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Pair Of Pedestrians ID'd After Deadly Strike In Allentown: Coroner (UPDATED) Pair Of Pedestrians ID'd After Deadly Strike In Allentown: Coroner (UPDATED)
Pair Of Pedestrians ID'd After Deadly Strike In Allentown: Coroner (Updated) (Note: This story has been updated with new information from the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.) Officials have named the two Allentown pedestrians killed in an early morning crash on Sunday, Dec. 10.  Luz Daneza Ruiz Acosta, 43, and Christopher E. Stocker, 44, were struck on the 300 block of West Hamilton Street around 1:15 a.m., said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.  They were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where Ruiz Acosta died around 2 a.m. and Stocker died around 2:45 a.m., authorities said.  Both died from blunt force injuries, the Coroner's Off…

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by Mac Bullock
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Allentown Footchase Leads To Arrest Allentown Footchase Leads To Arrest
Allentown Footchase Leads To Arrest A man sits in a Lehigh County jail cell following a brief pursuit with police in Allentown, authorities say.  City police witnessed a man draw a handgun during an argument near South 6th Street and West Hamilton Street just after midnight on Sunday Jan. 29, the department said in a statement.  When an officer tried to intervene, the man fled on foot, police said. Officers claimed they saw him toss the firearm while running away.  Johnnie Cooks, 43, was tracked down and arrested a short distance from the scene, they added. He faces multiple firearm charges, one count of evide…

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by Mac Bullock
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1 Hurt In Allentown Stabbing, Police Say 1 Hurt In Allentown Stabbing, Police Say
1 Hurt In Allentown Stabbing, Police Say One person was hurt in a stabbing in Allentown over the weekend, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to the 300 Block of West Hamilton Street for a reported stabbing around 3 a.m. Sunday,  Allentown police said. They met with the victim at a local hospital, according to police. The unidentified victim was being treated for a non-life-threatening slash wound, police said. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Allentown Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 610-437-7721 or submit a tip on the Tip411 ap…

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by Nicole Acosta