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Man Killed In Carbon County Blast Was 'Experimenting With Explosives': PSP
A Lehighton man is dead after state police said he was "experimenting with explosives" on Wednesday morning, Jan. 24. It happened in a detached garage at a home on Franklin Heights Road in Weissport, Franklin Township just before 3 a.m., troopers said. The explosion caused a small fire and killed 58-year-old Steve Sensinger, police wrote in a release. Troopers and the PSP Fire Marshal Unit are continuing to investigate. (Note: This story was updated Wednesday evening with new information from Pennsylvania State Police)
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Driver Who Crashed In NJ School Bus Had Fled Police Over State Lines: Report
The driver of the car that rammed into a Phillipsburg school bus on Route 22 Tuesday afternoon was fleeing authorities in two states, WFMZ reports. A bus transporting first- and second-graders from Phillipsburg Primary School was struck by a vehicle shortly after dismissal on Dec. 12, Daily Voice reported. Superintendent Gregory Troxell has said that some of the 22 students onboard received minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle had been the subject of a police pursuit that began in Lopatcong, WFMZ reported, citing the Warren County Prosecutor's Office. Authoritie…
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Motorcyclist Dies After Allegedly Fleeing Police On PA Highway
A motorcyclist is dead after police say he fled from a traffic stop on Route 61 late on Tuesday, Aug. 8. It began on Route 61 in Ontelaunee Township around 10:15 p.m., Northern Berks Regional Police said. Officers noticed "several" motorcyclists riding fast in the southbound lane and tried to pull them over, but they allegedly fled. The bikers took off so quickly that police did not try to chase them, the department said. A few minutes later, officers came across a crash scene at the intersection of Route 61 and Cross Keys Road, NBRPD said. One of the motorcyclists had co…
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Former NFL Player Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting
Authorities have identified the 32-year-old man slain at a Berks County bar in the early morning hours of Sunday. Oct. 16 as former NFL cornerback Antonio Dennard. Dennard was shot dead at Legends bar on North 5th Street Highway in Muhlenberg Township just after 3 a.m. Sunday morning, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office and a report by WFMZ. Officials said the official cause of death is pending further examination. An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Coroner's Office added. Muhlenberg Township police and the Berks County District Attorney's Office…
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PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report
A Pennsylvania man who stabbed his aunt and her husband to death in the Poconos has learned his fate, WFMZ reports. Lancelot Fortune, 31, of Stroudsburg, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2018 killings, the outlet says citing court documents. Prosecutors say Fortune went to the movies in Philadelphia after killing 56-year-old Isadora Fortune and 54-year-old Richard Fells in their Marcelle Terrace home in Pocono Township, according to the outlet. Click here for more from WFMZ.
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Easton Man, IT Manager ID'd As Victim Killed In Salisbury Township Small Plane Crash
A 49-year-old former IT manager has been identified as the victim killed in a small plane crash in the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Keith Kozel, of Easton, was pronounced dead at the scene on the 1400 block of Keystone Road in Salisbury Township after the crash around 1:40 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The single-engine Piper PA-28 had departed from Queen City Airport in Allentown and had only been in the air for three minutes before going down in a residential yard, according to The Federal Aviation Administration and records obtained b…
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Lehigh Valley Couple Dies In Route 309 Crash: Authorities
A 73-year-old Lehigh Valley woman and her 83-year-old husband died after a crash on Route 309, authorities said. Judith Rutherford was pronounced dead at the scene on Friday, Sept. 23, the Bucks County Coroner told WFMZ. Robert E. Rutherford, of Coopersburg (Upper Saucon Township), meanwhile, was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, where he died at about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. The woman was behind the wheel of a car that collided with another vehicle around 4:35 p.m. in the area of SR 309 and Hilltop…
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Body Found By Campers On Schuylkill River Island ID'd As Missing Man: Report
A body found by campers last month on an island in the Schuylkill River was identified as a Reading man who went missing six months earlier, WFMZ reports. The body of 62-year-old Kerry Frazier, who was last seen on Feb. 28, was discovered by campers in Union Township on Aug. 23, the outlet says. The cause and manner of his death were still being investigated. Frazier did not own a vehicle and was believed to be in the Harrisburg area, his family told authorities when they reported him missing on March 4. Click here for more from WFMZ.
