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Armed Barricade Situation Ends In Arrest: Lehigh Township Police Armed Barricade Situation Ends In Arrest: Lehigh Township Police
Lehigh Township Shelter In Place Ordered A standoff in Walnutport ended in an arrest on Wednesday morning, April 24, according to Lehigh Township police.  Adam Banotai, 41, is being held in lieu of a $30,000 bail, authorities said. Police said they were approached by a 32-year-old woman late on Tuesday night about a domestic assault.  "The victim advised police that her husband had made threats of suicide and texted the victim a message with a photograph of him with a handgun in his hand and threatened to shoot police if they came to the house," LTPD said in a release.  Officers set up a perimeter around the home …

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs
PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs A former Lehigh Township police officer is suing the municipality and the police chief for alleged sexual harassment in the workplace, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Jessica Edwards of Center Valley filed a suit against Lehigh Township and its top cop, Chief Scott Fogel, in the US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania on June 26, legal filings show.  According to the complaint, Edwards joined as "the department’s first and only (...) female police officer" in February 2018, and during her first year "was seemingly taken under the wing of Chief Fogel." As time wen…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Driver Killed In Double Pickup Truck Crash, Police Say Lehigh Valley Driver Killed In Double Pickup Truck Crash, Police Say
Lehigh Valley Driver Killed In Double Pickup Truck Crash, Police Say A Lehigh Valley driver was killed in a crash involving two pickup trucks, authorities said. Sylvanus Schmick, 59, and a passenger, Jeremy Schmick, were heading westbound on Route 248 in a blue Chevrolet Silverado when the vehicle crossed the double yellow line into oncoming traffic at the intersection of Sycamore Drive in Lehigh Township just before 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, the department said in a press release. Schmick, of Lansford, collided with a red Ford F250 Supercab pickup truck with a utility body driven by a 17-year-old Nazareth resident before the Silverado rolled onto its …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Homicide Investigation Underway In Northampton County, State Police Say Homicide Investigation Underway In Northampton County, State Police Say
Homicide Investigation Underway In Northampton County, State Police Say State Police are investigating the homicide of a 67-year-old man in Northampton County. Michael Austin Powers was found dead in a home on the 4000 block of Lower Three Mile Lane in Lehigh Township around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, state police said in a release. The case remains under investigation. Additional details were not released. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police at (610) 861-2026 and reference Incident No. PA22-834290. Assisting agencies include Troop M Forensic Services Unit, Lehigh Township Police Department, Northampton County Dis…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Woman, 80, Dies In Lehigh Valley Crash Woman, 80, Dies In Lehigh Valley Crash
Woman, 80, Dies In Lehigh Valley Crash An 80-year-old woman died at the hospital following a Wednesday afternoon crash in the Lehigh Valley area, authorities said. Brenda Kohler of Northampton was driving on the 500 block of Cherryville Road in Lehigh Township when she was struck by another vehicle just after 4:30 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. Kohler was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg and pronounced dead around 5:25 p.m., authorities said. An autopsy showed Kohler’s death to be accidental in nature and caused by multiple blunt force injuries from the crash. Kohler was apparently a member …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Police Search For Missing Northampton County Man, 22 SEEN HIM? Police Search For Missing Northampton County Man, 22
Seen HIM? Police Search For Missing Northampton County Man, 22 Police are searching for a missing 22-year-old man in Northampton County. Dylan Geuss, of Nectarine Road in Danielsville, disabled his home’s WiFi and took his electronic devices before leaving on July 7, Lehigh Township police said Friday. Geuss is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, has brown eyes, brown hair and glasses, police said. Surveillance footage from the area shows a white man with a white shirt and khaki pants standing near a dark-colored sedan that had stopped in front of his home, though Geuss wasn’t seen entering the car, police said. MISSING PERSON: Lehigh Towns…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Police Seek Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend, Fled With Stolen SUV In Northampton County SEEN HIM? Police Seek Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend, Fled With Stolen SUV In Northampton County
Seen HIM? Police Seek Man Who Assaulted Girlfriend, Fled With Stolen SUV In Northampton County Police in Northampton County are seeking the public’s help tracking down a man who they say assaulted his girlfriend and fled with her SUV Wednesday night. Roy Schlegel, 33, is accused of assaulting his girlfriend on the 1000 block of Blue Mountain Drive in Lehigh Township and fleeing with her black 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe around 11:50 p.m., local police Chief Scott Fogel said. Schlegel, of Slatington, later returned to the victim’s home and sped toward police officers who were standing in the driveway, Fogel said. He then drove away, prompting officers to initiate a pursuit that was quickly…

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by Valerie Musson