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State police search for 2 teens who escaped detention center, officials say
Pennsylvania state police are searching for two teen inmates who they say escaped a youth detention center in Berks County and may be in the Bucks County area. On Saturday, July 6, at 4:45 p.m., Dustin Lomas, 16, and Tyler Lutz, 18, escaped from Abraxas Academy – a youth detention center in Berks County – by climbing over a fence, state police said.
Kayaker who died in Schuylkill River accident identified
EXETER TWP., Pa. - The Berks County Coroner has identified the body of the person who died following a kayaking accident Saturday in Exeter Township. 41-year-old Erick Candelario of Reading was pronounced dead in the hospital, after CPR efforts were performed at the scene. The emergency call came in just...
Trucks rolls off of Route 222 in Maxatawny Twp.
MAXATAWNY TWP., Pa. - A truck rolled off of Route 222 and into a field in Berks. The crash happened Sunday afternoon in Maxatawny Township, near the Lehigh County line. We're told there were no serious injuries. It's unclear what led to the crash.
2-year-old recovering after fallen tree branch severs his arm in Montgomery County
A 2-year-old boy is recovering after a large tree branch fell on his arm and severed it in Montgomery County on Saturday.It happened at approximately 6 p.m. at a home on Chandler Road in Cheltenham Township.Authorities say the boy was attending a birthday party when the incident occurred.According to police, the branch fell about 50 feet while a group of children was playing in a driveway.He was rushed to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where his arm was later amputated. The boy was listed in critical condition.WATCH | 2-year-old injured after being trapped under fallen tree branch in Montgomery County2-year-old...
Philadelphia man sent to prison for multi-county gun trafficking scheme
NORRISTOWN — A Philadelphia man awaiting court action on homicide charges related to alleged gang violence in the city was in a Montgomery County courtroom on Monday where he admitted to soliciting others to purchase multiple firearms for him during an unrelated multi-county straw purchase scheme. Rahmeir Hayes, 22,...
Six local police departments taking part in aggressive driving crackdown in July and August
PennDOT announced today that Abington, Cheltenham, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland, Springfield, and Upper Moreland police will join the Pennsylvania State Police in a coordinated aggressive driving enforcement wave which runs through August 18. Any aggressive driver stopped by police will receive a ticket. The campaign “is aimed at reducing the number...
Debris from fireworks found at scene of Berks County fire
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, Pa. - A Berks County resident may have been the victim of an unpatriotic fireworks display early Saturday. Fire crews were called to a man's home at 875 Mohrsville Road, Shoemakersville, at 3:10 a.m. for a house fire. A Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshall was called to the scene...
3 injured — including woman who jumped from roof — in Montco house fire
Fire crews in Montgomery County said they rescued two people from a rooftop as a fire tore through a twin home in Bridgeport in an incident that left three people hospitalized early Sunday. On Sunday morning, Mike Gallagher, Jr., deputy chief of the Bridgeport Fire Department, said that crews responded...
Fireworks may be to blame for Berks and Lehigh Valley fires
Officials say both of the fires that broke out are under investigation. One destroyed a home and the other was contained to a garage. This is the aftermath of a fire that broke out on Mohrsville Road in Shoemakersville around 3:00 in the morning. A Leesport Fire Company official says...
Escapees from Abraxas Academy still missing
MORGANTOWN, Pa. — Caernarvon Township Police say two men are still missing and on the run from the Abraxas Academy in New Morgan Borough, Berks County, Pennsylvania. According to police, both were last seen around 4 p.m. on Saturday. Officials say one is from Reading and the other is from Bristol Township.
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