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Lehigh Valley Man Who Nearly Stabbed His Own Dad Dead In Custody: Report
A 29-year-old man wanted for nearly stabbing his dad dead in Northampton County has been arrested, WFMZ reports. Giuseppe "Joey" Rizzolino fled the scene on the 900 block of Mine Lane Road in Palmer Township in a 2011 Nissan Altima around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, local police said. His dad, Joseph Rizzolino, 60, was found suffering multiple stab wounds. The younger Rizzolino was arrested sometime Sunday. He was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and four other related offenses, police said.
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PA Boy Has Custom Wheelchair Stolen From Yard
An eastern Pennsylvania community is coming together after a local boy's custom wheelchair was stolen from his family's yard the morning of Aug. 10. Colleen Stipeck, of Effort, took to social media to post about the incident and ask for anyone's help in finding her 5-year-old son's wheelchair. Instead, residents took the initiative to donate wheelchairs, with some even offering to buy Mikey one. 🚨 🚔 Mikey’s wheelchair ♿️ went missing today from our front yard while it was outside drying from getting wet yesterday.... Posted by Colleen O'Reilly Stipeck on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 "The…
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Woman Shoots, Kills Roommate In Lehigh Valley: Report
A 40-year-old woman was arrested for shooting and killing her roommate in their Lehigh Valley home, WFMZ reports. Salisbury Township police officers were called just before 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1 to a home on the 700 block of East Federal Street, where they found 37-year-old Tracy Lynn Hoffman dead inside a bedroom, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said in a Tuesday, Aug. 2 release. Terri Hodel, of Allentown, was arraigned on a criminal homicide charge on Monday and remanded to the Lehigh County Jail with bail denied, court records show. It all began on Sunday, July 31, when a member of …
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NJ Mustang Driver Killed In PA Turnpike Crash Was Set To Marry Next Weekend: Report
A 33-year-old New Jersey man who died in a crash on the PA Turnpike was set to marry next weekend, news reports say citing authorities. Harry Jackson Jr., of Brigantine, was in a Mustang 2011 Ford Mustang that struck the cab of a tractor trailer on the PA Turnpike Friday, July 29, killing him, LehighValleyLive reports. Jackson was pronounced dead while his female passenger was hospitalized with minor injuries, the outlet reports citing police. The rush hour crash happened when a tractor-trailer driven by a Philadelphia man went off the right side of the Northeast Extension of the highway…
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NJ Man Killed In PA Turnpike Crash That Left Tractor-Trailer Sprawled Across Highway (
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A New Jersey man was killed in a violent crash involving a tractor trailer and several cars on the PA Turnpike Friday, July 29, authorities said (scroll for photos). The crash occurred on the Northeast Extension in Carbon County 5:45 p.m. near Mahoning Valley Exit #74. Photos show the tractor's cab and trailer stretched across both sides of the median. Motorist Chris Jones detailed the scene in a Facebook post. "The accident involved a southbound tractor trailer that jackknifed to its left as the tractor jumped partway over the wall, badly damaging the wall itself with large holes," he wr…
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Body Pulled From Blue Marsh Lake Identified: Report
A body pulled from Blue Marsh Lake in Berks County over the weekend has been identified, WFMZ reports. Crews were called to the Dry Brooks Day Use Area, where the body of Ernesto Feliz, 27, of New York City, was recovered from the water Sunday, July 24, the outlet says. Officials told WFMZ the man was going after a ball in the lake when he swam too far out and never made it back to shore. The news comes nearly two months after 20-year-old Albert Castro Beato drowned after going for a swim in Blue Marsh Lake, authorities said. Click here for more from WFMZ.
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Support Surges For Northampton County Couple, 4 Kids Left Homeless After Devastating Blaze
Support is on the rise for a beloved Northampton County couple and their four children who were left homeless following a devastating fire on the Fourth of July. Rene and Barry Shook were relaxing with their children, four dogs, and two cats when they heard a loud noise and found their “entire porch engulfed in flames,” according to a GoFundMe launched for their support. The fire ripped through the home, destroyed the family’s car, and claimed the lives of their two cats, according to the fundraiser, which also contains several photos of the unrelenting blaze. Just under $15,000 had been r…
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Body Of Missing Delaware River Swimmer Found
The body of a swimmer who went missing last week in the Delaware River was found over the weekend, WFMZ reports. Christopher Schofield's body was found by a park visitor around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, near Kittatinny Point within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the outlet said. The 23-year-old Stroudsburg man had last been seen around 8 p.m. Tuesday, when he tried to swim across the river from Prices Landing, to New Jersey. Click here for more from WFMZ.
