{"id":107299,"date":"2026-02-06T21:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/107299\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:01:09","slug":"easton-police-search-for-suspect-in-700-snap-benefits-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/107299\/","title":{"rendered":"Easton police search for suspect in $700 SNAP benefits theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easton<\/a> police are searching for a person they say stole $700 worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from a city woman.<\/p>\n

City Police Lt. Joseph Alonzo told lehighvalleylive.com the victim reported losing her SNAP card<\/a> on Jan. 26 near Sixth and Northampton streets.<\/p>\n

The woman then noticed $700 was missing from the account, which the federal government provides to low-income families monthly to purchase nutritious food.<\/p>\n

The suspect used the $700 at various city downtown businesses on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27, Alonzo said. The victim reported the theft on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n

Police described the suspect as a male between 50-60 years old, approximately 6 feet tall, who appeared in surveillance videos wearing glasses and a hooded gray sweatshirt under a yellow and navy jacket.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to email Easton Police Officer Matthew Snyder at msnyder@easton-pa.gov or \u201cSubmit a Tip\u201d on the Easton Police Department\u2019s Crime Watch page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Easton police are searching for a person they say stole $700 worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-107299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}