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After Deadly Crash, Berks Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle While DUI: Police After Deadly Crash, Berks Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle While DUI: Police
After Deadly Crash, Berks Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle While DUI: Police A Wyomissing man was arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Spring Township last month, police said in a release.  Jen-Chieh Sung, 20, is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI and related offenses, according to authorities.  Police said the single-car crash happened on Tulpehocken Road near Berkshire Boulevard on Feb. 17. The 2019 BMW veered off the road and hit a tree on the shoulder, killing one passenger, officials said.  Others in the car were taken to Reading Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the release says.  Sung was arrested following an …

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Family Lost Nearly Everything In House Fire, Loved Ones Say PA Family Lost Nearly Everything In House Fire, Loved Ones Say
PA Family Lost Nearly Everything In House Fire, Loved Ones Say Just days after flames engulfed their Spring Township home, neighbors and community members have raised thousands for Caitlin Garman and Coley Light.  The couple and their dogs, Aura and Cymba, were the victims of a blaze that began in the evening hours on Saturday, Sept. 9.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation, according to township firefighters.  While you were sleeping Crews from TSFR and mutal aid handled a well involved structure fire in the 2100 blk of Reading Ave last night. The fire is under investigation from the TSFR Fire Marshal office. Posted by Township of …

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
PA Boy Battling Brain Cancer Dies Day After 6th Birthday, Family Says PA Boy Battling Brain Cancer Dies Day After 6th Birthday, Family Says
PA Boy Battling Brain Cancer Dies Day After 6th Birthday, Family Says A Pennsylvania community is mourning the death of a boy who tragically lost his battle with brain cancer on Thursday, Sept. 22 — just one day after his sixth birthday. On the morning of Ryder Knechtle's birthday celebration, he was fine. Like any other child, he loved to play games, read his favorite book, and even watch "Peppa Pig" with his family.  But as the hours passed, he began to feel different. "Around 1:00 he started to crash," the boy's mom, Jenna Knechtle, wrote on GoFundMe and Facebook. **Last Treatment Update** My beautiful baby is now an angel. A beautiful angel in Hea…

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by Nicole Acosta
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These Are The 10 Safest Towns In PA, Website Says These Are The 10 Safest Towns In PA, Website Says
These Are The 10 Safest Towns In PA, Website Says A new report from Safewise determined the 50 safest towns in Pennsylvania, with several Daily Voice coverage area towns ranking among the top 10. The Keystone State continues to have lower crime rates than the rest of the country, and its safest cities report fewer than five crimes per 1,000 people on average, the website says citing FBI crime report data. They also detailed Pennsylvanians' concerns about violent crime, property crime, package theft, and gun violence. Here are the 10 safest towns: 1. Luzerne Township, (Fayette County) 2. Jackson Township (Luzerne County) 3. Breckno…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun A 36-year-old man was in custody Friday morning after a nearly 5-hour standoff with police in Berks County that began Thursday night, authorities said. Sean M. Butler Jr. had allegedly assaulted and threatened his wife with a firearm inside a home on the 2200 block of Spring Street in Spring Township around 10 p.m, according to Deputy Chief of the Spring Police Department, Stephen Powell. With a crisis negotiation team on the scene, police talked to Butler Jr. through the phone, in an attempt to get him to surrender, Powell said. After Butler refused to surrender, police created a dis…

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by Cecilia Levine & Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Reading Wife, 2 Children After Dad's Sudden Death Community Rallies For Reading Wife, 2 Children After Dad's Sudden Death
Community Rallies For Reading Wife, 2 Children After Dad's Sudden Death A Berks County woman is turning to the community for support after her husband and children's father died suddenly. Darya A. Gardecki of Reading started a GoFundMe page asking for donations to help support burial and medical bills following the death of her 42-year-old husband, Nicholas A. Gardecki on April 10. The GoFundMe page has received over $4,400 in funds as of Friday evening. Born in Reading, Gardecki owned and operated his own business, Berks Custom Remodeling and Restoration up until death, according to his obituary. Gardecki was remembered as "an advocate for justice,…

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by Nicole Acosta