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TWO Hour Terror: Mom, Son, 5, Held Hostage During Armed Burglary, Pennsylvania State Police Say
A Williamstown man allegedly held a 23-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son hostage with a gun during a burglary overnight, according to police.
Armed with a handgun, 23-year-old Matthew Ronald Lentz broke into a home in the 1100 block of Spectown Road in Lykens on Wednesday, Nov. 16 around 2 a.m., according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.
For approximately two hours and 15 minutes, he held them, hostage, while threatening to kill them, as explained in the release.
Lentz fired the gun inside the home around 4:15 a.m.—then he attempted to flee but state pol…
Mom, Firefighter BF Abused Infant Until It Had Brain Bleeds: Pennsylvania State Police
A firefighter and his girlfriend abused her 1-year-old daughter until she had multiple brain bleeds and her body was covered in bruises, authorities say.
Ryan Thomas McClucas, 28, beat the infant until she was unresponsive while at his girlfriend's home in the 100 block of Market Street in Williamstown Borough just after midnight on Wednesday, August 3, Pennsylvania state police state in an affidavit.
The girlfriend and mom, Brandi Lee Sheesley, 35, smacked the girl's mouth and denied the baby medical care for two days, police allege.
The girl was rushed to Hershey Medical Center by a h…
Couple Steals Crosses From PA Church, Selling Them As Scrap: State Police
A couple broke into a church, stole crosses, and attempted to sell them as scrap, Pennsylvania state police allege.
Sherry Ann Hoffman, 50, and John Charles Watkins, 41, broke into the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on 140 East Market Street in Williamstown on Sunday, July 24, according to the police release.
The couple is accused of taking a gold monstrance, a cross, and multiple crucifixes, police say.
Hoffman and Watkins then used grinding tools to cut the items and sold them as scrap metal, according to the release.
The church had been closed for two years, but following the burglary ch…
