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The incident began just after 1 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2025, in the 900 block of North New Street. Investigators were called to a reported domestic-related assault at the Bethlehem home.Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com<\/p>\nThe incident began just after 1 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2025, in the 900 block of North New Street. Investigators were called to a reported domestic-related assault at the Bethlehem home.Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com<\/p>\n
A Bethlehem<\/a> man allegedly threatened to kill a woman, chased her outside with a rifle and then surrendered after a three-hour standoff with police, according to police.<\/p>\n Jose Martin Lopez, 30, is charged with felony strangulation; misdemeanor simple assault; misdemeanor making terroristic threats; and summary harassment.<\/p>\n Lopez was arraigned before District Judge John C. Capobianco, who set bail at $25,000. In lieu of bail, he was taken to Northampton County Prison<\/a>, where he remained Friday morning.<\/p>\n Court records did not immediately show attorney information for Lopez.<\/p>\n A woman claimed Lopez allegedly attacked her, choked her and threatened to kill her just after 1 p.m. Thursday in the 900 block of North New Street, according to Bethlehem Police Capt. Nicholas Lechman.<\/p>\n Lopez chased her outside with a rifle after she ran from the home, city police said. It\u2019s unclear whether the rifle was loaded, Lechman told lehighvalleylive.com.<\/p>\n Lopez fled back into the home by the time police arrived, Lechman said. Police shut down traffic in the neighborhood as an arrest warrant was obtained.<\/p>\n The Bethlehem Police Department\u2019s Emergency Response Team negotiated with Lopez for about three hours to leave the home. He finally surrendered around 4 p.m. Thursday, Lechman said.<\/p>\n Lopez was previously arrested in December on felony strangulation and misdemeanor simple assault charges. Court records show the strangulation charge was later withdrawn and he pleaded guilty to simple assault. <\/p>\n He was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to complete an anger management program by Northampton County Judge<\/a> Michael J. Koury Jr. Lopez was sentenced Jan. 23.<\/p>\n In the Thursday case, Lopez is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 11 a.m. June 18 before District Judge Roy A. Manwaring II. A judge will then determine is there\u2019s sufficient evidence to send the case toward trial at the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas.<\/p>\n Please subscribe now and support the local journalism YOU rely on and trust.<\/p>\n Pamela Sroka-Holzmann may be reached atpholzmann@lehighvalleylive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident began just after 1 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2025, in the 900 block of North New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-5837","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\/5837","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=5837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}