Crime & Safety

OMG PD: Woman Shot, Dies 30 Years Later in Bizarre Homicide Case

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

An Orefield woman's death was ruled a homicide from complications from a gunshot wound she suffered 30 years ago during an attempted robbery. The Lehigh County coroner's office had launched an investigation into the death of Linda J. Knauss, 65, who died Feb. 18 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, after it received a cremation request from a funeral home.

Warning—Teens Dancing in Street: They're dancing in Chicago, New Orleans, New York City and... South Whitehall? Was that "suspicious activity" reported Monday to police a flash mob of teens reenacting Martha and the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street" in the 3900 block of Hamilton Boulevard?

: Easton police say a West Ward man stored his stash of heroin under the bed where his 2-year-old son slept. Nicholas Maietta, 24, of 1051 Northampton St., was arrested Thursday following a raid at his apartment.

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: A woman infected with hepatitis C was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly ripping two intravenous lines out of her arm and throwing them at an emergency room nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital, Anderson Campus.

 An Easton man is charged with aggravated assault of an unborn child for causing his girlfriend, who was 8 ½-months pregnant, to fall on her stomach, court records say. 

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Man punched wife in Palmer bar: A man allegedly punched his wife in the face inside a Palmer Township bar Friday night and then fleeing in his mother-in-law’s vehicle without permission, court records say.


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