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Lehigh Valley Thief Stole Over $70K From Victim's Bank Account: Police Lehigh Valley Thief Stole Over $70K From Victim's Bank Account: Police
Lehigh Valley Thief Stole Over $70K From Victim's Bank Account: Police A suspected fraudster is accused of siphoning nearly $75,000 from a Lehigh Valley resident's bank account, according to authorities.  Aaron J. Pflum is charged with forgery, theft by deception, and related counts, said Forks Township police.  Investigators believe 30-year-old Pflum walked into the Fidelity Bank at 1250 Braden Boulevard in September and used a phony ID to transfer $65,000 out of a victim's account. He then made a $9,200 cash withdrawal, authorities said.  Bank staff later learned from another Fidelity Bank in Bethlehem that Pflum had used the same ID to …
'This Must Stop': Hate Crime Under Investigation At Lehigh University 'This Must Stop': Hate Crime Under Investigation At Lehigh University
'This Must Stop': Hate Crime Under Investigation At Lehigh University Lehigh University Police are investigating a hate crime against a black student on campus, officials told students and staff in a message.  Sometime over the weekend, a black student was walking with friends when "a group of four white individuals" in a car "yelled racist comments" at the student as they drove by, said University Police Chief Jason D. Schiffer.  The student briefly chased after the car before "he disengaged" and reunited with his friend group, the chief wrote.  Then, police say, the four suspects got out of their car and followed the group before assaul…
Albanian Chef, GF Open Bethlehem Steakhouse In Love Story For The Ages Albanian Chef, GF Open Bethlehem Steakhouse In Love Story For The Ages
Albanian Chef, GF Open Bethlehem Steakhouse In Love Story For The Ages Life has brought nothing but good things to Genc Gashi since meeting Samantha Gangewere, he says. The 26-year-old Albanian native moved to the US in 2017, and would go on to work as a chef at Three Oak Steakhouse in Easton. It was there that he met 31-year-old Gangewere, a loyal patron. Genc GashiCourtesy of Genc Gashi The two became a couple in 2021, and discovered they shared the same dream of opening a restaurant. Gashi says Gangewere's support was just what he needed to make his American Dream come true. Gashi quit his job at Three Oak last August, and that very day, the couple beg…
Man Charged With Felonies For Showing Stolen Handgun In Public, Fleeing: Bethlehem Police Man Charged With Felonies For Showing Stolen Handgun In Public, Fleeing: Bethlehem Police
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…
Support Surges For Family Of High School Senior Killed In Lehigh Valley Crash Support Surges For Family Of High School Senior Killed In Lehigh Valley Crash
Support Surges For Family Of High School Senior Killed In Lehigh Valley Crash Support is on the rise for a family left heartbroken after the unexpected death of a local high school senior from a car crash in the Lehigh Valley. Isaac Shane Cooper was behind the wheel of a 2002 Audi A6 heading northbound on Five Points Richmond Road in Upper Mount Bethel Township when the vehicle veered off the right side of the roadway, struck a utility pole, and flipped multiple times shortly before 5:25 a.m. on Sunday, May 8, DailyVoice.com reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Born in Bethlehem, Isaac was a senior at Bangor Area High School and a member…
Bethlehem Mom Lauren Sestito Dies, 35 Bethlehem Mom Lauren Sestito Dies, 35
Bethlehem Mom Lauren Sestito Dies, 35 Bethlehem mom Lauren Sestito died on Tuesday, March 29. She was 35. Sestito graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2005, and earned a bachelor's degree from Penn State - Lehigh Valley campus in 2009, her obituary says. She was a member of Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church and previously worked as a tax accountant and sales coordinator, her memorial says. Her obituary remembered her as a "devoted mother." Sestito is survived by her husband, Jeremy Sestito; a daughter, Helena Cheffie; a son, Angelo Jude; her mother, Josephine; her father, William; brother, William, Jr.; sis…