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Northampton Track Coach Sexually Assaulted Teen Student, DA Claims Northampton Track Coach Sexually Assaulted Teen Student, DA Claims
Northampton Track Coach Sexually Assaulted Teen Student, DA Claims A Northampton Area High School coach is accused of carrying on a sexual "relationship" with a 17-year-old student-athlete, prosecutors say.  Hannah Marth, a 26-year-old former javelin coach for the NAHS track and field team, is charged with institutional sexual assault and sexual assault by a sports official — both felonies — said District Attorney Terence Houck in a statement.  State troopers say that in May 2021, when she was a coach, Marth texted a 17-year-old boy on the track team and invited him to her Lehigh Township home. There, she "initiated sexual contact …

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by Mac Bullock
Business
‘Devious:’ PA Pool Shop Owner Scammed 26 Clients Out Of Thousands For Years, DA Says ‘Devious:’ PA Pool Shop Owner Scammed 26 Clients Out Of Thousands For Years, DA Says
‘Devious:’ PA Pool Shop Owner Scammed 26 Clients Out Of Thousands For Years, DA Says A Pennsylvania pool shop owner was slapped with dozens of charges Tuesday after an investigation found that he had spent years scamming at least 26 customers out of thousands of dollars, the district attorney announced. Roger Kornfeind, of Bethlehem, faces 26 counts each of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, as well as 23 counts of home improvement fraud, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Kornfeind — the owner of Hydro Dynamic Pools — has been defrauding customers at locations in Pen Argyl, Northampton County; Slatington, Lehigh County; and Oley, …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized After Near Abduction PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized After Near Abduction
PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized After Near Abduction Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Pennsylvania man in the Holland Tunnel after he  kidnapped a woman driving on a local street, authorities said. Ruben Carrion Melendez opened the driver's side door of Krystal River's white Nissan and forced her over to the passenger's seat around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, near Commerce Center Boulevard in Northampton, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Melendez, who had an active PFA for stalking Rivera, intentionally crashed the car into a pole, then forced Rivera into his Honda Civic by her hair, Houck said. Melendez…

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by Cecilia Levine & Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Support Surges For Family Of PA Football Player Elijah Johnson, 20, Killed In Target Shooting Support Surges For Family Of PA Football Player Elijah Johnson, 20, Killed In Target Shooting
Support Surges For Family Of PA Football Player Elijah Johnson, 20, Killed In Target Shooting Support is surging for the family of 20-year-old football player Elijah Johnathan Johnson, who was shot and killed Sunday at Target in Northampton County. Johnson, of Monroe County, was shot and killed during an argument in the parking lot of Target in the Lower Nazareth Commons shopping center on Dryland Way around 2:15 p.m., Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Johnson was passionate and skilled at football and had played throughout high school, according to a fundraiser started for funeral expenses. “He was a tenacious young man,” reads the fundraiser, launched by Tr…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Accused Lehigh Valley Burglar, 34, Charged In Second Home Break-In, Knifepoint Rape Accused Lehigh Valley Burglar, 34, Charged In Second Home Break-In, Knifepoint Rape
Accused Lehigh Valley Burglar, 34, Charged In Second Home Break-In, Knifepoint Rape A Lehigh Valley man previously charged in a home break-in is facing a laundry list of additional charges in connection to a burglary and rape case from May 2020, authorities said. Clement Swaby, 34, was charged Wednesday with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, indecent and aggravated indecent assaults, burglary, possessing instruments of crime and terroristic threats, Bethlehem Police said. Swaby is accused of breaking into a Bethlehem home, threatening the victim at knifepoint and raping them on May 19, 2020, police said. Swaby was charged in March with first-de…

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by Valerie Musson