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Coplay, PA
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Pennsylvania Widow's 1989 Murder: Prosecutors
More than 35 years after she was found murdered in her Coplay home, Lehigh County authorities say they have arrested Rose Josephine Hnath's killer. Michael Breisch was arrested in Ohio this week, the District Attorney's Office said Thursday, May 16. Hnath, 78, was found dead from stab wounds and blunt force trauma at her 2690 2nd Street home on Jan. 21, 1989. Family members discovered the scene after she failed to show up for her usual church service that morning, prosecutors said. The home had been ransacked, and defensive wounds suggested she tried to fight off her…
Police & Fire
PA Driver, 48, Seriously Hurt In Early-Morning Route 78 Crash: State Police
A 48-year-old Pennsylvania man was seriously injured in a crash on Route 78 in New Jersey overnight, police said. The Coplay driver lost control in Clinton Township around 3:50 a.m. Sunday, March 31 and ran off the roadway to the right, hitting a guardrail near on the westbound side, New Jersey State Police said. The driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to an area hospital. The accident remains under investigation and there is no additional information available.
Police & Fire
Osha
Fines Lehigh Firm $125K For Teen's Wood Chipper Death
Federal regulators have cited a Lehigh Valley tree removal company for the 2022 death of a teenage worker who was pulled into a wood chipper. Isiah Bedocs, a 17-year-old from Coplay, was working for Adam's Tree Service in North Whitehall Township on Aug. 9 when he was fatally wounded, Daily Voice reported. Now, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company for 10 "serious" safety violations and is recommending fines totaling $124,987, the agency announced Monday, Feb. 13. Investigators found that Bedocs was feeding "entangled material" into the wood ch…
Police & Fire
Man, 20, Killed In Allentown Police Shootout ID'd
The alleged assailant shot and killed by police in Allentown over the weekend was identified by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office as a 20-year-old Coplay man. Xavier Arnold was being pursued by officers following an assault near Eighth and Maple streets in Center City, when he fired a gun at them around 8:10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, the Lehigh County DA's Office and Allentown police said in news releases. An Allentown officer fired back, striking Arnold, local police said. An officer was nicked by a projectile but protected by his vest, while Arnold was pronounced dead at Lehigh Val…
Obituaries
Northampton Community College Student Dies After Valiant Leukemia Battle, 18
Lehigh Valley native and Northampton Community College student Thomas R. “Tommy” Stackhouse died at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Thursday, May 26 following a long and valiant battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was 18. Born in Phillipsburg, Tommy grew up in Bangor, where he managed the varsity football team and intramural bowling league before graduating in 2021 as homecoming king, his obituary says. Tommy then went on to study special education at Northampton Community College and had maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. Tommy is remembered for his love of snowmobiling, collecti…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Car In South Whitehall
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a car in Lehigh County Thursday night, authorities said. Barry Evans, 30, was struck around 8:55 p.m. in 1400 Block of North Cedar Crest Boulevard in South Whitehall, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Coplay resident was pronounced dead by Deputy Coroner Jack Fliter at 9:24 p.m., authorities said. Cedar Crest Boulevard was temporarily closed in both directions in the 1600 block from Office Center Road to Winchester Road as officers investigated the scene, South Whitehall police said. An autopsy is scheduled for Sept. 4 to det…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Driver Charged After Pushing Woman's Car With 2 Kids Into I-78 Median
A 31-year-old Lehigh driver is facing aggravated assault charges after state police say he was yelling at drivers and even hit one woman's car, sending it into a concrete median on I-78 earlier this month, authorities said. Justin C. Mitman, who was jailed March 8 in unrelated DUI and trespassing incidents from the day before, was identified after Pennsylvania State Police released photos of the truck and details about the road rage incident, LehighValleyLive says citing Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and police Capt. Joseph F. Sokolofski. The woman was putting gas into a silver…