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Guns, Drugs Seized In Allentown Raid: Police Guns, Drugs Seized In Allentown Raid: Police
Guns, Drugs Seized In Allentown Raid: Police Fentanyl, marijuana, and two loaded guns were recovered by police carrying out a raid in Allentown on Tuesday, Nov. 22.  In a release, the department said it was "conducting an investigation" near 7th and Gordon streets just after 10:30 a.m.  Jonathan Carabollo-Gonzalez, 30, and Luiz Rodriguez, 37, were arrested at the scene and booked on drug and weapons charges, authorities said. Court records detailing their cases were not immediately available. The department said it would not comment further on the investigation.  Also in Allentown Tuesday, police executing a search w…

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by Mac Bullock
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Fentanyl, Loaded Gun Seized In Lehigh County Raid: Police Fentanyl, Loaded Gun Seized In Lehigh County Raid: Police
Fentanyl, Loaded Gun Seized In Lehigh County Raid: Police Police in Lehigh County recovered drugs and a loaded weapon while executing a search warrant on Tuesday, Nov. 22, authorities announced.  Officers with the Allentown Police Department's Vice and Intelligence Unit raided a home on the 600 block of North 6th Street around 1:30 p.m., officials said in a statement.  Investigators seized "suspected quantities" of fentanyl and cocaine from the house, in addition to a loaded gun, they added.  Ernesto Orta, the 57-year-old who lives at the property, was arrested and charged with drug and illegal firearm possession, police said. …

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by Mac Bullock
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Allentown Shooting Victim Walks Self Into Local Hospital, Police Say Allentown Shooting Victim Walks Self Into Local Hospital, Police Say
Allentown Shooting Victim Walks Self Into Local Hospital, Police Say Police in Allentown are investigating a shooting after being notified of a gunshot victim who walked into a local hospital Tuesday morning. Officers initially responded to the area of North 6th Street and Allen Street after receiving a report of shots fired and discovered several shell casings, according to the Allentown Police Department. Soon after, officers were notified of a gunshot victim being treated at a nearby hospital for a non-life-threatening injury, police said. They are expected to survive, according to police. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Allentown P…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Authorities ID Man Killed In Allentown Shooting Authorities ID Man Killed In Allentown Shooting
Authorities ID Man Killed In Allentown Shooting Authorities have identified the man shot and killed in Allentown Tuesday as a 28-year-old resident. Officers responding to North 6th Street and Allen Street around 4:40 p.m. found Travis T. Ponce Debach suffering from a gunshot wound, local police said. Debach was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 5:06 p.m., the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said Wednesday. An autopsy was determined the cause of death was gunshot wounds to the body and the manner of death was homicide.  No one has been charged. The investigation is active and ongo…

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by Nicole Acosta