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'Credible' Threat Prompts Restrictions At LCTI, Suspect In Custody: Admins 'Credible' Threat Prompts Restrictions At LCTI, Suspect In Custody: Admins
'Credible' Threat Prompts Restrictions At Lcti, Suspect In Custody: Admins An "external threat" received by Lehigh Career and Technical Institute administrators led to restrictions on campus on Tuesday, March 12, according to school officials.  LCTI did not describe the threat but said state police found it "credible." Movement was restricted on campus until all high school students were dismissed at 3:17 p.m., administrators said in a message on their website.  Evening adult education classes will continue as scheduled.  Upper Macungie police have arrested a suspect in connection with the incident, LCTI said.

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Victims ID'd In Fatal Lehigh Crash: Coroner Victims ID'd In Fatal Lehigh Crash: Coroner
Victims ID'd In Fatal Lehigh Crash: Coroner Officials have identified the two men killed in an accident on a rural Lehigh County road Sunday evening.  Christoper C. Schaffer, 25, and Patrick A. Phyrillas, 22, both of Reading, were passengers in a vehicle that collided with a tractor-trailer on Jan. 29, said county Coroner Daniel A. Buglio in a release.  The accident occurred at about 4 p.m. near the corner of Hamilton Boulevard and Folk Road in Upper Macungie, the coroner continued. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene due to blunt force head injuries, and their deaths have been ruled accidental, he added.  …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Cops Shoot, Kill 15-Foot Snake Wrapped Around PA Man's Neck, Police Say Cops Shoot, Kill 15-Foot Snake Wrapped Around PA Man's Neck, Police Say
Cops Shoot, Kill 15-Foot Snake Wrapped Around PA Man's Neck, Police Say Authorities in Pennsylvania had to shoot and kill a 15-foot snake that was wrapped around a Lehigh County man's neck in order to free him, they said. Cops responding to a report of a cardiac arrest found an unresponsive 28-year-old man lying on the floor of a home on the 1400 block of Church Street in Fogelsville with a snake wrapped around his neck around 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, Upper Macungie police said. In response, a cop shot the massive reptile in the head, allowing their fellow officers to pull the man to safety. The unidentified victim was taken to a local hospital, where his…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say UPDATE: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say
Update: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say 7 p.m. UPDATE: A welfare check turned police standoff ended peacefully in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday, April 28, authorities said. Upper Macungie police and the Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team were called to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Allentown West on Tilghman Street in Allentown on a report of a man in "mental distress," around 10:40 a.m., they said. The unidentified man who had been barricaded in a room eventually exited peacefully, according to police. No further information was provided.

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Worker Killed In Forklift Accident: Coroner Lehigh Valley Worker Killed In Forklift Accident: Coroner
Lehigh Valley Worker Killed In Forklift Accident: Coroner A 61-year-old worker was killed Monday, March 14 in a forklift accident at a Lehigh Valley facility, authorities said. Russell Molter, of Zionsville, was working at the Home Depot distribution center in the 8000 block of Willard Drive in Breinigsville when two forklifts collided, seriously injuring Molter's leg, Upper Macungie Police Lt. Peter Nickischer said. He was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, the lieutenant said. An autopsy performed on Tuesday, March 15, determined that his cause of death was "blunt force injuries of a left lower extremity," and that his death…

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by Nicole Acosta