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Troopers Seek Tips To Find Lehigh Valley Mom's Remains Troopers Seek Tips To Find Lehigh Valley Mom's Remains
Kelly Frances McBride: Police Seek Tips In 1984 Murder More than 20 years after her husband was convicted of her murder, state police are still trying to locate Kelly Frances McBride's remains.  The 22-year-old mom was reported missing by her father on March 23, 1984, troopers say. She had been living on East 8th Street in Northampton Borough with her husband James and their 5-year-old son.  After her dad reported her disappearance, James told investigators that his wife had chosen to leave their home that February. His story was later contradicted by physical evidence and he was eventually convicted of killing her in 2001, state…

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by Mac Bullock
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Lehigh Valley Police Officer Attacked While Responding To Break-In Call, Report Says Lehigh Valley Police Officer Attacked While Responding To Break-In Call, Report Says
Lehigh Valley Police Officer Attacked While Responding To Break-In Call, Report Says A Lehigh Valley police officer was attacked while responding to a break-in call last week, LehighValleyLive reports. Allentown resident Isaiah Dion Mosley, 29, tried to break through the door of an apartment on the 2300 block of Main Street in Northampton Borough around 3 p.m. Friday, the outlet said citing court records. He then lunged at responding Officer Geoffrey Perry, punching him in the head and choking him, the report said. Mosley later told two other responding officers that he had the right to resist an arrest he considered to be “unlawful,” the report says. Perry was taken …

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Crashes Through Lehigh Valley Airport Fence, Drives Toward Plane Taking Off, Report Says Man Crashes Through Lehigh Valley Airport Fence, Drives Toward Plane Taking Off, Report Says
Man Crashes Through Lehigh Valley Airport Fence, Drives Toward Plane Taking Off, Report Says A Pennsylvania man was arrested after he drove his vehicle through a fence at Lehigh Valley International Airport straight for a plane taking off, reports say. An Allegiant commercial flight with 171 people on board was taking off around 3:20 p.m. Friday when Brad Weinhofer, 34, of Northampton Borough, came barreling through, an airport spokesperson told LehighValleyLive. There were no reported injuries and the runway was closed for about 20 minutes, the outlet reports. Weinhofer was charged with risking catastrophe, recklessly endangering another person, and criminal mischief, according t…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Report: Police Nab Lehigh Valley Man, 33, Accused Of Sexually Attacking Trio Of Young Girls Report: Police Nab Lehigh Valley Man, 33, Accused Of Sexually Attacking Trio Of Young Girls
Report: Police Nab Lehigh Valley Man, 33, Accused Of Sexually Attacking Trio Of Young Girls A Lehigh Valley man accused of sexually attacking three young girls has been arrested and jailed without bail, a new report says. Manuel Luis Santiago, 33, of Catasauqua is facing 16 charges including statutory sexual assault, rape of a child and three counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child following his arrest Friday at a home in Northampton Borough, LehighValleyLive reports citing Easton Police Lt. Matthew Gerould. Santiago’s arrest is the result of an investigation into reports involving two girls ages 11 and 12 stating that the Lehigh Valley man sexually assaulted them several…

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by Valerie Musson
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PA Convicts Busted With Nazi Paraphernalia, Nearly $1 Million In Meth, Fentanyl, 'Ghost Guns' PA Convicts Busted With Nazi Paraphernalia, Nearly $1 Million In Meth, Fentanyl, 'Ghost Guns'
PA Convicts Busted With Nazi Paraphernalia, Nearly $1 Million In Meth, Fentanyl, 'Ghost Guns' A pair of formerly convicted felons were found with Nazi paraphernalia in addition to nearly $1 million worth of crystal meth, Fentanyl and firearms in a Northampton County trafficking scheme, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Friday. A search warrant was conducted Wednesday at the Northampton Borough home of Christopher Weikert and Tara Gallucci, both 34, by the Bureau of Narcotics Investigations and the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team, Shapiro said. The search turned up the following: 21.5 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, street value: $968,000 25.5 grams (1…

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by Valerie Musson