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Hazleton, PA
Police & Fire
PA Mom Locks Children Out Of House While Passed Out High: Police
A 35-year-old woman from Hazleton has been charged with child endangerment after locking her child out of the house while high, authorities said. On Saturday, Aug 25, at approximately 3 a.m., officers with the Hazleton City Police Department were dispatched to West Elm Street and Poplar Street for a report of a child locked out of their home. Upon arrival, police located the caller and the child. The child reported sleeping in the mother's car and was ready to enter the house. Officers said they observed a pillow and blanket inside the vehicle. After an officer knoc…
Business
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
A major retailer primarily located in malls and headquartered in Pennsylvania is set to close all 543 of its stores following its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Closures for all rue21 locations are expected to be completed within the next two months with going-out-of-business sales coming soon. The company, headquartered in Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh, had first filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and then for a second time in 2017, when it closed around 400 stores. Founded in 1970, rue21 specializes in women's & men's casual apparel and accessories. rue21 has locations in …
Business
Nationwide Recall Issued For Ground Beef Products Due To Possible Contamination: View Labels
A nationwide recall has been issued for ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli. Cargill Meat Solutions, headquartered in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, is recalling approximately 16,240 pounds of the raw ground beef products, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Wednesday, May 1. The raw ground beef items were produced on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, 27. The following products are subject to recall: 2.25-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing "93% LEAN 7% FAT ALL NATURAL LEAN GROUND BEEF" with lot code 117 and estab…
Police & Fire
MD/PA Bank Robber Indicted In 2nd Robbery Spree Months After Release:
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A man who recently completed his sentence following a plea deal with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for six armed robberies — was indicted on March 20 following a second robbery spree of five more businesses, Palmyra police announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Mark Shane Herrick, now 47, of Hanover, was first arrested by the FBI in 2009 for robbing the following businesses while armed with a tire iron or crowbar: June 6, 2008 - Fulton Bank, Harrisburg, PA. June 7, 2008 - M&T Bank, Harrisburg, PA. June 13, 2008 - PNC Bank, Lower Macungie, PA. June 16, 2008 - PNC Bank, H…
Police & Fire
Man With Ties To Allentown Escapees Police Custody
A man with Allentown ties who escaped police custody may be on his way back to the area, authorities warn. Hector Ruben Medina-Pagan, 46, broke out from a transport van in Hazleton on March 24, said the Carbon County Sheriff's Office. He is wanted on two parole warrants and now has a pending felony escape charge, they added. Investigators believe he's headed back to Allentown or possibly Puerto Rico. Medina-Pagan is described as 6-foot, 175 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office at 570…
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison. Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary. Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…
Police & Fire
Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say
A Pennsylvania teenager who was the victim of a targeted shooting in the lobby of a Luzerne County movie theater has died from his injuries, according to state police. Luis Manuel Luna, 19, of Hazleton, died from injuries sustained in a shooting at approximately 8;15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Regal Cinema on Laurel Mall Drive in the Hazle Township. According to police, Manuel Luna suffered multiple gunshot wounds while he was in the arcade and lobby area of the theater before the gunman fled the area. Manuel Luna was transported to Lehigh Valley Hazleton for treatment and evaluati…
Police & Fire
Man, 22, Killed In Hazleton Shooting: Authorities
A 22-year-old man was shot and killed in Hazleton, authorities said. Felix Dini was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest at 4:10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, after the shooting on Friday, Oct. 7, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Freeland resident was shot at the intersection of South Fulton Court and East Noble Street around 5:50 p.m., authorities said. His cause of death was determined to be gunshot wounds and his manner of death was ruled a homicide, the coroner said. An autopsy will be completed on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Further det…
Business
Regal Cinemas Quietly Closes Bucks County Theater
Regal Cinemas has closed a Bucks County location. The Regal Richland Crossing movie theater off Route 309 in Quakertown shuttered on Thursday, Sept. 15, the company announced on its website. Regal's parent company Cineworld Group LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. "The pandemic was an incredibly difficult time for our business, with the enforced closure of cinemas and huge disruption to film schedules that has led us to this point,” Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said. The following 18 Regal locations remain open in Pennsylvania: Conshohocken, Regal Plymouth M…
News
Two PA Lottery Players Split Match 6 Jackpot Worth $620K
Two lucky Pennsylvania lottery tickets matched all six numbers drawn, splitting the Match 6 jackpot from the Tuesday, Sept. 6 drawing. The jackpot was worth $620,000. Each winning ticket is worth $310,000. The winning numbers were: 4-6-7-21-34-40. The lucky tickets were sold at the following locations: Berks County: Redner’s Warehouse Markets, 3205 North 5th St. Highway, Reading Luzerne County: Can Do Convenience, 419 South Poplar St., Hazleton The retailers will receive a bonus check for $500 for each winning ticket sold. Winners should call 1-800-692-7481. Players…
Police & Fire
PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF
A community is coming together to remember a young Pennsylvania cheerleader who was killed in a shooting just 10 days before beginning her senior year of high school. Kassadey Matulevich, 17, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton after she was shot in the head by 17-year-old Alan J. Meyers, her boyfriend, inside her Sand Hollow Drive home in Butler Township home just after 5 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Pennsylvania State Police said. Meyers, of Black Creek Township, remained held in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail and was charged as an adult with criminal homicide, po…
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: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY
An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV into police cars on either side of the George Washington Bridge rolled the dice and lost. After originally pleading guilty to several charges, Luis Figueroa, 41, withdrew his plea and took his chances with federal jurors in Newark. They ended up convicting him following a two-week trial. So now, instead of the 26-year deal that he originally accepted from the government, Figueroa could be sentenced to nearly 50 years in federal prison. The rampage had an “…
News
PA Man Who Illegally Reentered The US Nabbed With Illegal Firearm:
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A 30-year-old Harrisburg man is heading to prison after he illegally reentered the US, but he wasn’t initially caught on those charges, according to a release by the US Department of Justice. Luis Miguel Mejia-Lugo fraudulently used the identity of a United States citizen, including a counterfeit social security card, to obtain a Pennsylvania Driver’s License— using the license to purchase a firearm, US Attorney John C. Gurganus says. He was found with the gun and arrested in Hazleton on Apr. 29, 2020, Gurganus says in the release. Mejia-Lugo had previously been deported as an “alien w…
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