Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Popular Jewish Singer Rear-Ended By Tractor-Trailer On I-78, Reports Say Popular Jewish Singer Rear-Ended By Tractor-Trailer On I-78, Reports Say
Popular Jewish Singer Rear-Ended By Tractor-Trailer On I-78, Reports Say A popular Jewish singer from New York was seriously injured in a crash on I-78 in Pennsylvania, according to news site Hamodia and a tweet asking for prayers. The Spring Valley man was in the shoulder on the eastbound side of the highway near mile marker 14.6 (Bethel Township) in a disabled Nissan Sentra when he was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer around 2 a.m., PA State Police said. יונגערמאן געהאט א שווערע עקסידענט אין דארף רחמים שמים מרובים האט אינזין שמאול יצחק בן חוה לאה לרפואה שלימה pic.twitter.com/gUconOhvtU — Hasidic_3 (@Hasidic_3) January 24, 2022 His vehicle was sent …

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by Cecilia Levine
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
SMACKDOWN: 23 Arrested In Takedown Of PA Heroin Ring That Caused Weekend Of 100 Overdoses SMACKDOWN: 23 Arrested In Takedown Of PA Heroin Ring That Caused Weekend Of 100 Overdoses
Smackdown: 23 Arrested In Takedown Of PA Heroin Ring That Caused Weekend Of 100 Overdoses A major drug ring that supplied mass amounts of tainted heroin that made NARCAN ineffective and caused more than 100 overdoses in just one weekend has been dismantled, authorities in Berks County announced. "Operation SmackDown" was launched in September 2021, when the 101 heroin/fentanyl overdoses overwhelmed Reading's hospital systems and left three victims dead and the rest with life-threatening symptoms, Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams said at a press conference. A leading addiction doctor called the overdoses an "outright poisoning," Adams said. The symptoms caused low he…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Man Only In Sweatpants Goes Missing In Freezing Temperatures In Central PA: State Police Man Only In Sweatpants Goes Missing In Freezing Temperatures In Central PA: State Police
Man Only In Sweatpants Goes Missing In Freezing Temperatures In Central PA: State Police UPDATE: Darrell Wallace was found safe around 11:30 a.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. Further details were not released. MEPA UPDATE: Darrell Wallace was located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for your assistance. — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) January 12, 2022 ORIGINAL: A missing and endangered person alert has been issued for a man in central Pennsylvania. State police are searching for Darrell Wallace, 37, of Chambersburg Borough, Franklin County, who went missing Wednesday around 6:20 a.m., according to the release by the police. He is described as…

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by Jillian Pikora
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Firearm Discharges Through Restaurant Booth In Lehigh County, Couple Flees: Police Firearm Discharges Through Restaurant Booth In Lehigh County, Couple Flees: Police
Firearm Discharges Through Restaurant Booth In Lehigh County, Couple Flees: Police Police are searching for a couple who fled a restaurant after a firearm discharged into a restaurant booth they were sitting at in Lehigh County. The male was sitting in a booth with a female when the firearm was discharged, traveling through the seat cushion and into the wooden wall of the booth at Miller's Ale House in Hanover Township Dec. 28 around 9:50 p.m., PA State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said. The couple then left the restaurant and fled the scene in an unknown direction. There were no injuries reported. The unidentified male is described as approximately 5’9”, heavy se…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Child Found Safe After Amber Alert Issued For Missing 6-Year-Old Girl In Philly: Police Child Found Safe After Amber Alert Issued For Missing 6-Year-Old Girl In Philly: Police
Child Found Safe After Amber Alert Issued For Missing 6-Year-Old Girl In Philly: Police A 6-year-old girl missing out of Philadelphia has been found safe, authorities said. Sahara Little was dropped off at the 35th District Headquarters unharmed on Wednesday morning, according to a statement released at 8:30 a.m. by Philadelphia police. AMBER ALERT UPDATE: Sahara Little was located and is safe. The AMBER Alert is canceled. Thank you for the shares. Posted by PA State Police on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Pennsylvania State Police issued an Amber Alert at 6:10 a.m. Wednesday after the girl was abducted in a car parked outside Giovanni's Pizzeria on Greene Street around 9:3…

