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Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Utility Company UGI Not Liable For Gas Explosion That Killed PA Mom On Xmas Day, Says DA
Pennsylvania-based utility company UGI will face no consequences for the explosion of a natural gas pipeline that killed a Monroe County mother on Christmas Day. Ana R. Abreau, 33, was a passenger in a car driving on State Route 314 in Swiftwater at around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2020, when a natural gas pipeline under the street "erupted," flipping the car and badly damaging the road, said Monroe County Chief Detective Eric J. Kerchner. Abreau died as a result of the blast. Her husband, her two-month-old child, and an extended family member who were also in the car…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Samurai Sword-Wielding Robber Disguised As Clown Nabbed In Monroe County: Report
The man who robbed a Monroe County convenience store wearing a clown mask and wielding a samurai sword is in police custody, court records show. William Clancy, 39, of Albrightsville was arrested Saturday, Oct. 22 by state police acting on a tip from a local resident, according to a report by LehighValleyLive.com. As Daily Voice has reported, state police said a man disguised as a clown broke into the back of the Uni-Mart convenience store on PA 115 in Chestnut Hill Township just before 5 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. Brandishing a katana, the robber forced employees to open the r…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Florida Man Ran Sex Trafficking Scheme In PA, Feds Say
A Florida man will spend decades behind bars for running an interstate sex trafficking ring, federal authorities have announced. John Golom, 57, was sentenced to 405 months — almost 34 years — in federal prison, US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard Karam said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 17. Prosecutors said Golom recruited two women and regularly shuttled them from Florida to the Poconos where he made them engage in prostitution. For four years from 2014 to 2018, Golom threatened, coerced and lied to the women while pocketing all of the ill-go…
Reading, PA
News
Clown Robs PA Gas Station With Samurai Sword: Police
A clown brandishing a katana stuck up a gas station in rural Monroe County in the early morning hours on Thursday, Oct. 13, authorities have announced. Just before 5 a.m., Pennsylvania state police troopers were dispatched to the Uni-Mart convenience store on PA 115 in Chestnut Hill Township, after employees said a man in a clown mask broke in through the back of the building. Wielding a samurai sword, the robber forced employees to open the register and robbed the till, according to Trooper Anthony Petroski. He ran through the wooded area at the back of the building and fled the scen…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man Posted Chilling Message On Facebook Days Before Fisherman Found His Body
"Tomorrow is not promised, so you have to live life and do the things that you want to do." On Sept. 27, that's what Anthony Counterman posted on his Facebook page. Four days earlier he wrote: "You have to make a change in life at some point of time." On Friday, Oct. 7, Counterman was found dead. A fisherman discovered the 26-year-old former Stroudsburg man's body in the water of Pocono Creek near Tanite Road in Stroud Township around 9:15 a.m., Stroud Area Regional police said. His body was recovered about three hours later. An autopsy will be conducted, but…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Fisherman Discovers Dead Body In Pocono Creek: Police
A fisherman discovered the body of a man in Pocono Creek on Friday, Oct. 7, authorities said. Anthony Nicholas Counterman, 26, was found in the water near Tanite Road in Stroud Township around 9:15 a.m., Stroud Area Regional police said. His body was recovered by first responders around 12:15 p.m., they said. An autopsy will be conducted, but his cause and manner of death are undetermined at this time, police said. The man is a Stroudsburg native but was most recently a resident of Greenville, North Carolina, according to authorities. The Pennsylvania State Police, Monroe…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Was Wanted By Police — So She Applied To Work For Them: Report
A fugitive who applied for a job with the Hudson County Sheriff's Office thought she was going in for an interview. Instead, she was placed under arrest, authoritie said. Zyeama Y. Johnson, 27, had a bench warrant out of Monroe County, PA, along with 10 more bench warrants for failure to appear in court on traffic violations in Jersey City, Hudson County Sheriff Francis X. “Frank” Schillari said. Finding her didn't seem to be too difficult. After confirming the validity of her warrants, Johnson was called in for a "job interview" by authorities in Hudson County — and then promptly arre…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Armed Man Shot Dead By State Police In Eastern PA
An armed man was shot dead by state police on Thursday, Sept. 8 in Monroe County, authorities said. An unidentified 36-year-old man was fatally shot while troopers were completing a welfare check at a home on Deer Drive North in Middle Smithfield Township around 10 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers tried to get in contact with the man, but he refused to open the door, they said. He then unexpectedly fled out of the house through the back door, carrying a rifle, police said. That's when officers shot at him. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. "The troopers wh…
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Runnin' On E: Dozing Driver Had Dozens Of Pills, Cocaine, Say PalPark Police
An out-of-state driver who was found passed out behind the wheel of an SUV in Palisades Park had dozens of Ecstasy pills for sale, authorities said. Officers responding to another motorist's call found Pedro J. Santiago, 29, of Shenandoah, PA, out cold in an Acura MDX on Grand Avenue near the entrance to westbound Route 46 around 10 p.m. Sunday, said Capt. Anthony Espino, the officer in charge of the department. The motor was running, he said. The officers found 72 Ecstasy pills, a bag of cocaine and drug-packaging materials after waking him, Espino said. Records showed that Santiago was …
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
1 Dead In Poconos Area House Fire: Police
One person died when a house went up in flames in Monroe County early Wednesday, Aug. 17, authorities said. The unidentified victim was trapped and died inside the home on Hill Road in Chestnuthill Township, Pennsylvania State Police said. Multiple area fire departments were called to the scene along with the county coroner. The cause remains under investigation by the Troop N Fern Ridge Criminal Investigation Unit along with the Troop N Fire Marshal. Additional details were not immediately known.
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
PA's Michael Horvath Found Guilty In Murder Of Holly Grim
Pennsylvania's Michael Horvath on Friday, June 17 was found guilty in the 2013 murder of his co-worker, Holly Grim. Michael Horvath, 55, was convicted on charges of homicide, kidnapping, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse, but was acquitted of obstructing law enforcement. The announcement was made two weeks after the Monroe County trial had ended. Grim and Horvath worked together at the Allen Organ Company in Macungie. Grim had last been seen on Nov. 22, 2013, in the driveway of her Red Maples Mobile Home Park around 6:35 a.m in Lower Macungie, after droppi…
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Chase Of PA Man Sought On Felony Drug Charges Ends With Crash Into 2 Police Cars: Report
The high-speed chase of a PA man wanted on numerous felony drug and assault charges ended when he crashed into two police cars, one of them a state police cruiser, LehighValleyLive reports. Monroe County resident Darius Scott, 44, was taken into custody following the Wednesday, June 15 chase through several townships and charged with several counts of felony drug possession with intent to deliver, felony aggravated assault, and conspiracy, the report says citing court and police records. Scott sped away from officers who tried to stop him in Mount Pocono before crossing over dividers, parki…
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