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PA Mom Pleads Guilty In Toddler's Fentanyl Overdose Death, DA Says PA Mom Pleads Guilty In Toddler's Fentanyl Overdose Death, DA Says
PA Mom Pleads Guilty In Toddler's Fentanyl Overdose Death, DA Says An Allentown mother has pleaded guilty in connection with the death of her 22-month-old son from a fentanyl overdose in 2021, District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez, 35, admitted to charges of: Involuntary Manslaughter and Endangering the Welfare of a Child during a hearing before Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks, officials said. Both charges are felonies, and Rivas-Rodriguez could face a sentence of five to 20 years in prison. Her sentencing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, according to the DA's office. A third-degree…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Support Rising For NJ Teen Killed In Upper Saucon Pennsylvania Crash Support Rising For NJ Teen Killed In Upper Saucon Pennsylvania Crash
Support Rising For NJ Teen Killed In Upper Saucon Pennsylvania Crash The community is rallying to support the family of a vibrant 19-year-old from Bergen County, NJ who tragically died in a car accident along Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania earlier this week. Ciarra Sanchez was heading east on I-78 in Upper Saucon Township when the vehicle veered off the road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on Monday, Nov. 11, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 1:38 a.m., with the cause of death listed as multiple blunt force injuries. In the wake of her sudden passing, Ciarra’s mother’s colleagues at Christ Hospital…

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by Jillian Pikora & Cecilia Levine
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Coroner IDs Driver Killed When Car Overturns In Embankment In Lehigh County Coroner IDs Driver Killed When Car Overturns In Embankment In Lehigh County
Coroner IDs Driver Killed When Car Overturns In Embankment In Lehigh County A 66-year-old motorist was killed when their vehicle slid off the roadway and went down an embankment Saturday night, Oct. 5, officials said. Stephen La Pierre, of Upper Macungie Township, was operating the vehicle that went off the roadway on Tilghman Street and into an embankment, overturning and ejecting him around 10 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. The cause of death is Multiple Blunt Force Injuries. The manner of death is Accident. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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Northampton Woman Killed After Crashing Into Tree In Heidelberg Township Northampton Woman Killed After Crashing Into Tree In Heidelberg Township
Northampton Woman Killed After Crashing Into Tree In Heidelberg Township A Northampton County woman was killed after her vehicle crashed into a tree on Wednesday, Oct. 2, according to authorities. Raquel M. Perez, 26, of Wilson Borough, was driving in the 5000 block of Route 309 in Heidelberg Township when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree at 3:38 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. Perez was pronounced dead in the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Hospital at 4:34 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, according to Buglio's report.  Buglio listed the cause of death as "multiple traumatic injuries due to a motor v…

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by Merriell Moyer
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Teen Charged With Homicide In Bethlehem: Authorities (UPDATE) Teen Charged With Homicide In Bethlehem: Authorities (UPDATE)
Teen Charged With Homicide In Bethlehem: Authorities (Update) A 30-year-old man was shot dead in Bethlehem, authorities told Daily Voice on Saturday, Sept. 28.  Altaron Amir Robinson, of Allentown, was shot in the 1900 block of Butztown Road, Bethlehem at 9:29 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, the Lehigh County Coroner detailed.  The shooting was near Governor Wolf Elementary School which closed Friday while police investigated the shooting. Robinson was pronounced dead at St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem at 3:22 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, Coroner Daniel Buglio explained.  The cause of death was a gunshot(s) wo…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Senior Dies From 'Severe Heat Conditions': Lehigh County Coroner Senior Dies From 'Severe Heat Conditions': Lehigh County Coroner
Senior Dies From 'Severe Heat Conditions': Lehigh County Coroner A 93-year-old woman died in her Upper Macungie home this week in what the Lehigh County Coroner is calling "the first reported heat-related death" of the season, as stated in a release on Friday, July 19.  The woman was pronounced dead from hyperthermia at 11:24 a.m. on Thursday, July 18, according to the coroner's release. She was "exposed to severe heat conditions within her residence" and the manner of death was accidental, Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Temperatures in greater Allentown reached into the high 90s on Wednesday, July 18, the National Weather Service said.  The w…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Allentown Man Killed The Mother Of His Children, Lehigh Jury Finds Allentown Man Killed The Mother Of His Children, Lehigh Jury Finds
Allentown Man Killed The Mother Of His Children, Lehigh Jury Finds A Lehigh County jury convicted Rami Abouloh for the murder of Patricia White, with whom he had four children, the District Attorney's Office said Friday, May 31.  Abouloh, 41, is set to be sentenced in August. A conviction for first-degree murder is an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole, according to prosecutors. Authorities were called to West Catasauqua Park just before 7 p.m. last June 13, Daily Voice reported. They arrived to find White, 35, unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds.  Her death was ruled a homicide by the county Coroner's Offi…

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by Mac Bullock