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Armed Kidnapper Forced Victim Into Car Before Sexual Assault: Reading Police
A suspect is in custody after police say a juvenile girl was forced into a car at gunpoint and sexually assaulted in Reading on Wednesday, March 13. Liam Wilkinson, 24, is charged with rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related felony offenses, according to Reading police and state court records. Authorities said Wilkinson approached the victim near the corner of North 3rd Street and Douglass Street at 3 p.m. and displayed a handgun before forcing her into the car. Police said he took her to a secondary location and sexually assaulted her. The juvenile victim was e…
Police & Fire
Coroner IDs Berks Man Killed In Rt. 222 Crash
Officials have identified the driver killed in an accident on Route 222 in Berks County over the weekend. Ernest Lee McLean, 56, of Blandon, was driving near Old Topton Road in Maxatawny Township at around 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 29 when his car hit a tractor-trailer, said Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio in a release. McLean was pronounced dead around noon on Monday, May 1, the coroner wrote. His cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries and the manner was accidental, Buglio added. The crash remains under investigation by state police, according to the release.…
Police & Fire
Overturned Truck Closes Rt. 222 In Berks County
Traffic slowed in Berks County on Tuesday as emergency workers responded to the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer on Route 222, authorities said. It happened near the intersection with Schaeffer Road in Blandon before 10 a.m. on March 21, said Northern Berks Regional Police in a statement. Both the northbound lane of the highway and Schaeffer Road were shut down through the morning as crews worked, they added. By mid-afternoon on Tuesday, NBRPD told Daily Voice the highway was re-opened. Authorities have not said what caused the truck to overturn, nor did they report any i…
Police & Fire
Berks Driver May Face Homicide Charge For Deadly Crash
A driver in Berks County may be charged with vehicular homicide after authorities say he caused an accident by illegally passing another car. Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to the scene of a three-car accident on Shartlesville Road near the intersection with Lonesome Valley Road in Jefferson Township just after 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, troopers said in a release. One driver was found trapped and unresponsive in his car. Later identified as 55-year-old Roger Miller of Blandon, he was declared dead at the scene. Investigators believe an unnamed driver who was headed …
Police & Fire
Berks County Nightclub Burglar Busted With Meth: Police
A burglar at a former Berks County nightclub was busted with meth, authorities announced. Police in Bern Township were called to the former Silo Nightclub in reference to a burglary in progress on Jan. 7, when they saw a running rental truck parked behind the building, authorities said. The responding officer could see footprints in the snow that showed someone had recently gone inside from this truck. The responding officer then encountered Joshua Gregg, of Blandon, who came out of the building before running into the BTPD officer. Gregg was detained while the officer conducted an investi…