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Here's How Much Rain Fell Across Southeastern PA This Week Here's How Much Rain Fell Across Southeastern PA This Week
Here's How Much Rain Fell Across Southeastern PA This Week It's been a green, wet December in southeastern Pennsylvania and this week was no exception, with sustained showers throughout Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 27 and 28.  Here's how the rainfall in each county stacked up, according to the National Weather Service's Mount Holly Station.  Berks County received between 2 and 2.76 inches, with the highest figure recorded in Boyertown.  Bucks County received between 2.08 and 2.96 inches of rain, with the most rainfall recorded in Quakertown.  Chester County got between 2.11 and 3.14 inches of rain, with the largest amount fall…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
PA Man Found With Heroin, Cocaine At Great Wolf Lodge: Police PA Man Found With Heroin, Cocaine At Great Wolf Lodge: Police
PA Man Found With Heroin, Cocaine At Great Wolf Lodge: Police A guest at the Great Wolf Lodge in Scotrun was arrested last weekend after he was caught with a "large amount" of drugs, according to Pocono Township police.  Authorities said 43-year-old Eric J. Gentile was spotted by another guest throwing away hypodermic needles in a bathroom trashcan on Sunday, Nov. 12.  Water park security called police, who said they found cocaine, heroin, and related paraphernalia in his belongings. Gentile, of Portage, was charged with possession and related counts and was unable to post his $50,000 bail, according to court records. He is due back in cour…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Cops Attacked By Homeowner In Poconos: Authorities Cops Attacked By Homeowner In Poconos: Authorities
Cops Attacked By Homeowner In Poconos: Authorities A Pocono Township man attacked police officers after he called them to his Scotrun home last week, according to authorities.  Thirty-nine-year-old Jacob Jones Sr. called 911 around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5, and told dispatchers that his guns had been stolen, Pocono Township police said in a release.  When they arrived, officers learned that Jones had actually "voluntarily relinquished" the firearms to family members "at an earlier date," the department wrote.  Jones, authorities claimed, "was highly intoxicated" and advised by officers to stay home for the rest of the nig…

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by Mac Bullock