Crime & Safety

OMG PD: 5-Foot Dinosaur Missing from Front Porch

Here's a round-up of unusual police news from the Lehigh Valley.

Missing: 5-Foot Dinosaur from Front Porch: A 5-foot dinosuar named "Rexy" went missing from the front porch of a Pen Argyl home, and its family hoped for the creature's safe return.


Suicide by Train Ruled in Teen's Death: The death of a young Northampton County man hit by a train Feb. 17 was ruled a suicide, according to the coroner.

A Bethlehem man who fell into the Monocacy Creek near the Hill-to-Hill Bridge after stopping his car to urinate late Monday is facing drunken driving and other lesser charges, Bethlehem Police said.

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: A Palmer Township man tried to walk out of Boscov’s in the Palmer Park Mall with $260 in items he allegedly stole Sunday afternoon when his bag broke and everything fell out, police say.

: An Easton man is charged with stealing a pile of scrap metal from the Pennsylvania Water Rescue facility in the city and receiving about $22 from a scrap yard for the material valued at about $300, police say.

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Bethlehem man is facing multiple charges after allegedly eluding police on his dirt bike on a daredevil run through a parking lot, down a staircase and over sidewalks – nearly striking four pedestrians walking in the South Bethlehem Greenway, according to court papers.


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