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PA 911 Dispatcher Talks Pregnant Woman Through Delivery Over The Phone PA 911 Dispatcher Talks Pregnant Woman Through Delivery Over The Phone
PA 911 Dispatcher Talks Pregnant Woman Through Delivery Over The Phone It's a boy! A Lehigh County 911 operator got a virtual pat-on-the-back from higher ups this week after talking a pregnant caller through the delivery of her son.  It happened on Tuesday, May 9, Lehigh County Emergency Management said in a Facebook post.  Dispatcher Zachary Bilder received a call from a woman who was actively in labor, officials said. Over the phone, Bilder helped keep the woman calm and provided instructions as she delivered her baby boy, according to the post.  First responders arrived at the scene shortly after the baby was born, officials wrote. Both wer…

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by Mac Bullock
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Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island
Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island A frantic search for three children whose mentally ill mother had taken them to the Coney Island boardwalk in the middle of the night ended when the kids were all found lifeless on the beach, the NYPD said. All three were later pronounced dead of apparent drownings, authorities said. Police had received an overnight 911 call on Monday, Sept. 12, from an aunt who was "concerned her family member may have harmed her three small children,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Officers who responded to the 1:40 a.m. call found the Neptune Avenue apartment of 30-year-old Erin Merdy emp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died
Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died Moments after Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins, 24, was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9, his wife made a chilling call to 911, as heard in the audio recording of the call obtained by South Florida Fox Sports host Andy Slater. Haskins’ wife Kalabrya Haskins, can be heard telling the 911 operator that she was on the phone with he husband who said he would call her back, but he “had to go walk and get gas.” WARNING: The following audio may be disturbing for some listeners. NEW: 911 audio from the morning Dwayne Hask…

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by Jillian Pikora
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UPDATE: Detox Patient Released From Bergen Hospital Steals Ambulance, Caught By NJ State Police UPDATE: Detox Patient Released From Bergen Hospital Steals Ambulance, Caught By NJ State Police
Update: Detox Patient Released From Bergen Hospital Steals Ambulance, Caught By NJ State Police A man just released from a detox program was captured by state troopers on the Garden State Parkway after he stole an ambulance from outside Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus early Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Daniel Grant Wyres, 37, of Marlton got into the unattended ambulance and drove off from the East Ridgewood Avenue facility at 12:50 p.m., Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. The ambulance company was notified and began tracking the rig, he said. The ambulance was stopped less than 15 minutes later on the Garden State Parkway near Exit 157 in Elmwood Park,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PA Police Searching For Woman Who Screamed For Help In Disturbing 911 Call PA Police Searching For Woman Who Screamed For Help In Disturbing 911 Call
PA Police Searching For Woman Who Screamed For Help In Disturbing 911 Call Police in Lackawanna County are searching for a woman who they believe screamed for help in a disturbing 911 call. Taylor police spent hours on Wednesday searching for Kayla DiDonna, 23, who they believe was on the other line of the call placed around 1:30 p.m., PAHomepage.com reports.  Then the phone went dead, the outlet said. DiDonna's phone pinged to a tower in the Norfolk Southern Railyards in Taylor Borough, according to PAHomepage. Local police believe DiDonna may be in danger. She is 5'5" with blue eyes and blond hair.  She was last seen with a white male who …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Berks DA: Authorities Probe Possible Murder-Suicide In Wernersville Berks DA: Authorities Probe Possible Murder-Suicide In Wernersville
Berks DA: Authorities Probe Possible Murder-Suicide In Wernersville Authorities in Berks County are investigating a possible murder-suicide that took place at a home in Wernersville on Wednesday. Officials responded to the 300 block of North Walnut Street on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 911 call at 12:30 p.m. from a man who stated his name and address and immediately hung up, South Heidelberg police said at a press conference Friday afternoon. South Heidelberg police arrived at the home not long after failed attempts by emergency dispatchers to reconnect with the caller -- later identified as 44-year-old Christopher Baumener -- and were unable to s…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Northampton County Man, 74, Charged With Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor Over Water Pipe Northampton County Man, 74, Charged With Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor Over Water Pipe
Northampton County Man, 74, Charged With Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Neighbor Over Water Pipe The 74-year-old Northampton County man police say shot himself and a neighbor during a dispute over a water pipe has been charged. Joseph L. Harvilla participated in a virtual arraignment on a count of homicide from his place of treatment at Fountain Hill’s St. Luke’s University Hospital, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records. Harvilla admitted to fatally shooting Christopher Robbin Debellis — his neighbor on Moser Road in Moore Township — Monday morning over an ongoing dispute about water pipe drainage. A few moments after the shooting, Debellis’ teenaged son contacted 911 and tol…

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by Valerie Musson