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Update: Man charged with homicide in fatal South Whitehall shooting
A Bethlehem man has been charged in the fatal shooting of another man in his South Whitehall Township home Friday morning, according to authorities. Christopher E. Potter, 56, was shot in the 3400 block of Cambridge Circle, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. South Whitehall Township police charged Elvis Miguel Perez, 34, with homicide, possession of a firearm and possessing a ...
Stray bullet narrowly misses 2 little girls in their Bucks County bedroom
A family in Bucks County is counting their blessings after a terrifying ordeal inside their home.Two girls were in their bedroom when a bullet came right through the wall, narrowly missing them.Priscilla Hewlett, of Bristol, says it happened last Thursday night.As her niece, Lilly, was sleeping on one bed, and her daughter, Isabella, was sitting on the other, a bullet came tearing through the wall.Eight-year-old Isabella says, "They shoot the gun and I heard it when it came out and I started running out of the house and telling my mom."The family says the bullet came from the home next...
Woman dead after Route 309 crash in Lehigh County
A Northampton County woman died Wednesday after her vehicle hit a tree in Lehigh County. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said Raquel Perez, 26, of Wilson, died in a crash in Heidelberg Township. Her vehicle left the road and hit a tree, according to a news release from Buglio’s office. The crash happened about 3:40 p.m. in the 5000 block of Route 309, according to the coroner’s office. ...