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Teen Charged As Adult In Shooting Death Of William Allen High School Football Player Teen Charged As Adult In Shooting Death Of William Allen High School Football Player
Teen Charged As Adult In Shooting Death Of William Allen High School Football Player A teenager in Lehigh County will be charged as an adult for his role in the shooting death of a William Allen High School football player, authorities said. Elijah Patterson, 16, was arrested on Monday, Sept. 26, and charged with criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license, and possession of a firearm by a minor, in connection with the death of 15-year-old Treshawn Tracy, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca. Officers responding to a report of a shooting at Stevens’ Park located at 630 N. 6th Street, found the bo…

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Woman Shoots, Kills Roommate In Lehigh Valley: Report Woman Shoots, Kills Roommate In Lehigh Valley: Report
Woman Shoots, Kills Roommate In Lehigh Valley: Report A 40-year-old woman was arrested for shooting and killing her roommate in their Lehigh Valley home, WFMZ reports. Salisbury Township police officers were called just before 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1 to a home on the 700 block of East Federal Street, where they found 37-year-old Tracy Lynn Hoffman dead inside a bedroom, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said in a Tuesday, Aug. 2 release. Terri Hodel, of Allentown, was arraigned on a criminal homicide charge on Monday and remanded to the Lehigh County Jail with bail denied, court records show. It all began on Sunday, July 31, when a member of …

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Ex-PA Care Facility Worker Accused Of Raping 94-Year-Old Resident With Dementia Ex-PA Care Facility Worker Accused Of Raping 94-Year-Old Resident With Dementia
Ex-PA Care Facility Worker Accused Of Raping 94-Year-Old Resident With Dementia A former employee at a care facility in the Lehigh Valley was arrested on charges he raped a 94-year-old resident, authorities said. Anthony Clark, 48, of Allentown, was immediately fired from his position after the incident on Feb. 2 at South Mountain Memory Care on Seventh Street in Emmaus, according to District Attorney Jim Martin and Emmaus Police Chief Jason Apgar. Another worker entered the victim's room and witnessed Clark assaulting the woman, who had dementia and couldn't communicate, authorities said. The investigation turned up evidence that was eventually matched to Clark's DNA…

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Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail
Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail A man who shot at officers nearly two years ago for refusing to wear a mask has died at the Lehigh County Jail, authorities said. Adam Zaborowski, 37, was found unresponsive in his cell early Friday, April 1, officials said. He was pronounced dead at 7:26 a.m., in the St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. Zaborowski was charged with attempted homicide in the August 2020 shooting at Cigar International in Bethlehem, when he refused to wear a mask inside the business and shot the cashier, The Washington Post reports. He fled the sce…

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All Love This Valentine's Day For Allentown Man Allegedly Killed By GF's Son All Love This Valentine's Day For Allentown Man Allegedly Killed By GF's Son
All Love This Valentine's Day For Allentown Man Allegedly Killed By GF's Son Authorities have identified the man allegedly killed by his girlfriend's son over the weekend in the Lehigh Valley. Miles Brickhouse Jr., 52, of Allentown, died from sharp force injuries sustained in an apartment in the 1900 block of West Woodlawn Street in South Whitehall Township around 10 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. A resident told police that her son, Gabriel Stettler, 18, became "agitated" and stabbed her boyfriend to death during a fight, WFMZ reports citing police. Stettler was arrested at the scene and arraigned on homicide charges, acc…

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