Moore Township
CRIME & SAFETY
Teen pronounced dead in Route 33 crash, state police say
A Hellertown teen was pronounced dead following a crash Thursday night on Route 33 in Northampton County, authorities said. The 17-year-old was driving a Toyota Prius when he crashed on Route 33 South at the ramp to Route 248, Pennsylvania State Police spokesman Trooper Nathan Branosky told lehighvalleylive.com. The crash...
Driver pronounced dead after Northampton County crash, police say
A driver was pronounced dead following a crash Thursday afternoon in Northampton County, according to police. The vehicle left Kesslersville Road just south of Lefevre/Youngs Hill Road in Plainfield Township and struck a tree, Slate Belt Regional Police report. The lone occupant of the vehicle was taken by ambulance to...
17-year-old dead after single car crash in Lower Nazareth
L. NAZARETH TWP., Pa. – A 17-year-old male from Hellertown has died after his car left the Route 248 exit ramp of Route 33 and crashed Thursday night. Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast confirm the young man was traveling alone when his Toyota Prius crashed into a cluster of trees just off the roadway.
Shots fired near Mission BBQ in Whitehall, police say
WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Police say shots were fired in an incident in Whitehall Township Thursday night. Officials say they received the call just before 9:30 p.m. Multiple police cars could be seen in the area of the 1400 block of Grape Street, near Mission BBQ and the Whitehall Mall.
Allentown man cleared of homicide charges in 2023 death of woman
ALLENTOWN, Pa., -- Homicide charges have been withdrawn against an Allentown man formerly charged in a 2023 investigation, according to a news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Ethan Nicholas Bastien was charged Oct. 10, 2023 with homicide, a first-degree felony, the DA's office said. Prior to that,...
2 men arrested after gunpoint robbery at Sussex County motel
BRANCHVILLE BOROUGH, NJ (Sussex County) – Two Pennsylvania men were arrested after a gunpoint robbery in Sussex County. On August 10, at around 5:30 a.m., three masked men entered a room at the Cobmin Ridge Motel on Route 206 in Branchville Borough and robbed the occupants at gunpoint. The victims reported the crime to the New Jersey State Police later that day, authorities said.
Man killed in crash on Interstate 80
CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — A man is dead after an early-morning crash on Interstate 80 in Carbon County. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. in Kidder Township when a driver lost control of his truck, went off the road, hit a tree, and caught fire. The driver of the...
PennDOT memorializes Bethlehem worker killed on the job
HANOVER TWP., Northampton County, Pa. — With morning traffic filtering by on Route 512, the extended family of a late Bethlehem PennDOT worker gathered Friday morning. They were there to honor his memory as the state dedicated a bridge to one of its employees killed on the job. About...
‘Teddy bear,’ ‘true hero’: Man killed in alleged vehicle attack in Whitehall remembered
Friends, loved ones and co-workers of Stephen S. Fistner, of Whitehall Township, said he died Friday doing exactly what he enjoyed the most: helping others in need. Fistner, 53, and his wife, Yesenia A. (Baret) Fistner, around 6 p.m. Friday were walking their dog in the Spring Ridge apartment complex, along North 14th Street in the township, when they stopped to help a neighbor.
Woman aided by fisherman is rescued along Easton Dam by fire department
Easton emergency responders rescued a woman who reportedly jumped shortly before noon Tuesday into the Delaware River at its confluence with the Lehigh River, according to a city fire official. A fisherman had helped the woman to rocks just below the retaining wall at Scott Park, along the dangerous Easton...
South Whitehall police aid in finding suspect accused of criminal homicide
A 53-year-old Whitehall Township man was killed when he was allegedly intentionally struck around 6:05 p.m. Aug. 9 in the 1300 block of N. 14th St., Whitehall Township. According to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio, Stephen S. Fistner, a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m. Aug. 9 in the Emergency Room at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.
Police holding National Night Out event in Emmaus
EMMAUS, Pa. - Communities in our area are holding "National Night Out" events Wednesday night. It is a night for residents to mingle with police and first responders. The first one was held in 1984. 69 News stopped in Emmaus, in Lehigh County. We found people getting everything set up...
2 Brooklyn men admit New Jersey robberies and Allentown conspiracy
NEWARK, Nj. -- Two Brooklyn, New York men admitted their roles in three gunpoint robberies of check cashing locations in different parts of New Jersey in 2021 and 2022, as well as conspiring to commit robberies in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's District of New Jersey Attorney's Office.
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