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One In Custody After Search In Carbon County One In Custody After Search In Carbon County
One In Custody After Search In Carbon County A man is in police custody following a search in Jim Thorpe that briefly placed schools into a lockout protocol on Wednesday, Feb. 21, according to officials.  The Carbon County District Attorney's Office announced around 10:30 a.m. that the pictured man was wanted by Jim Thorpe police. By about 11:45 a.m., prosecutors said the man had been taken in "without injury or additional incident."  "The Jim Thorpe PD is the lead agency and further info will be provided by Chief Schatz when appropriate," the DA's Office said.  Jim Thorpe Area School Superintendent Robert Presley told…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Juvenile' Stabbed During Poconos House Party, Say State Police 'Juvenile' Stabbed During Poconos House Party, Say State Police
'Juvenile' Stabbed During Poconos House Party, Say State Police Gunshots were fired and a young victim was stabbed at a "large house party" in Carbon County on Friday night, Nov. 17, according to state troopers.  Police said they were called to a home on West Snyder Avenue in Lansford Borough just before 11 p.m. for reports of gunfire.  There, troopers learned a "juvenile" boy had been taken to St. Luke's Miners Campus with two stab wounds and a punctured lung, authorities said. He was placed in stable condition.  Investigators believe a bystander fired two rounds "in an unknown direction" just after the stabbing, "causing all people to …

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by Mac Bullock