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Three People Shot Over Weekend In Reading, Police Say Three People Shot Over Weekend In Reading, Police Say
Three People Shot Over Weekend In Reading, Police Say Detectives in Reading are investigating after three people were shot within a 24-hour period over the weekend, officials said in a release.  The first attack occurred on Sunday, May 7, Reading police wrote. Patrol officers were called to the 1000 block of Patton Avenue, where a man with a single gunshot wound was located and sent to Reading Hospital and Medical Center, they said.  His identity and condition were not reported by police.  A second victim in that shooting arrived at RHMC by personal vehicle before officers arrived at the scene, according to the release. That ma…

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by Mac Bullock
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DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim
DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim A Reading man arrested on suspected heroin and fentanyl trafficking was arrested on additional charges after learning he sold drugs to a routine customer who fatally overdosed in 2020, authorities said. In February 2020, the Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force initiated a drug investigation into Ramon Belen, 59, and obtained search warrants for him and his two addresses in the 600 block of Bingaman Street, according to Berks County Detectives. On Feb. 26, detectives served the search warrants and seized approximately 1,000 packets of heroin/fentanyl, nine firearm…

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by Nicole Acosta