Trial delayed in current and former Allentown police officersâ sex assault cases
The trials for two former Allentown vice officers accused of rape and sexual exploitation while on the job have been pushed back further into the new year.
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Former Parkland administrator admits secretly filming student undressing, faces up to 88 years in prison
Francis Anonia, the former performing arts director for the Parkland School District, pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to his secretly recording a student during high school theater rehearsals and...
Prosecutors want jury to hear 15-year-old teensâ statements in starvation case against Lower Macungie parents
That request is among the motions Lehigh County Judge James T. Anthony must decide before the trial of Tracy Dechant, 43, and her husband, Joshua Dechant, 36, the mother and...
After escape from wildlife center near Lehigh Valley, 1 wildcat caught, 2 still on the loose
Ashes, a 10- year-old wildcat owned by Cricket Wildlife Center is now home. Two other servals, Cricket and Phoenix, are still missing.
Lehigh County DA relies on experience as defense lawyer when distributing opioid settlement money. Itâs âsowing what we reapâ
âThese are people to me,â Lehigh County DA Gavin Holihan said. âWhat Iâve tried to do within the restrictions of what we can do with opioid money is to address...
Cold case trial: After giving DNA sample, suspect in Lehigh Valley widowâs 1989 murder left the state, prosecutors say
Questioned by police 35 years after Rose Hnath's body was found, Michael Breisch spoke to detectives and gave them a DNA sample. Then he skipped town, prosecutors said.
Lehigh Valley cold case murder trial begins in widowâs 1989 killing
One of the Lehigh Valleyâs coldest homicide cases will take center stage in an Allentown courtroom this week: The 1989 killing of an elderly widow in her North Whitehall Township...
Lehigh Valley dad convicted of killing baby daughter will soon walk out of prison; verdict vacated over controversial child abuse expertâs testimony
The controversy surrounding a former Lehigh Valley child abuse expert resulted in a stunning hearing Monday in which a man convicted of killing his infant daughter will soon walk out...
Lower Macungie couple accused of starving twin boys say they canât afford lawyers
A Lower Macungie couple accused of attempting to fatally starve 15-year-old twin boys in their care told a Lehigh County judge Monday that they canât afford attorneys.
10 years after pleading guilty to murdering her mother, Jamie Silvonek seeks to have sentence commuted
Jamie Silvonek, who admitted helping her soldier boyfriend murder her mother when she was 14, is hoping to beat the odds and have her 35-years-to-life sentence changed to a term...