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Know Them? Berks Police Seek Suspected Teen Vandals Know Them? Berks Police Seek Suspected Teen Vandals
Know Them? Berks Police Seek Suspected Teen Vandals Police in Berks County are on the lookout for a group of youths they say vandalized a business over the summer.  The Central Berks Regional Police Department said a group of teens was caught on camera trying to break into Reading Fire Equipment, a firefighting supply business on Perkiomen Avenue in Mount Penn, on July 15.  Investigators said the youths tried removing a metal mesh window cover and also tried to break the window, but were unable to do so.  The boys were westbound on Perkiomen Avenue when they arrived at the store and continued walking west toward Reading after…

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by Mac Bullock
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Quarter Pound Of Meth, 2 Pounds Of Pot, 3 Handguns Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA Quarter Pound Of Meth, 2 Pounds Of Pot, 3 Handguns Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA
Quarter Pound Of Meth, 2 Pounds Of Pot, 3 Handguns Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA More than a quarter pound of methamphetamine, two pounds of marijuana and three handguns with obliterated serial numbers were seized from a meth dealer in Berks County, authorities said. The Berks County DA's Office got a tip in January that Matthew McClain, 24, was dealing meth out of his Mount Penn home, they said. A search warrant executed at his home on Woodvale Avenue turned up the following: Approximately one hundred seventy grams (0.3 pounds) of suspected methamphetamine One loaded Taurus G2C 9mm handgun, the serial number was obliterated One loaded Taurus 709, 9mm handgun, th…

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by Cecilia Levine