Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Police & Fire
Search Continues For Missing Appalachian Trail Hiker John Dunnam Search Continues For Missing Appalachian Trail Hiker John Dunnam
Search Continues For Missing Appalachian Trail Hiker John Dunnam Police in Pennsylvania on Sunday were still looking for missing hiker John Dunnam. Dunnam, 57, was last seen Tuesday in a section of the Appalachian Trail, PA State Police say. Particularly, Dunnam was near Chimney Rocks between the Deer Lick Shelter and the Rocky Mountain shelters when he was last seen, authorities said. He was wearing a gray shirt, blue hiking pants, carrying a green backpack and two trekking poles, state police said. If seen, call 717-249-2121 or 911.

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by Cecilia Levine
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Route 22 Reopens After Pair Of Multi-Vehicle Crashes Close Westbound Lanes In Lehigh Valley Route 22 Reopens After Pair Of Multi-Vehicle Crashes Close Westbound Lanes In Lehigh Valley
Route 22 Reopens After Pair Of Multi-Vehicle Crashes Close Westbound Lanes In Lehigh Valley Route 22 has reopened after a pair of multi-vehicle crashes closed westbound lanes in the Lehigh Valley Friday morning, authorities said. Route 22 westbound was closed between 15th Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard after five vehicles reportedly crashed around 9:40 a.m. between MacArthur Road and Cedar Crest Boulevard, PA State Police told WFMZ. The vehicles involved a dump truck, two cars, a tractor-trailer cab, and a work van, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky told WFMZ. Multi vehicle crash SR 22 W/B MM 320.1, S.Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co. All lanes currently closed. E…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Closes I-95 Northbound Lanes In Bristol Township Overturned Tractor-Trailer Closes I-95 Northbound Lanes In Bristol Township
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Closes I-95 Northbound Lanes In Bristol Township An overturned tractor-trailer caused the northbound lanes of I-95 in Bristol Township to close early Wednesday morning, authorities said. First responders arrived at I-95 at Exit 40 near Fort Road around 9:40 a.m., where they found an overturned tractor-trailer carrying bread products partially down the embankment after colliding with a Nissan Maxima, according to Cpl. Holly Reber-Billings with PA State Police. Rescue crews extricated the truck driver through the windshield, and both drivers were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries, officials said. The earliest expected openin…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Northampton County Man Who Sexually Abused Children Sentenced To Decades Behind Bars: Report Northampton County Man Who Sexually Abused Children Sentenced To Decades Behind Bars: Report
Northampton County Man Who Sexually Abused Children Sentenced To Decades Behind Bars: Report A 62-year-old Northampton County man who plead guilty to aggravated indecent assault will spend between two and four decades behind bars and must register as a sex offender for life, the district attorney’s office announced following his Tuesday sentencing. Richard Repsher of West Easton entered the guilty plea to two counts in February after being accused of the assaults, in which both victims were under the age of 13, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records. Repsher assaulted the children at the Main Street building he lived in, which was the same building where the victims received…

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by Valerie Musson
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
PA State Police Searching For Sex Offender Seen Following Teen Girls At DelCo Shopping Center PA State Police Searching For Sex Offender Seen Following Teen Girls At DelCo Shopping Center
PA State Police Searching For Sex Offender Seen Following Teen Girls At DelCo Shopping Center Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a registered sex offender who they say was seen following two teen girls at a Delaware County shopping center. Michael A. Migliaccio, 43, of Philadelphia, is a lifetime Megan’s Law registrant due to a rape conviction he was sentenced to in 2005, state police said. PA State Police received reports that Migliaccio appeared to be following and watching a 16-year-old girl and 18-year-old girl in the parking lot of a shopping center in Media on March 23, authorities said. Migliaccio is considered a wanted person in the National Crime In…

