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Bank Robbed In Allentown While Police Respond To 'Hoax' Threat At Muhlenberg College: APD Bank Robbed In Allentown While Police Respond To 'Hoax' Threat At Muhlenberg College: APD
Bank Robbed In Allentown While Police Respond To 'Hoax' Threat At Muhlenberg College: APD An Allentown bank was robbed just after police were called about an armed suspect at Muhlenberg College midday Monday, May 6, according to authorities.  Allentown police said they were dispatched to the West Chew Street campus around 12:15 p.m. following an anonymous call. Campus police ordered students and community members to shelter in place.  🚨 ALL CLEAR 🚨 Police report an armed suspect on Camus. Muhlenberg community members: SHELTER IN PLACE. Posted by Muhlenberg College Campus Safety & Police on Monday, May 6, 2024 Officers eventually "determined that the ca…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Philly Man, NJ Teen Wanted In Separate Atlantic City Shootings: Police Philly Man, NJ Teen Wanted In Separate Atlantic City Shootings: Police
Philly Man, NJ Teen Wanted In Separate Atlantic City Shootings: Police Police are searching for two men in separate shootings in Atlantic City, authorities said. In a news release on Monday, May 6, Atlantic City police said 19-year-old Ashan Jackson of Galloway was wanted in a shooting on Wednesday, Mar. 13. He was facing two counts of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Police responded to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, at around 2:34 a.m. after a 29-year-old man from Pleasantville walked into the hospital with a gunshot wound. He was treated after he was shot durin…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Fears Of Church Collapse Shut Down Reading Streets (UPDATED) Fears Of Church Collapse Shut Down Reading Streets (UPDATED)
Fears Of Church Collapse Shut Down Reading Streets (Updated) The Public Works Department in Reading is demolishing an abandoned church at Perkiomen Avenue and Spruce Street, according to city officials.  Authorities said the church is in danger of collapsing.  "To ensure public safety, a portion of the church tower needs to be taken down," the Mayor's office said in a release.  Perkiomen Avenue is closed from Mineral Spring Road to South 14th Street and Spruce Street is closed from Mineral Spring Road to Miller Street until the work is done, officials said.  Update: Work is expected to continue through Friday, May…

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by Mac Bullock
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Gun And Drug Trafficking Org. Operated Throughout Greater Philly: Montco DA Gun And Drug Trafficking Org. Operated Throughout Greater Philly: Montco DA
Gun And Drug Trafficking Org. Operated Throughout Greater Philly: Montco DA Seven people are accused in connection with an alleged gun and drug trafficking scheme across the Philadelphia area, prosecutors say.  Six Philadelphians and one Norristown man are charged with corrupt organizations, conspiracy, and multiple related counts, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office on Monday:  Scott Grondin, 42 Anthony Figueroa-Marko, 34 Bella Kenna, 21 Felicia McKinnel, 28  Emanuel Torres, 32 Christopher McNelly, 26  Asad Sayed, 27 Montgomery County District Attorney's Office From January 2023 to February 2024, authorities said Figue…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man Doused Victims In Gasoline, Set Them On Fire: Police Philadelphia Man Doused Victims In Gasoline, Set Them On Fire: Police
Philadelphia Man Doused Victims In Gasoline, Set Them On Fire: Police A 64-year-old city man is accused of setting two people on fire in a Southwest Philadelphia home last month, authorities told Daily Voice.  Kimbrady Carriker, also known as Grady Carriker, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, arson, and related counts, police said. 6abc reports he is the father of the Kimbrady Carriker accused of killing five people in Kingsessing last July.  Police were called to a home on the 2500 block of South 17th STreet late on April 26, the department said. They arrived at a burning home and entered to find two people with burns to the…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Officials Name Hiker Found Dead On Appalachian Trail In PA Officials Name Hiker Found Dead On Appalachian Trail In PA
Officials Name Hiker Found Dead On Appalachian Trail In PA Authorities have identified the man found dead in Lehigh Township over the weekend.  Raghu Kodali, 61, of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, was discovered in a wooded area near the Appalachian Trail, the Northampton County Coroner's Office said.  His cause and manner of death are pending further investigation, officials added. 

