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Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting In Reading, PA (DEVELOPING) Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting In Reading, PA (DEVELOPING)
Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting In Reading, PA (Developing) Update: The Berks County District Attorney's Office has identified the man as 50-year-old Damon S. Stern.  Reading police officers said they killed a man who was armed with a knife early Monday morning, March 25.  Authorities were called to the 400 block of Windsor Street around 3:45 a.m. for reports of a "male armed with a knife making suicidal threats," the department said in a release.  Police said they commanded the man to drop the knife, "however, the male ignored those commands and moved towards the officers," the release says.  They shot him and he succumbe…
Kidnapper Who Broke Into Reading Home Still 'Armed And Dangerous': Police Kidnapper Who Broke Into Reading Home Still 'Armed And Dangerous': Police
Kidnapper Who Broke Into Reading Home Still 'Armed And Dangerous': Police (Note: This story has been updated with additional information from Reading police.) Police in Reading are looking for a suspected kidnapper.  Yusuf Scott is accused of breaking into a Windsor Street home and trying to kidnap a 26-year-old woman on Thursday night, Nov. 16, said RPD.  The victim was able to escape and is safe, but Scott is at large and considered armed and dangerous, authorities said. He is wanted for burglary and kidnapping.  Police executed search warrants at "multiple locations" in Reading but have not located the suspected kidnapper as of Frida…
DA: Berks County Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl In Reading Home DA: Berks County Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl In Reading Home
DA: Berks County Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl In Reading Home A Berks County man was arrested Thursday on accusations he raped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl whom he was living with at the time, authorities announced. Elder Jacobo-Portal, 20, faces a slew of charges following an investigation that began on Jan. 26 after Reading police notified the Berks County Detective’s office about the rape and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, according to the Berks County District Attorney's office. Following a medical examination of the 12-year-old victim at Reading Hospital, the girl told investigators there were two separate assaults on Jan. 25 …