Published September 01. 2026 02:45PM<\/p>\n
State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following incidents:<\/p>\n
\u2022 A 19-year-old New Tripoli woman is the victim of a theft by deception\/identity theft incident police were called to at 11:43 a.m. Aug. 18 on Werley\u2019s Corner Road, Heidelberg Township.<\/p>\n
She told police someone opened a credit card using her name and made $450 worth of purchases.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Krista L. Rice, no age or address provided by police, remains incarcerated in the Lehigh County Prison, Allentown, after police arrested her on charges relating to the theft of a vehicle at 1:43 p.m. Aug. 18 at residence n Washington Township.<\/p>\n
Police said she is charged wit theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and criminal trespass.<\/p>\n
Police said the stolen vehicle was recovered in a wooded area of the township.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A 29-year-old Stockertown man was cited for harassment by physical contact after police responded to a husband-wife argument at 11:43 a.m. Aug. 11 on Park View Road, Washington Township.<\/p>\n
They said the victim is a 42-year-old woman from Slatington.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A 61-year-old Slatington man is facing drug possession charges after an incident at 10:35 a.m. Aug. 9 in the 3700 block of the Neffs-Laurys Road, North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
Police said a 2007 Kia was involved in the incident.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bradyn Gatens, 34, of Lehighton, was charged with retail theft (shoplifting) after police were called to the Target store on Airport Center Drive, Hanover Township, at 11:25 a.m. July 24.<\/p>\n
Police said he was observed on video surveillance leaving the store after concealing merchandise valued at $200.94 underneath his hooded sweatshirt. A 2013 Hyundai was involved in the incident.<\/p>\n
Police said Gatens was identified, charged and transported to the Lehigh County Prison, Allentown, for arraignment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Police were called to investigate a theft at a property at Cherryville and Spring Hill roads, Allen Township.<\/p>\n
They said that between June 25 and 30 equipment valued at $254 was stolen from an excavator; $1,445 worth of equipment was taken from a backhoe; and $3,875 worth of equipment was stolen from a second backhoe.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A 50-year-old Schnecksville woman was cited for harassment by physical contact after police responded to a mother-daughter domestic dispute at 10:09 a.m. June 7 on Mohican Drive, North Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
A 31-year-old Slatington woman told police that her mother struck her in the back of the head during an argument<\/p>\n
\u2022 Police were called to a burglary at 9:33 p.m. June 1 on Phillips Road, Heidelberg Township.<\/p>\n
They said a 70-year-old Germansville man reported that he discovered several drum heads on the property were intentionally damaged with a sharp object, causing $350 in damage, after which he found his rear door unsecured and about $1,380 in cash missing from an envelope located in his bedroom.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A 44-year-old woman from Parryville was charged with retail theft (shoplifting) after police were called to the Weis Market on Route 873, Washington Township, at 5:39 p.m. May 25.<\/p>\n
Police said she was caught stealing $89.15 worth of merchandise. She was transported to the Lehigh County Prison, Allentown, where she was processed and fingerprinted.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A mother and son were cited for harassment by physical contact after police were called to a domestic dispute at 4:19 p.m. May 20 on Niebet Court, Washington Township.<\/p>\n
Police said the 20-year-old man from Allentown and 47-year-old woman from Slatington were involved in a confrontation. They said the mother took unnecessary actions to instigate the altercation. They said as the son retreated to his bedroom, his mother followed him.<\/p>\n
When the son attempted to slam his bedroom door various times, police said, the mother refused to move from the threshold and was struck by the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published September 01. 2026 02:45PM State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following incidents: \u2022 A 19-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-276718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276718","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=276718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}