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Hospital Staffer, Mom Of 3, Crushed To Death By Steel Drum: Police PA Hospital Staffer, Mom Of 3, Crushed To Death By Steel Drum: Police
PA Hospital Staffer, Mom Of 3, Crushed To Death By Steel Drum: Police A hospital worker and mom of three was struck dead by construction equipment on Friday morning, police announced over the weekend.  Aleia Carmelita Lopez, 51 of Pittsburgh Northside was struck and injured in the head while walking with co-workers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Western Psychiatric Hospital on May 3, 2024, according to the police.  Pittsburgh Police and EMS were called to the "construction accident" with a report of a "female with a head injury near the Petersen Events Center" in the 3700 block of Terrace Street in Oakland at 10:40 a.m.  Me…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Woman Dies After Crash In Hatfield, Witnesses Sought: Police Woman Dies After Crash In Hatfield, Witnesses Sought: Police
Woman Dies After Crash In Hatfield, Witnesses Sought: Police Authorities in Hatfield are looking for witnesses to a fatal crash on Saturday, May 4, borough police said in a release. The wreck happened at 2420 Bethlehem Pike just after noon, officials said.  Police said a 40-year-old man in a blue Hyundai Accent collided with a 71-year-old woman in a maroon Hyundai Tucson. Both drivers were taken to Grand View Hospital Trauma Center where the woman died from her injuries, authorities said.  "At this time, the Hatfield Police Department is not releasing the names of those involved," officials wrote in the release.  Anyone who witnessed…

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by Mac Bullock
News
$118K+ Furniture Scam Lands Bedminster Couple Jail Time: DA $118K+ Furniture Scam Lands Bedminster Couple Jail Time: DA
$118K+ Furniture Scam Lands Bedminster Couple Jail Time: DA A husband and wife in Bedminster will spend time in jail for ripping off customers of their furniture business, according to prosecutors.  Austin Smallacombe pleaded guilty last month to felony theft by deception and related counts, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said in a release. His wife Amanda Smallacombe previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of the same offenses, authorities said.  Investigators have said the pair ran "A&A Custom Furniture" from their Perkasie home, taking large deposits for custom furniture orders that they never delivere…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Coroner Identifies Husband And Wife Killed In Allentown Crash Coroner Identifies Husband And Wife Killed In Allentown Crash
Coroner Identifies Husband And Wife Killed In Allentown Crash Authorities are investigating after a married couple were fatally struck by a car in Allentown on Friday night, May 3, according to officials.  Police said the victims were hit near North Main Street and West Chew Street around 8:30 p.m. They were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest and succumbed to their injuries, authorities said.  The Lehigh County Coroner's Office said they were 83-year-old Frank R. Wyant and 80-year-old Marcella A. Wyant of Allentown. Both died from multiple blunt force trauma and their manners of death were accidental, officials said.  "Mr. and…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Unlicensed Levittown 'Attorney' Must Repay $26K Stolen From Unsuspecting Clients: DA Unlicensed Levittown 'Attorney' Must Repay $26K Stolen From Unsuspecting Clients: DA
Unlicensed Levittown 'Attorney' Must Repay $26K Stolen From Unsuspecting Clients: DA A Bucks County man who pretended to be an attorney for years has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to repay his unsuspecting clients the $26,000 he made off of them, authorities announced. On Friday, May 3, Michael J. McAndrew, 58, of Morrisville, was sentenced to nine to 23 months in the Bucks County Correctional Facility for practicing law without a law license and taking thousands of dollars in legal fees from unsuspecting clients, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. As part of the sentence handed down by Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Sam Ash To Close All Locations Including King Of Prussia, Philly Stores Sam Ash To Close All Locations Including King Of Prussia, Philly Stores
Sam Ash To Close All Locations Including King Of Prussia, Philly Stores The largest family-owned chain of musical instrument stores in the nation has announced it will be closing all its locations. Sam Ash Music was founded in 1924, has locations in more than a dozen states, and is headquartered on Long Island, in Hicksville. It currently has 27 stores, including five in New York (White Plains, Carle Place, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Forest Hills), two in New Jersey (in Springfield and Cherry Hill), two in Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia and King of Prussia), one in Connecticut (in New Haven), and one in Virginia (in Richmond). The Ash family made the announcemen…

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by Joe Lombardi