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by Nicole Acosta
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
PA State Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stealing Money, Jewelry, Meds From ChesCo Home PA State Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stealing Money, Jewelry, Meds From ChesCo Home
PA State Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stealing Money, Jewelry, Meds From ChesCo Home PA State Police are seeking the public's help locating a man who they say stole money, jewelry, and prescription medication from a Chester County family's home while they were on vacation a few years ago. Troopers were notified of a burglary at a home on Ayrshire Drive in London Britain Township around 6:45 p.m. on April 1, 2016, PA State Police said. Through the course of an investigation, authorities identified the alleged suspect as Michael Alessandrini, 40, of Newark, Delaware, and he was charged with burglary, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, and criminal tresp…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bensalem Firefighters Battle Tractor Trailer Blaze On Pennsylvania Turnpike Bensalem Firefighters Battle Tractor Trailer Blaze On Pennsylvania Turnpike
Bensalem Firefighters Battle Tractor Trailer Blaze On Pennsylvania Turnpike Fire crews battled a blaze that broke out in a tractor-trailer Friday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem, authorities said. Firefighters arrived at the scene just before 12:30 p.m. to find a tractor-trailer engulfed in flames on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Galloway Road near the back of Foley Cat Rental according to Bensalem Fire Rescue. The driver was able to escape the blaze with no injuries, authorities said. PA State Police shut down the eastbound lanes of the highway while firefighters extinguished the fire, authorities said.

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by Nicole Acosta
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
ChesCo Man Gets 12 Years In Prison For DUI Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Man ChesCo Man Gets 12 Years In Prison For DUI Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Man
ChesCo Man Gets 12 Years In Prison For DUI Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Man A Chester County man was sentenced to five and a half to 12 years behind bars for reportedly killing a 47-year-old man while driving drunk on Route 30 in 2019, authorities said. When an Exton bar refused to serve any more alcohol to Charles Gorman, 30, of Coatesville, he drove to a Planet Fitness in Downingtown and got into an argument with someone in the parking lot on Oct. 23, 2019, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Gorman then tore the side mirrors off the person's car before getting back into his car and driving to a Turkey Hill store in Caln Tow…

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by Nicole Acosta
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
DA: ChesCo Man Facing Up To 74 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting 3 Boys As Young As 11 DA: ChesCo Man Facing Up To 74 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting 3 Boys As Young As 11
DA: ChesCo Man Facing Up To 74 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting 3 Boys As Young As 11 A 58-year-old Chester County man is facing up to 74 years in prison for sexually assaulting three boys between the ages of 11 and 14, authorities said. The boys worked on Robert Caesar's Oxford property from 2016 to 2017, District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Caesar apparently befriended them and, in separate instances, offered to wash their clothes, supplied them with alcohol, and sexually assaulted them, Ryan said. “Were it not for the courage of these three boys, this defendant might not have been brought to justice," Ryan said. "Their bravery to disclose what had been done to them is unden…

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by Nicole Acosta
Elizabeth, NJ
Sports
Elizabeth's Elmora Troopers Win First Little League World Series Game Elizabeth's Elmora Troopers Win First Little League World Series Game
Elizabeth's Elmora Troopers Win First Little League World Series Game The Elmora Youth Little League Troopers of Elizabeth won their debut appearance in the Little League World Series Friday night, besting the Northwest champion Salem, Oregon team by a score of 6-2.  Their next matchup in Williamsport, Pa., will be against Hawaii Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on WABC.  Earlier today, a couple of @PAStatePolice Troopers stopped by to visit the Hanratty family and cheer on the Elmora Troopers during the game! We appreciate the support of our brother and sister troopers across the Delaware! Thanks for the support, troops! pic.twitter.com/fFRipi…

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by Paul Milo
White Plains, NY
News
20-Year-Old Who Went Missing In Hudson Valley Never Arrived At Expected Location 20-Year-Old Who Went Missing In Hudson Valley Never Arrived At Expected Location
20-Year-Old Who Went Missing In Hudson Valley Never Arrived At Expected Location The family of a 20-year-old is asking the public's help in locating the man who never arrived at his expected location on Friday, July 27 after departing from the Hudson Valley late in the afternoon. Eily Wright left Hyde Park on Friday, July 27 shortly before 6 p.m., his family said. He was due to arrive at the family home in Pennsylvania by 10 p.m., but did not. He is 5-foot-11 with dark hair and blue eyes. He was driving a 2001 VW Jetta. Wright should have been traveling Route 9W to Interstate 84 to Interstate 81 to Route 29 to Route 11 to Route 239, the family said. The PA State Polic…

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by Joe Lombardi