Jersey on Wednesday, May 29. A tractor-trailer was parked and unoccupied on the right shoulder on Route 78 West in Lebanon when a Subaru driven by Friedel-Hoffman entered the area and struck the left rear of the truck just after 9 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. The crash caused the Subaru to spin out and hit a Volkswagen passenger car traveling in the right lane, police said. Friedel-Hoffman was taken to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. A graduate of Northamp…
Police & Fire
Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian
A Kutztown University student is charged with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation after police say he nearly hit a pedestrian with his car and shouted racial slurs in a Walmart parking lot. Tilden Township police were called to the store on Saturday, April 22, the department said in a release. A 41-year-old Reading man told officers he was on the pedestrian crosswalk when the driver of a gray sedan revved the engine and sped toward him, authorities said. The driver, who police identified as 20-year-old Logan G. Harding of Exeter, parked and was headed toward the store whe…
Police & Fire
Reading Hospital Nurse Killed In Berks Crash: Report
A Reading Hospital nurse was killed and three additional victims were wounded in a multi-vehicle accident in Berks County early on Monday, Jan. 16, according to a report by WFMZ. The four-car collision occurred on the 3600 block of Pricetown Road at about 6:30 a.m., the outlet wrote. Emergency personnel declared one driver, 61-year-old Wanda Matuszak of Fleetwood, dead at the scene, the report adds. State police were told by witnesses that a white van was seen driving quickly and illegally passing other cars just before the crash, WFMZ writes. The driver of the van remains hospitalized in…
Police & Fire
Suspect Charged In Kutztown Teen's Killing, State Police Say
Pennsylvania State Police have charged a man with the murder of an 18-year-old near Kutztown University campus, officials say. Xzavier Wayman, 22, of Philadelphia, was arrested Monday, Dec. 5, and charged with first- and third-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Diego Velazquez, state police said. As Daily Voice has reported, Velazquez was shot just before 1 a.m. at the Advantage Point off-campus student housing development on Baldy Road in Maxatawny Township on Tuesday, Nov. 22. University officials have said Velazquez was not a Kutztown student, and authorities…
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18-Year-Old Shot Dead At Reading Student Housing Complex
An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in Reading, authorities said. Diego Velazquez was shot around 12:50 a.m. at the Blady Road-Advantage Point off-campus student-housing development in Maxatawny Township, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. Velazquez's death, which occurred near Kutztown University, was ruled a homicide with an autopsy scheduled for Monday, Nov. 14. In addition to the coroner's office, this death is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, Reading Station and the Berks County District Attorney's Office.
Police & Fire
Fundraiser Launched For Kutztown University Student Struck By Car On Campus
A fundraiser has been launched for a Kutztown University student who was struck by a car on campus Sunday, April 10. "Ollie" Hope McKeone was suddenly struck by the vehicle while in the crosswalk of the main intersection on campus, Barbara Courtney wrote on a GoFundMe. The senior was rushed to a local hospital, where she remains in critical but stable condition, the page says. "Brought out of sedation, Ollie initially has been responsive, which, of course, is a good sign," Courtney wrote. "As a projected positive outcome, Ollie will endure multiple surgeries and a long ho…
Police & Fire
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA
A former college athlete pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 1 to sexually extorting and harassing 15 victims, including one Bensalem woman who later died by suicide, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, admitted that for four years he used anonymous Snapchat accounts to threaten and torment dozens of women and girls, some as young as 12, into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Pisarchuk was arrested on June 8, 2021, after police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual …
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DA: Ex Kutztown Football Player In 'Sextortion' Case Likely Did Same To Woman Before Her Death
The arrest of a 25-year-old former athlete in a massive Bucks County Snapchat "sextortion" case has given authorities a better idea of what may have happened in the months before the 2016 disappearance and death of Bensalem's Lindsey Piccone. Ian Pisarchuk was arrested the night of June 8, following a search of his Skyline Drive home on June 8, Bucks County DA Matthew Weintraub and Bensalem police said at a press conference Wednesday. The investigation began when police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual on SnapChat, We…
Obituaries
Beloved Mother, PA Middle School Teacher Kaitlyn Carson Dies After Courageous Cancer Battle, 31
Beloved mother and Pennsylvania middle school teacher Kaitlyn L. Carson died April 24 at Lehigh Valley Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 31. Born in Suffern, NY, Carson lived in Catasauqua and worked as a German teacher at Nazareth Area Middle School, her obituary says. She attended the University of Scranton, where she earned a Bachelors of Science in Secondary Education and German, before getting a Masters of Education in Instructional Technology from Kutztown University, her memorial says. Carson lived and taught in Aachen, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar during her…
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