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Five Hurt In Back-To-Back Shootings In Allentown: Police Five Hurt In Back-To-Back Shootings In Allentown: Police
Five Hurt In Back-To-Back Shootings In Allentown: Police Five people were hurt and one person is in police custody after a pair of shootings unfolded in Allentown Friday night and Saturday morning, Dec. 29 and 30, according to officials.  The first shooting happened on Ridge Avenue between Gordon and Chew streets around 9 p.m., police said in a release. One man and one woman were hospitalized with "serious" injuries but are expected to survive, authorities said.  One suspected shooter, 23-year-old Demitrius Bashir Campbell, was arrested nearby and charged with attempted homicide and related counts, police said. A second "unidentified co…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA State Police Searching For Driver Who Struck Cars, Fled In High-Speed Allentown Chase PA State Police Searching For Driver Who Struck Cars, Fled In High-Speed Allentown Chase
PA State Police Searching For Driver Who Struck Cars, Fled In High-Speed Allentown Chase Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a driver who they say struck nine cars during a high-speed chase in Allentown last month. State police were conducting a detail with Allentown police from June 18 to June 19 when the incident occurred, authorities said. Troopers were stopped at a traffic light along Chew Street just after 1 a.m. on June 19 when they spotted a male driver in a black 2015 Nissan Altima traveling through a stop sign along Fourth Street, state police said. The driver then turned onto Chew Street and into the Sacred Heart Hospital emergency department drop-off. When …

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by Nicole Acosta