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COLD CASE: Allentown Woman Found Dead In Basement 3 Years After Disappearance COLD CASE: Allentown Woman Found Dead In Basement 3 Years After Disappearance
Cold CASE: Allentown Woman Found Dead In Basement 3 Years After Disappearance Jamie Lee Metzger had been missing for more than three years when authorities found her decomposed remains in a Northampton County basement, Pennsylvania State Police say.  The 31-year-old Allentown mom had been reported missing by her mother in September 2014, some five months after she was last seen alive, according to officials.  Authorities circulated her photo and asked for the public's help, but years passed with no break in the case.  Metzger was finally discovered in a plastic storage bin in the basement of 15 Springwater Court in Williams Township on Dec. 7, 2017, p…

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by Mac Bullock
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Burglar Attempts PA Gun Shop Break-In With Ax, State Police Say Burglar Attempts PA Gun Shop Break-In With Ax, State Police Say
Burglar Attempts PA Gun Shop Break-In With Ax, State Police Say Police are seeking the public’s help identifying someone they say used an ax to try to break into a Pennsylvania gun shop. The attempted burglary occurred at 507 Outfitters in Williams Township just after 4:35 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, Pennsylvania State Police said. The burglar used an ax to try to break into the building, which is located at 1000 Belmont St. in Northampton County, police said. Anyone with information on the suspect’s identity is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police Belfast Station at (610) 759-6106 and reference Incident Number PA22-1378849.

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by Valerie Musson
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3 Hospitalized In Serious 4-Car Crash At PA Toll Plaza, State Police Say (PHOTOS) 3 Hospitalized In Serious 4-Car Crash At PA Toll Plaza, State Police Say (PHOTOS)
3 Hospitalized In Serious 4-Car Crash At PA Toll Plaza, State Police Say (Photos) Three people were hospitalized following a serious four-car crash at a Pennsylvania toll plaza on Route 78, state police said. Officers at the Belfast station responded to the crash at lane two of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission on Route 78 westbound near milepost 76.0 in Williams Township (Northampton County) just before 8:40 a.m. on Sunday, June 26. A speeding 51-year-old Blakeslee, PA driver went airborne after hitting another car that was stopped paying a toll with two other vehicles behind him, police said. The driver then rotated clockwise about 180 degrees before la…

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by Valerie Musson
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3-Alarm Fire Rips Through Lehigh Valley Apartments Under Construction (PHOTOS) 3-Alarm Fire Rips Through Lehigh Valley Apartments Under Construction (PHOTOS)
3-Alarm Fire Rips Through Lehigh Valley Apartments Under Construction (Photos) A third-alarm fire ravaged a Lehigh Valley apartment building that was under construction, authorities said. The fire broke out at a three-story building on the 3100 block of Charlotte Avenue in Palmer Township on Monday afternoon. The Palmer Municipal Fire Department worked with several local crews to locate and douse the blaze, which was upgraded to a third alarm from a first alarm, authorities said. ALSO SEE: 3-Alarm Fire Ravages Lehigh Valley Home (PHOTOS) Assisting agencies include Suburban EMS, the Nancy Run Fire Company, and fire departments in Wilson Borough, Williams Township, B…

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by Valerie Musson
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Authorities ID 55-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed By Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Authorities ID 55-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed By Pennsylvania State Police Trooper
Authorities ID 55-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed By Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Authorities have released the name of the 55-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Pennsylvania State Trooper Sunday afternoon. Troopers from the Troop M Belfast barracks responded to 940 Berger Road in Williams township for a 911 call related to a disturbance in the area when they were met with Edward James Shadder outside the home around 2:30 p.m., Trooper Nathan Branosky and the Northampton County DA's Office said. A "confrontation" occurred and a trooper fired two rounds from their department-issued Sig Sauer P227 handgun, killing Shadder, authorities said. Shadder was pronoun…

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Killed After Losing Control Of Bicycle, Crashing In Northampton County, State Police Say Man Killed After Losing Control Of Bicycle, Crashing In Northampton County, State Police Say
Man Killed After Losing Control Of Bicycle, Crashing In Northampton County, State Police Say A Northampton County cyclist was killed after he lost control and hit the pavement during a Tuesday afternoon ride, state police said. James Dziedzic, 66, was riding a gray Argon 18 bicycle when he hit the pavement near Steely Hill and Wassergass Roads in Williams Township around 2:05 p.m., PSP Trooper Richard Matlock said. Dziedzic, of Williams Township, was treated by Easton Ambulance Squad and taken to Saint Luke’s Fountain Hill, where he was pronounced dead, Matlock said.

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by Valerie Musson