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Easton ends year tied for most homicides in a decade

By JD Malone, Of The Morning Call

Easton witnessed five homicides in 2012, a number not seen since 2007 and the highest on record for the city in the past decade.

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Man charged with robbing convenience store in Allentown

'Quetty open the register,' Allentown robber's misspelled note tells Redner's clerk

An Allentown man handed a yellow index card to the city Airport Road Redner's store Wednesday morning and kept one hand in his pocket to...

Defrocked Nesquehoning priest charged with sexually assaulting boy in 1981

A former priest with the Allentown Catholic Diocese removed from active ministry in 2002 amid sex-abuse allegations has been charged in...

Allentown woman ran into a barn during snow, police say

An Allentown woman crashed into a western Lehigh County barn in last week's snow, but was not injured seriously, police said.

Allentown driver dozes, car hits trees in Lower Macungie

An Allentown driver was injured, but not seriously, when he fell asleep at the wheel in Lower Macungie Township on Wednesday morning and...

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Palmer police: Naked man shot with stun gun after snorting meth	Allentown police investigate stabbing
Man charged with concealing gun, making threats inside bar	Judge: Williams woman is 'self-absorbed, cold-blooded killer'
Coroner: Woman dies in Route 100 crash	Fire destroys twin homes in Emmaus, injures 11-year-old girl
Man charged with throwing bottle in night club, striking two women	Witnesses fail to show for hearing for man accused of shooting friend with AK-47
Woman charged with punching officer outside of Allentown strip club	Monroe County contractor facing bank fraud charges
Sands roulette dealer charged with theft of $600	Man reports he shot himself in leg in Allentown, police say
Nesquehoning man killed in Carbon County crash	Woman charged with fighting with family, police officers
Bucks County man charged in $14,000 theft of aluminum cans	Teen charged in two more Allentown robberies
Missing Whitehall man located in Harrisburg	Convicted sex offender located in Allentown
Fire damages mobile home in Upper Mount Bethel Township	Stolen vehicle crashed into Quakertown police car lands three in jail
Motorist says someone shot at his car	Attempted child luring in Lower Macungie
Fire guts Springfield Township service station	Two men robbed at gunpoint in Easton
Kitchen fire damages Gregory's steakhouse	Power surge causes brief outage in downtown Allentown
Man dies in Montco house fire	Two injured in Schuylkill crash
Police investigating agricultural vandalism	Allentown pedestrian robbed by men with gun
Elderly Whitehall man missing	Vandals damage Port Carbon oil company
Allentown pedestrian robbed by men with gun	Icy roads lead to multiple crashes in Valley region
Man shot, killed after asking for directions	Two teens killed, third remains in serious condition after Catasauqua crash
Former Bally man, mother jailed in series of break-ins	Mixed rulings in Allentown homicide case
Boy dies after being struck by vehicle New Year's Eve	Paul Muschick: Donate cautiously after tragedies such as Newtown

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