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Update: ‘Disturbing’ texts preceded gruesome Lehigh County homicide, police testify
Joshua M. Moser received “weird” and “disturbing” cellphone messages from David S. Hittinger shortly before Hittinger was killed and his body was dismembered in Moser’s Slatington home, two state troopers testified Friday during Moser’s preliminary hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse. The messages were not detailed during the hourlong hearing, which was held to determine if the case ...
Allentown Police arrest suspected shooter after hearing gunshots
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Allentown police officers called to domestic disturbance heard gunshots when they arrived at a city residence Friday morning. Police say they entered a home in the 500 block of North Thirteenth Street at 8:47 a.m., and located evidence of recent gunfire. They quickly determined the shooter had...
Cause of 2022 plane crash in Allentown revealed
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - We now know the cause of a deadly plane crash in Lehigh County. The National Transportation Safety Board says the crash was the result of a mechanical failure of the small plane's engine. Flight student Keith Kozel of Easton and his instructor were practicing takeoffs at Queen...
Mother allegedly smothered infant in Bethlehem, and made her scream and gasp
A Carbon County mother is charged with attempted homicide for allegedly smothering her infant and on another occasion making the child, 2 months old, scream and gasp for air, investigators say. The Northampton County District Attorney’s Office on Friday identified the suspect as 18-year-old Abigail Horn, of Lansford. District...
Crash sends car careening onto sidewalk, front steps in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- A crash in Bethlehem sent two cars off the road. It happened just before 8 p.m. Friday in the 2100 block of Eaton Avenue, across the street from the Giant. One car rolled and ended up on the sidewalk and front steps of a rowhome. Firefighters stabilized...
18-year-old charged in Palmer Twp. armed robbery
PALMER TWP., Pa. -- An 18-year-old is behind bars on charges of armed robbery in Northampton County. Police say on July 22 just before 9 p.m., police responded to the Citgo gas station on Old Nazareth Road in Palmer Twp. for an armed robbery. Officials say the suspect, while carrying...
Fight the fraud: PPL urges customers 'remain vigilant' and hang up the phone
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Don't mind your manners. Be rude to scammers. PPL Electric Utilities is warning customers to be vigilant against scammers and just "hang up the phone." In a release, PPL said that since April, its customers have reported more than 300 scams, a 250% increase from the same period in 2023.
Early morning blaze destroys home in Upper Milford
UPPER MILFORD TWP., Pa - A 2-alarm fire destroyed a home in Upper Milford Township early Friday morning. Residents of the home at 4265 Tank Farm Road were awoken by smoke detectors around 3:30 a.m.. Officials say 7 people were in the home at the time of the fire. 4...
Pa. fire company member injures cops with SUV during arrest: police
An Upper Nazareth Township man arrested Monday evening during a local and federal undercover operation struck two law enforcement vehicles with his SUV, injuring three officers, according to police. The suspect, 38-year-old Mark A. Morella Jr., told investigators after his arrest “he does hold a position of public trust as...
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