{"id":210575,"date":"2026-06-04T14:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210575\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:57:14","slug":"wanted-in-berks-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210575\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted in Berks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following fugitives are being sought by the Berks County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Eric Malone\" width=\"663\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REG-L-wanted-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"6217261\" \/>Eric Malone<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Eric Maione, 33, whose last known address was in the 400 block of Penn Avenue, Wernersville, is wanted on strangulation charges.<\/p>\n<p>South Heidelberg Township police said Maione had contact with the victim while she was in a vehicle with her children on May 14. He threatened to beat her up, then entered the vehicle. He placed his arm around her neck and began to choke her, causing her to black out briefly. Maione bit her ear before letting her go and leaving the scene.<\/p>\n<p>He is described as 5 feet 8 inches and 180 pounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Leshun Simmons Sr.\" width=\"800\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/REG-L-wanted-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"6217264\" \/>Leshun Simmons Sr.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Leshun Simmons Sr., 46, whose last known address was in the 900 block of Franklin Street, Reading, is wanted on a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>Reading police said Simmons was observed selling crack cocaine in the 900 block of Franklin Street on March 26.<\/p>\n<p>He is described as 6 feet 3 inches and 240 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about these fugitives is urged to contact the warrants division of the sheriff\u2019s department at 610-478-6390. Find the complete list of Berks County\u2019s most wanted at <a href=\"http:\/\/berkspa.gov\/departments\/sheriff\/most-wanted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">berkspa.gov\/departments\/sheriff\/most-wanted<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following fugitives are being sought by the Berks County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Eric Malone \u2022 Eric Maione, 33,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,202,182,139,28,736,128,130,129,33236,706,14244],"class_list":["post-210575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-south-heidelberg-township","tag-top-stories-reg","tag-wernersville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210575","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=210575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}