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Bank Robbed In Allentown While Police Respond To 'Hoax' Threat At Muhlenberg College: APD Bank Robbed In Allentown While Police Respond To 'Hoax' Threat At Muhlenberg College: APD
Bank Robbed In Allentown While Police Respond To 'Hoax' Threat At Muhlenberg College: APD An Allentown bank was robbed just after police were called about an armed suspect at Muhlenberg College midday Monday, May 6, according to authorities.  Allentown police said they were dispatched to the West Chew Street campus around 12:15 p.m. following an anonymous call. Campus police ordered students and community members to shelter in place.  Officers eventually "determined that the call was a hoax," APD said.  While police were still on the scene, dispatchers were called about an armed robbery at the 120 College Drive Wells Fargo, authorities said. Police said they "secured the scene"…

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by Mac Bullock
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Gunman Shot Into Crowd Near Allentown's Muhlenberg College: DA Gunman Shot Into Crowd Near Allentown's Muhlenberg College: DA
Gunman Shot Into Crowd Near Allentown's Muhlenberg College: DA One man is charged with attempted murder after four people were shot near Allentown's Muhlenberg College late on Tuesday night, Feb. 20, prosecutors say.  It happened at 1837 West Turner Street around 6:45 p.m., the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office wrote in a release.  Investigators said 22-year-old Axel Yadiel Suarez-Vidal shot into a crowd of people outside the home, striking three women and one man. All four were taken to area hospitals in private vehicles and "are expected to survive," authorities said.  "We understand that Muhlenberg College was briefly loc…

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by Mac Bullock
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Middlesex College Student, 21, Killed In Mercer Dump Truck Crash ID'd Middlesex College Student, 21, Killed In Mercer Dump Truck Crash ID'd
Middlesex College Student, 21, Killed In Mercer Dump Truck Crash ID'd Authorities have identified the 21-year-old Central Jersey college senior killed in a collision with a dump truck Saturday in Mercer County. Dylan Gleason, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, was a theater major at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, according to this GoFundMe.com page “Dylan went out of his way to make everyone feel loved and welcomed,” Thomas Riley and two other friends wrote. “He was committed to a life of excellence, and succeeded on every front.” Gleason was driving on Route 1 in West Windsor about 9 a.m. when his car struck a dump truck headed …

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by Jon Craig