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PA Man Pleads Guilty In New Year's Day Crash That Killed Mom, Toddler
An Allentown man has pleaded guilty in a crash that killed a mom and her 1-year-old son on New Year's Day in 2021, WFMZ reports. Lazarus Roldan was convicted Tuesday, June 21 of vehicular homicide, aggravated assault by vehicle, and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, the outlet says. Roldan was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Trailblazer heading south on S. Eighth Street when he crossed over the center lane and struck the driver's side of a BMW carrying Kisha Cora, 22, and her son, authorities previously said. The crash occurred just before 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 1. Cora and her toddle…
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Search Launched For Missing PA Swimmer In Delaware River
National and local police agencies were searching for a 23-year-old Pennsylvania man who went missing while swimming in the Delaware River Tuesday, June 21, WFMZ reports. Christopher Schofield, of Stroudsburg, was swimming with two others in a section of the river with strong currents when he began to struggle and submerged near the Interstate 80 toll bridge around 8 p.m., the outlet says citing the National Park Service. Two swimmers made it to the New Jersey shore, where rescue crews confirmed none of the three swimmers were wearing life vests, according to the outlet. More from WFMZ can…
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Missing PA Children Found Safe In Virginia (
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Two Pennsylvania children who were reported missing and endangered Thursday, June 9 have been found safe, authorities said. Aaliah King, 4, and Braelyn King, 5, were found with their dad in Fredricksburg, VA, Wyomissing police said Friday, June 10. Eden Matthews, 22, fled with her children from the Delaware Avenue area of Wyomissing on Wednesday, June 8, authorities previously said. Police were looking for her black 2021 Hyundai Tucson with Maryland registration 5ER5844. Matthews, who has not been found, is wanted by police on a vehicle theft charge, WFMZ reports. She was also r…
Obituaries
Blue Marsh Lake Drowning Victim Came To US In Search Of Better Life
Albert Castro Beato moved to Lebanon, PA from the Dominican Republic a few months ago in search of a good job to help his parents back home, loved ones said. But, the 20-year-old man drowned after going for a swim in the Blue Marsh Lake in Penn Township (Berks County) around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 5, according to local fire officials and the county coroner's office. Investigators told WFMZ they believe the man swam too far out and got tired. "Albert’s parents came from the Dominican Republic and they would like to take their son with them to [bury] him near home," organizer Stephanie…
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Deadly PA Crash Shuts Down Route 309: Report
A deadly Pennsylvania crash shut down Route 309, WFMZ reports. The crash occurred on Route 309 northbound between Richhill Road and Tollgate Road in Richland Township around 1 p.m. on Friday, May 20, according to 511PA: Crash on PA 309 northbound between Rich Hill Rd and Tollgate Rd. There is a traffic disruption. — 511PA Statewide (@511PAStatewide) May 20, 2022 Route 309 was closed from Richhill Road to Tollgate Road in both directions, the Richland Township Police Department said. TRAFFIC ALERT: ROAD CLOSED RT 309 is closed from Richhill Road to Tollgate Road in both directions…
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Details Released In Chester County School Bus Crash
A school bus carrying elementary students was involved in a crash in Chester County Wednesday, May 18, school officials said. Several East Vincent Elementary School students were left with minor bumps and bruises following the crash around 8 a.m. on Stoney Run Road and West Bridge Street in East Vincent Township, according to the 6abc and school officials. A driver struck the bus, then drove through a fence, WFMZ reports. Rescue crews reportedly extricated the unidentified woman from the car before taking her to an area hospital in unknown condition. "A few of the students were releas…
Obituaries
Support Surges For Deadly I-78 Crash Victim From Brooklyn
Support is surging for the family of a 23-year-old Brooklyn driver killed in a crash on I-78 in the Lehigh Valley this week. Emran Hossain was heading west when he hit a barrier, flipped off the highway, and landed on train tracks below on Lehigh Street in Allentown on Tuesday, April 19 around 1:30 a.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and WFMZ. Hossain died at the scene, and his passenger was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. More than $3,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe page in his name as of Wednesday, April 20. All donations will be given to…
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Murder-Suicide Leaves Young Couple Dead In Lehigh Valley: Authorities
A young man and woman were killed in what police believe was a murder-suicide Sunday, April 19 in the Lehigh Valley, WFMZ reports. Raven Ramos, 21, stabbed Victoria Nieves, 19, multiple times before stabbing and killing himself during an argument inside a Fountain Hill home on South Bergen Street on Easter Sunday, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and news reports. Two memorial fundraisers have been established in honor of the couple, who, according to WFMZ, had been known to Fountain Hill police since 2020, when Nieves apparently ran away and was subsequently …
