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Harrisburg Man Wanted For Ephrata Burglary Arrested In Berks County, Police Say Harrisburg Man Wanted For Ephrata Burglary Arrested In Berks County, Police Say
Harrisburg Man Wanted For Ephrata Burglary Arrested In Berks County, Police Say A 23-year-old Harrisburg man has been arrested in connection with a burglary at the Green Dragon Farmers Market in Ephrata, authorities announced on Wednesday, January 25. Devan Andre Robinson, and another man yet— to be identified man— broke into the market and stole an unknown sum of money during the overnight hours on December 14, 2022, the Ephrata police explain in the release. Robinson has been charged with burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit Burglary, and criminal mischief on Jan. 12, according to the police.  He is currently being held in the Berks County Prison on unrelate…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Contractor Agrees To Meet With Officer Posing As Girl, 13, In Undercover Sting: Police Contractor Agrees To Meet With Officer Posing As Girl, 13, In Undercover Sting: Police
Contractor Agrees To Meet With Officer Posing As Girl, 13, In Undercover Sting: Police A 34-year-old man who agreed to meet with an officer posing as a minor was arrested in an undercover sting, authorities in Berks County said. Jeremy Kreiser, of Fleetwood, messaged a social media account and agreed to meet the 13-year-old girl -- who was actually an undercover officer -- outside of an elementary school in Reading where he had been working as a private construction contractor, Reading police said. When he went out to meet the "girl" on Tuesday, he was arrested, according to police. The Reading School District was immediately notified by police. The school has not been spec…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun A 36-year-old man was in custody Friday morning after a nearly 5-hour standoff with police in Berks County that began Thursday night, authorities said. Sean M. Butler Jr. had allegedly assaulted and threatened his wife with a firearm inside a home on the 2200 block of Spring Street in Spring Township around 10 p.m, according to Deputy Chief of the Spring Police Department, Stephen Powell. With a crisis negotiation team on the scene, police talked to Butler Jr. through the phone, in an attempt to get him to surrender, Powell said. After Butler refused to surrender, police created a dis…

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by Cecilia Levine & Nicole Acosta