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Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP
Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP State troopers are investigating the deadly police shooting of a suspected burglar in Shenandoah Borough, authorities said in a release.  Shenandoah and Mahanoy City police were called to 309 West Coal Street for a break-in around 12:40 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, according to PSP.  The property owner told them he had seen a masked person walking inside with a large knife on the vacant home's security cameras, troopers wrote.  When officers went inside, the person was hiding under a bed upstairs, according to state police.  "As they were moving the bed, the person lunged …
Coroner Seeks Next-Of-Kin For Berks Woman, 79 Coroner Seeks Next-Of-Kin For Berks Woman, 79
Coroner Seeks Next-Of-Kin For Berks Woman, 79 Authorities are looking for the relatives of a late Berks County resident.  Janet Wisniewski, 79, died of natural causes on Thursday, Nov. 2, said the Coroner's Office in a release. She lived on the 500 block of East Philadelphia Avenue in Shillington.  Anyone with contact information for her next of kin is asked to call officials at  610-478-3280.
Couple Charged In 6-Year-Old Norristown Boy's Overdose Death: DA Couple Charged In 6-Year-Old Norristown Boy's Overdose Death: DA
Couple Charged In 6-Year-Old Norristown Boy's Overdose Death: DA A man and a woman are charged in connection with the overdose death of a 6-year-old Norristown boy over the summer, say Montgomery County prosecutors.  Kristen Sabatino, 31, and Matthew Santiago, 35, were the only adults in their Willow Street home when Dominic Lyons was found unresponsive on the morning of July 16, according to the District Attorney's Office.  The 6-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Coroner's Office later determined he died from "drug intoxication from fentanyl and xylazine," authorities said.  Sabatino, the boy's mother, initially tol…
No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown
No ID For Young Man Found Dead In Allentown Authorities in Lehigh County are working to identify a man in his 20s found dead on an Allentown alley in the early morning hours on Sunday, July 16.  The victim was discovered on the 600 block of Morris Street and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where doctors pronounced him dead around 2 a.m., said county Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. His cause of death is pending an autopsy scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, but officials said he "appears to have suffered head and traumatic injuries."  "With the assistance of the Allentown Police Department, post-mortem fingerprints a…
Trio Shot 22-Year-Old Dead On Allentown Street, DA Claims Trio Shot 22-Year-Old Dead On Allentown Street, DA Claims
Trio Shot 22-Year-Old Dead On Allentown Street, DA Claims Three men are charged with murder for the 2022 slaying of 22-year-old Najeer Lane in Allentown.  Xavier Grenon, 32, of Whitehall, Legious R. Minder Jr., 20, of Bethlehem, and Frederick A. Marks Jr., 23, of Bath, are each accused of homicide, conspiracy, and related counts following a grand jury presentment, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said in a release on Wednesday, May 10.  Investigators believe the group shot and killed Lane on the 1000 block of West Juniata Street last Aug. 31, according to the release. The 22-year-old victim was found with a gunshot wound t…
'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say 'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say
'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say Authorities in Monroe County are investigating after badly decomposed human remains were found off a highway in Stroudsburg on Thursday, April 27.  A Stroudsburg Borough employee made the discovery in a wooded area near the Park Avenue/I-80 East on-ramp at about 11:20 a.m., Stroud Area Regional Police announced in a release.  Officers and detectives were called to the scene, but the remains were so extensively decomposed that investigators could not identify the gender of the victim, according to the release.  The remains have been removed from the woods and turned over…
Dental Records Identify Fatal Berks Fire Victim Dental Records Identify Fatal Berks Fire Victim
Dental Records Identify Fatal Berks Fire Victim Officials in Berks County have identified the woman killed in a house fire in Alsace Township on Wednesday, Jan. 25.  First responders were called to the 100 block of Magnolia Lane just after 4:30 a.m. and found "heavy fire" on arrival, according to a statement by State Police. A woman was found dead inside, authorities said at the time.  The victim is now identified as 71-year-old Dana Oakes, who lived at the residence. Forensic pathologists and odontologists with the county Coroner's Office were able to establish her identity with the use of dental records, according to the rele…
Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash
Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash Authorities have identified the two men killed in a Monday morning dump truck crash that closed down stretches of Route 78 in Berks and Lehigh counties. Donald T. Gercie, 63, was driving a dump truck that hit an overpass in the eastbound lanes and rolled over near milepost 48.0 in Upper Macungie just after 9:50 a.m., the Coroner’s Officer said. Gercie, of Alpha, NJ, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries just before 12:25 p.m. The manner of death was accidental. Gercie’s passenger, Joel A. Fantauzzi Ortiz, 40, of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead just before 10:50…