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by Nicole Acosta
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Oxford Stabbing, Police Say Teen Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Oxford Stabbing, Police Say
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Oxford Stabbing, Police Say A 17-year-old boy was charged as an adult with attempted murder after stabbing two people in the abdomen Saturday afternoon in Oxford, police said. The victims were rushed to a local hospital for emergency surgery after being found behind the 300 block of Market Street around 3:30 p.m., authorities said. The teen was arrested around 8 p.m. and was charged as an adult with two counts of attempted murder and 12 other offenses, authorities said. He was taken to Chester County Prison for arraignment. The victims' condition was not immediately clear. The OPD was assisted by Station 21 Amb…

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by Cecilia Levine
York, PA
News
Serial Bank Robber Nabbed, Police In Central PA Say Serial Bank Robber Nabbed, Police In Central PA Say
Serial Bank Robber Nabbed, Police In Central PA Say A 43-year-old man who robbed two banks in Central Pennsylvania was in police custody, authorities said. James Bryant III is accused of showing a firearm and handing a note demanding money to the teller of the Citizens Bank on S. Baltimore Street in Carroll Township on Sept. 22, local police said. He fled the scene but, officers were able to obtain a Maryland license plate from the blue Dodge Avenger that was captured in the footage at the scene.  Through investigation, the department was able to identify the owner of the vehicle, and subsequently the suspect of the robbery: Bryan…

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by Cecilia Levine
Allentown, PA
Obituaries
Lehigh Man Dies Days After Wife In Route 873 Crash Lehigh Man Dies Days After Wife In Route 873 Crash
Lehigh Man Dies Days After Wife In Route 873 Crash A Lehigh County man has died nine days after the State Route 873 crash that killed his wife, authorities said. Francis Andres, 50 of Slatington, died Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest due to multiple blunt force trauma, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Andres was heading south in a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 when he failed to negotiate a right-hand turn, crossed into the northbound lanes, and entered the eastern shoulder on Sept. 8 at the Grove Street intersection in Washington Township, PA State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said. The truck hit a utility pole wit…

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by Nicole Acosta
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
3 Berks Men Arrested After Rash Of Overdoses In Reading 3 Berks Men Arrested After Rash Of Overdoses In Reading
3 Berks Men Arrested After Rash Of Overdoses In Reading Three Reading men were arrested after an increase of overdoses in Berks County ignited several investigations, authorities said. Investigators with the Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force and the Reading Police Department’s Narcotics Unit served a search warrant early Tuesday morning at 130 Walnut Street, the DA's office said. As detectives entered the house, several suspects attempted to flee the home. After Sixto Cruz, 62, George L. Cruz, 53, and Margos Hernandez 38, were captured and detained, the search found: Approximately 250 blue glassine packe…

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by Nicole Acosta
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Poconos Motorcyclist Killed In Labor Day Crash Poconos Motorcyclist Killed In Labor Day Crash
Poconos Motorcyclist Killed In Labor Day Crash A motorcyclist died after colliding with another vehicle in the Poconos on Labor Day, authorities said. Kayson Calim, 26, was traveling south on Route 209 near Wehr Lake Road in Chestnuthill Township around 6:30 p.m. when a car was turning left out of an Exxon gas station onto Route 209 north, according to PA State Police. Calim lost control of the motorcycle and struck the car, state police said. The Bushkill resident was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck head-on, authorities said.  No other injuries were reported. Over $2,800 was raised on a GoFundMe campai…

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by Nicole Acosta
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm
IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm Three Montgomery County residents who died as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through Pennsylvania have been identified, authorities said Friday. Maxine Weinstein, 68, of Fort Washington, died after a tree came down onto a home on Wednesday. Her cause of death is traumatic asphyxia and the manner of death is accidental, according to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office. Craig Messinger, 70, of Schwenksville, was found dead in Skippack Township on Thursday. His cause of death is drowning and the manner of death is accidental. Jack Caroluzzi, 65, of Bridgeport, died at home on Th…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Driver Found Dead In Flood Waters Bucks Driver Found Dead In Flood Waters
Bucks Driver Found Dead In Flood Waters A driver was found dead inside his car after he drove through flood waters in Bucks County Wednesday night, authorities said. Donald Allen Bauer, 65, of Perkiomenville, was in his 2013 Mazda CX-9 when he drove into the flood waters of Unami Creek on 1925 Trumbauersville Road in Milford Township, PA State Police said. When troopers and fire crews arrived at the scene around 11:15 p.m., they were unable to retrieve the car. The conditions were too severe, authorities said. They postponed the search efforts at 11:30 p.m. The 54-year-old female passenger of the vehicle was …

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by Nicole Acosta