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Man Charged With Felonies For Showing Stolen Handgun In Public, Fleeing: Bethlehem Police
A Lehigh Valley man was arrested after showing off a stolen handgun to a group of people and running from police, authorities said.
Quamyr J. Gray, 19, was charged with felony counts of receiving stolen property and firearms not to be carried without a license, as well as resisting arrest and possession of marijuana, Bethlehem Police said in a release on Monday, July 4.
Gray, of Bangor, showed a handgun to a group of people on the 200 block of E. North St. around 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, police said.
Gray then ran from responding officers but was found a short time later on the 700 b…
Police Nab Man Wanted For 5 Robberies Across Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties
An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with five robberies across Berks, Lancaster, and Lebanon counties, authorities said.
Hezekiah S. Gingerich's latest stop was the Turkey Hill store on New Holland Road in Brecknock Township (Berks County), where he robbed a person at gunpoint around 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, local police said.
The Narvon man had robbed the same store on May 18, along with stores in Robeson Township (Berks County), Elizabeth Township (Lancaster County), and Cornwall Borough (Lebanon County), police said.
A Brecknock Township police off…
22 Pounds Of Marijuana Mailed To Eastern PA Man From Florida: Police
An eastern Pennsylvania man had 22 pounds of marijuana mailed to him from a sender in Florida, authorities said.
Branden A. Jacobo, 22, of Sinking Spring, had officers waiting for him when he arrived at an unnamed shipping store on State Hill Road in Wyomissing to retrieve his two packages on Monday, June 6, borough police said.
Officers responding to a tip opened the boxes and discovered 22 vacuum-sealed bags of weed, each weighing about one pound, they said. The drugs were valued at $50,000.
Jacobo was arrested at the scene on outstanding scofflaw warrants, police said.
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Gunman Wanted In PA Shooting Captured In Upstate NY
A 52-year-old gunman wanted on attempted murder charges in a Reading, Pennsylvania shooting was captured by members of the US Marshals Service in upstate New York, authorities said.
Onephree, also known as Arthur Blackwell, was arrested in Buffalo, NY on Thursday, April 7, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said.
He had been wanted since a shooting on Thursday, March 10 in the 1000 block of North 5th Street, the chief said.
Onephree was also charged with aggravated assault and burglary. He is currently incarcerated and awaiting arraignment in a New York State prison, po…
