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Bradley Odenath Of NJ Charged For Stabbing PA Trooper
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was stabbed while serving a warrant for a New Jersey man in Berks County on Saturday, according to multiple releases by Trooper David Beohm. Two troopers were sent to serve a 302 warrant, which is for involuntary mental health commitment, for 27-year-old Bradley Odenath of Pine Hill, NJ. They arrived at 293 Bachmoll Road, Tilden Township at 8:42 a.m. on Dec. 30, Beohm detailed. "During their interaction with the male one of the troopers was stabbed numerous times in the leg," Beohm stated in the release. Troopers were able to subd…
Police & Fire
Trooper Struck By Driver, 23, While En Route To School Bus Crash In Lehigh County: Officials
A Pennsylvania state trooper and the 23-year-old driver who struck him while he was heading to a school bus crash were both hospitalized with injuries this week in Lehigh County, authorities said. The trooper was en route to a school bus crash with his lights and sirens on just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, State Police said. As the trooper was headed east in the turning lane at the center of the boulevard, the driver of an Acura TSX "traveled directly into the path" and the cars collided, police wrote. The woman in the Acura was injured and taken to Lehigh Valley …
Police & Fire
Police Standoff Ends With Arrest In Lehigh Valley
A four-hour barricade ends with a man in state police custody, according to authorities. Lehigh County Sheriff's deputies were called to "serve a domestic relations warrant" on a resident of the 2500 block of Waynesborough Court, Lower Macungie Township, around 10:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 7, troopers said in a release. When they arrived, the 54-year-old subject of the warrant "made threatening comments," causing the deputies to leave the home and call for backup, state police said. Troopers from Fogelsville Station responded and set up a perimeter around the home…
Police & Fire
2 Teens Hurt In Lehigh Valley ATV Crash: State Police
Two teenagers were injured when the ATV they were riding collided with a sedan in the Lehigh Valley, authorities said. The crash happened on Mountain Road and Ashfield Road in Washington Township (Lehigh County) Tuesday, June 28, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said. A 13-year-old drove the all-terrain vehicle, with a 14-year-old passenger, the trooper said. The pair were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for treatment. The 37-year-old driver of the 2006 Kia Rio involved in the wreck was uninjured, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
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5-Year-Old Drowns, Brother Survives After Fall In Frozen PA Pond
A 5-year-old boy drowned after he and his brother became trapped in a frozen Pennsylvania pond on Wednesday, Feb. 9, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Schuylkill 911 and Pennsylvania State Police in Schuylkill Haven were called to a report of two young boys who had fallen in a frozen pond in the 40 block of Molino Road in Orwigsburg — West Brunswick Township, just after 5:30 p.m., the police write in the release. The boys' mother went into the pond and rescued the 4-year-old but her 5-year-old son was "nowhere to be seen," as stated in the release. Schuylkill Haven dive …
Police & Fire
Berks County Dad Killed In Multi-Vehicle Lehigh County Crash 'Had A Huge Heart'
A Berks County dad who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash over the weekend in Lehigh County was being remembered as someone who had a "huge heart." Scott Benfield, 36, was driving a 2010 Kia Soul southbound on Chestnut Street near Indian Creek Road in Upper Milford Township, when he sped up too quickly and struck a pickup truck traveling in front of him around 1:50 p.m. Sunday, Pennsylvania State Police said. This collision caused Benfield's Kia to veer left into the oncoming lane, and strike a Toyota 4Runner, according to police. Benfield, of Hereford, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital…
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Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life
A heavy fire that tore through a row home in Reading Thursday claimed the lives of a woman and her young child, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the smoke-filled corner home in the 900 block of Muhlenberg Street just after 9:45 a.m., officials said. Crews rescued multiple people from the home, including 32-year-old Catherine May Dingle and her 9-year-old son, according to Berks and Lehigh County Coroner's Offices. Dingle died of a combination of second-and third-degree burns over 86 percent of her body and smoke inhalation injuries Thursday night at Lehigh Valle…
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