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Two Overnight Reading Shootings, One Murder In Less Than 30 Minutes: Police Two Overnight Reading Shootings, One Murder In Less Than 30 Minutes: Police
Two Overnight Reading Shootings, One Murder In Less Than 30 Minutes: Police One person was killed and two others hospitalized in separate shootings that happened less than 30 minutes apart in Reading, authorities said. The first shooting broke out on the 100 block of N Fourth Street near Walnut Street, where responding officers found 57-year-old Bruce Sellers around 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, according to the Reading Police Department. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Just 27 minutes later at 2:07 a.m., officers responded to a second report of a shooting in the area of N Third Street and Court Street. Police found evidence of gunfire on the 3…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Berks County Drug Dealer Busted With Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine In Raid: DA Berks County Drug Dealer Busted With Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine In Raid: DA
Berks County Drug Dealer Busted With Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine In Raid: DA Thousands of dollars worth of heroin and fentanyl was seized along with bags of crack cocaine when police raided the home of an accused drug dealer in Berks County, authorities said. Eduardo Martinez, 43, was arrested following the warranted search of his Court Street home in Reading on Wednesday, Aug. 24, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. An investigation began in July when detectives with the DA's office identified Martinez as a “street-level” to “mid-level” dealer who was selling heroin and/or fentanyl in the city, they said. Investigators later discovered…

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by Nicole Acosta