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Shooting On Allentown Street Leads To 'Struggle' With Armed Suspect: Police Shooting On Allentown Street Leads To 'Struggle' With Armed Suspect: Police
Shooting On Allentown Street Leads To 'Struggle' With Armed Suspect: Police One man faces criminal charges after police say he fired a gun on an Allentown street and then struggled with arresting officers over Memorial Day weekend.  It happened on Saturday, May 27 around 7:20 p.m., Allentown police wrote in a release. Officers were called to 8th and Linden streets after residents reported shots fired, the department said.  They arrived to find "evidence of shots being fired" and gathered a suspect description, authorities said. A suspect was located about a block away after police swept the neighborhood, according to the release.  As police approach…

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by Mac Bullock
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Duo Charged In Week-Long Allentown Robbery Spree, Police Say Duo Charged In Week-Long Allentown Robbery Spree, Police Say
Duo Charged In Week-Long Allentown Robbery Spree, Police Say A man and a woman sit in Lehigh County jail after police say they masterminded a string of robberies across Allentown over the last week.  Tyson J. Sydoriak, 48, and Jillian Pittman, 40, are each charged with four counts of robbery, simple assault, and related offenses, said Allentown police and the District Attorney's Office in a joint release.  Police say the pair robbed the A1 Express Market, 802 N. 10th Street, as well as Hirsch's Market, 131 S. 17th Street, both on Friday, April 7.  They then struck again at the Linden Street Deli and Grocery on Wednesday, April 12, acc…

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by Mac Bullock
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14-Year-Old Brought Loaded Gun Into William Allen High School, Causing Lockdown, DA Reveals 14-Year-Old Brought Loaded Gun Into William Allen High School, Causing Lockdown, DA Reveals
14-Year-Old Brought Loaded Gun Into William Allen High School, Causing Lockdown, DA Reveals New details have been revealed in the incident that caused a lockdown at several schools in the Allentown area on Thursday, Sept. 15, and ended with the arrest of a juvenile with a loaded gun. William Allen High School, Raub Middle School, and Union Terrace Elementary all were placed on lockdown as a precaution after officers received a report of a person with a weapon on Linden Street in West Park around 8:50 a.m., Allentown police said. Though the armed teen was eventually taken into custody, District Attorney Jim Martin revealed Wednesday, Sept. 21 that the 14-year-old boy was actually…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Allentown School Lockdown Ends After Police Nab Juvenile With Gun Allentown School Lockdown Ends After Police Nab Juvenile With Gun
Allentown School Lockdown Ends After Police Nab Juvenile With Gun Lockdowns at several Allentown schools ended Thursday, Sept. 15, after police arrested a juvenile with a gun, they said. William Allen High School, Raub Middle School, and Union Terrace Elementary all were placed on lockdown as a precaution after officers received a report of a person with a weapon on Linden Street in the West Park neighborhood around 8:50 a.m.,  Allentown police said. Officers eventually found a juvenile in the area with a loaded semi-automatic handgun, they said. The minor was subsequently arrested. The lockdowns were lifted just after noon, police said. Anyone wit…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Man Jumps Off Bridge To Escape Police After Robbing Allentown Hotel, Guest At Knifepoint Man Jumps Off Bridge To Escape Police After Robbing Allentown Hotel, Guest At Knifepoint
Man Jumps Off Bridge To Escape Police After Robbing Allentown Hotel, Guest At Knifepoint Authorities in Allentown have arrested a homeless armed robbery suspect who they say jumped off a bridge and into a creek to escape police. Officers were called to the Americus Hotel on Sixth Street and Hamilton Street around 10:35 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, Allentown police said. Hotel employees reportedly told police that a man -- later identified as Samuel Santiago-Delgado -- armed with a knife robbed the business and a guest in the lobby. The 41-year-old man ran off, but was later spotted by officers, who led a foot chase on the 300 block of Linden Street, they said. The man then jumped o…

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by Nicole Acosta