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Suspects Sought For Broad Daylight Burglary In Berks County: Authorities Suspects Sought For Broad Daylight Burglary In Berks County: Authorities
Suspects Sought For Broad Daylight Burglary In Berks County: Authorities Detectives in Berks County are asking residents to help identify the getaway car in a home burglary last Thursday, Dec. 14.  Investigators say two men wearing masks and carrying backpacks targeted a home on the 100 block of Great Bend Way in Spring Township around 3:50 p.m.  The burglars took personal items, jewelry, and cash before running to a black SUV, possibly a Mitsubishi, and fleeing the neighborhood, police said.  Anyone who can identify the vehicle is asked to call Crime Alerts of Berks County at 1-877-373-9913 or contact Detective Katzaman with the S…

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by Mac Bullock
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Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say
Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say Police are seeking a pair of men who they say committed credit card fraud and used ATM skimming devices across Berks County.  Spring Township police believe it happened on March 3, according to a release from Crime Alerts of Berks County. The pictured suspects drove throughout the county accessing ATMs using "cloned" credit card numbers and withdrew cash from victims' accounts, authorities claimed.  Investigators say the suspects may have used skimming devices to obtain the card details. Early this month, five such devices were discovered on ATMs in Montgomery County and on gas pu…

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by Mac Bullock
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Berks High School Closes Early Amid Reports Of Shooting Berks High School Closes Early Amid Reports Of Shooting
Berks High School Closes Early Amid Reports Of Shooting Wilson High School dismissed students early on Friday, Feb. 24 after administrators received reports of an ongoing shooting. In an announcement posted to the district's website just before 9:20 a.m., district officials said they were notified by Spring Township police "that there was a shooting at  Wilson High School." Township police and state troopers responded to the scene. Wilson High and Whitfield Elementary School were placed on lockdown as authorities swept the grounds, the district said.  After a preliminary sweep and a second, more thorough search, police notified the di…

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by Mac Bullock
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Trio Robbed Berks Shop At Gunpoint, Cops Say Trio Robbed Berks Shop At Gunpoint, Cops Say
Trio Robbed Berks Shop At Gunpoint, Cops Say Three men are charged with armed robbery after police say they stormed a Berks County 7-Eleven and robbed the cashier at gunpoint.  Police in Spring Township were called to the convenience store at 3100 State Hill Road at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the department said in a statement.  On arrival, the clerk told officers that two men in dark clothes and masks had walked in and threatened him. The robbers pointed a handgun in his face and fired him to hand over the cash from the registers and safe, the victim said.  The robbers made off with an undisclosed sum of mone…

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by Mac Bullock
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Tire Flies Into Police Windshield In Pennsylvania (Video) Tire Flies Into Police Windshield In Pennsylvania (Video)
Tire Flies Into Police Windshield In Pennsylvania (Video) Police cameras captured videos of a tire detaching from a vehicle, rolling down the street, and flying into the windshield of a police vehicle with two officers inside, according to a Facebook post by the department. The Spring Township police department in Bellefonte posted two views of the impact. You can watch footage of the tire hitting from the dash in the Facebook post below. Talk about expecting the unexpected! Today while monitoring traffic in the 1300 block of Zion Rd. Officers were caught... Posted by Spring Township Police Department on Monday, February 14, 2022 You can w…

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by Jillian Pikora