{"id":165837,"date":"2026-04-14T22:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/165837\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:13:10","slug":"5000-reward-offered-as-police-seek-publics-help-locating-wanted-lehigh-valley-suspect-lehigh-valley-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/165837\/","title":{"rendered":"$5,000 reward offered as police seek public\u2019s help locating wanted Lehigh Valley suspect | Lehigh Valley Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Benicio A. Benifield\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"900\" height=\"508\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69deb50f60541.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Courtesy of PSP<\/p>\n<p>PALMER TWP., Pa. &#8211; The Pennsylvania State Police and Palmer Township Police Department have issued an arrest warrant for 40\u2011year\u2011old Benicio A. Benifield, who is now listed as a PSP Most Wanted fugitive with a $5,000 reward attached.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, Benifield may be staying in the Macungie area or in Center City Allentown. He was last seen at 5 Weller Place in Easton.<\/p>\n<p>Benifield is wanted on multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault of a child, rape by threat of compulsion, involuntary sexual intercourse with a child, and related offenses.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Benicio A. Benifield\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"900\" height=\"508\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69deb5225fd96.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Courtesy of PSP<\/p>\n<p>Police describe Benifield as 6 feet tall, 225 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities warn the public not to approach him. Anyone who sees Benifield should immediately call 911.<\/p>\n<p>Those with information about his whereabouts can contact:<\/p>\n<p>Police say callers to PSP Tips may be eligible for a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest, helps solve a crime or cold case, or assists in locating a wanted or missing person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy of PSP PALMER TWP., Pa. &#8211; The Pennsylvania State Police and Palmer Township Police Department have issued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4862,2899,74718,153,155,154,69372,74720,74719,33671,1224,27035,74721],"class_list":{"0":"post-165837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-aggravated-assault","9":"tag-arrest-warrant","10":"tag-benicio-a-benifield","11":"tag-bethlehem","12":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","13":"tag-bethlehem-news","14":"tag-child-victim","15":"tag-involuntary-sexual-intercourse","16":"tag-most-wanted","17":"tag-palmer-township-police","18":"tag-pennsylvania-state-police","19":"tag-public-assistance","20":"tag-reward"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165837","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=165837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}