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Brooklyn Driver, 23, Dead After Car Flips Off I-78, Rolls Onto Train Tracks
A 23-year-old Brooklyn driver died when his car flew off of Interstate 78 in Lehigh Valley Tuesday, April 19, according to authorities and news reports. Emran Hossain was heading west when he hit a barrier, flipped off the highway and landed on train tracks below on Lehigh Street in Allentown around 1:30 a.m., according to WFMZ and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Hossain died at the scene, and his passenger was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Crews were still on the scene around 6 a.m. Travel with caution this morning on I-78 WB, MM 57.7, City of Allent…
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Brooklyn Driver, 23, Dead After Car Flips Off I-78, Rolls Onto Train Tracks
A 23-year-old Brooklyn driver died when his car flew off of Interstate 78 in Lehigh Valley Tuesday, April 19, according to authorities and news reports. Emran Hossain was heading west when he hit a barrier, flipped off the highway and landed on train tracks below on Lehigh Street in Allentown around 1:30 a.m., WFMZ reports. Hossain died at the scene, and his passenger was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Crews were still on the scene around 6 a.m. Travel with caution this morning on I-78 WB, MM 57.7, City of Allentown, right lane will be closed for crash inv…
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Poconos Man Charged In Infant Son's Death
A Poconos man has been charged in connection with the death of his 3-month-old son, reports say. Michael Noel Yard, 32, of Middle Smithfield Township, told police that he had left the infant boy’s bedroom for 10 to 15 minutes after feeding him and putting him to sleep on his side last August, LehighValleyLive reports citing state police. The boy was unresponsive when Yard returned, and despite life-saving measures, he was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono around 6:40 p.m., according to WFMZ. An autopsy and an investigation spanning several months ruled the boy…
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Beloved Lehigh Valley Teacher ID'd As Victim Of Kunkletown House Fire
A Lehigh Valley schoolteacher was killed in a Poconos area house fire with her four grandchildren, district officials confirmed. Rosemarie La Barre, 53, was a family and consumer science teacher at East Hills Middle School in Bethlehem, the school district said on Facebook. "Mrs. LaBarre was an amazing teacher, friend, and mentor to many in the BASD," the post reads. The BASD Community is saddened by the loss of one of our own BASD staff, Rosemarie LaBarre. Mrs. LaBarre was a Family... Posted by Bethlehem Area School District on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 “The entire BASD family mour…
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4 Dead In I-78 Crashes Just Hours Apart: State Police
UPDATE: A fifth person has died after two separate crashes Tuesday on I-78 eastbound in Berks County, authorities said. *** (Original story below): Four people were killed in two separate crashes -- one involving a school bus -- hours apart on I-78 in Berks County, authorities said. The first crash happened just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday on the eastbound lanes of I-78 in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania state police said. Footage from this crash scene was streamed live by NBC10. Four vehicles, including a school bus, were involved, police said. The driver of an empty school bus f…
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Pennsylvania Mom, 35, Killed In Head-On Pottstown Crash Was 'One Of A Kind,' Loved Ones Say
Support is surging for a 35-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was killed in a head-on collision in Pottstown Tuesday night. Nicole Benzenhafer was driving home from work around 10:15 p.m. when her SUV was struck by a man who was reportedly driving 80 mph and running stop signs in the 700 block of Queen Street, according to WFMZ and local authorities. The impact was so severe, it sent her SUV flying across the road and into a woman’s backyard, Rachael Jones wrote on a GoFundMe campaign. Crews worked to free Benzhafer, who ended up pinned in the vehicle. Despite efforts by emergency responde…
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Veteran Skydiver Dies At Same PA Facility Where NJ Man Was Killed In April
A 35-year-old Staten Island man and veteran skydiver was killed in a freak accident in Pennsylvania Monday at the same facility where a New Jersey skydiver died in April. Frank Kancso's parachute opened and stayed on, but he landed hard in the landing area at Sky’s the Limit Skydiving Center in Monroe County, according to Pennsylvania State Police and WFMZ. Troopers found Kansco -- who had thousands of previous jumps under his belt -- unresponsive on the ground around 3:30 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the hospital after having suffered traumatic injuries, authorities said. Kancso's death…
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