CRIME & SAFETY

It happened on the 1000 block of Windsor Street, the department wrote in a release. An "altercation between two males" led to one shooting the other, investigators believe. Police responded to the scene and arrested the suspect after a brief search, they said. The victim was treated at Reading Hospital with a single, non-life-threatening gunshot wound, authorities added.

EAST EARL TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — With the weather being warmer and the days getting longer, many people want to go for a drive, especially if your car has a convertible or in a Jeep. But there is one thing all cars need to be roadworthy – doors.

A jury in Berks County has convicted a man of rape and other crimes. Authorities say Sean Samuels attacked a 14-year-old girl who was on her way to school in March of 2022. They say he took her to another location where he then raped her. Samuels is locked up...

Garry Roy Schmoltze Sr., was being held on $5,000 unsecured bail in connection with the alleged thefts, which came to light by members of the Gilbertsville Area Community Ambulance Service in July 2022, the Douglass Township Police Department said. Schmoltze served as the Gilbertsville Area Community Ambulance Service's chief of...

Paul Burkert, 38, who shot and killed 22-year-old David Padro Jr. of Camden man outside of Pat’s King of Steaks in South Philadelphia in 2021 after an argument over a parking space, has been sentenced to at least 3 1/2 years in prison.

Michael Balthaser of Strausstown was last seen with 30-year-old Noah Balthaser near 28 Main Street in Upper Tulpehocken Township around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, troopers said in a release. Michael Balthaser is described as 3-foot-5 and 60 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black flannel...

READING, Pa. - The Berks County district attorney has dismissed the arrest of a man charged with disrupting a Pride flag-raising at City Hall. A video shows Damon Atkins on the other side of the street the event on Saturday at Reading City Hall. Atkins is heard talking with a...

WEST READING, Pa. - Officials in West Reading will go door-to-door Friday to give out natural gas alarms to people who live near the site of the deadly factory explosion. The distribution will take place Friday morning on South Second Avenue and Franklin, Chestnut, and Yarnell streets. Any leftover alarms...

A Montgomery County man was sentenced to 12 1/2 to 30 years in prison for killing his boyfriend and burying the body in a Philadelphia arboretum. Keshaun Sheffield, 21, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of third-degree murder for fatally stabbing Rashid Young, 22, in their Pottstown apartment in 2019 during an argument, according to reports from The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Pottstown Mercury.

In a daring turn of events, Reading Police received a report on Monday night, June 5, at 10:12pm for the robbery of a vehicle by four males. Swift action by officers led to the discovery of the stolen vehicle, occupied by the suspects, the following morning. At approximately 2:30am on...

READING, Pa. - Reading Police say they arrested two teenagers in a carjacking and crime spree that took place overnight in Reading. Authorities say the spree lasted for hours, and when police caught up with those they believe are responsible, there was a short vehicle pursuit and a gunshot rang out.

His crime was snipped in the bud. A man in Pennsylvania attempted to rob a convenience store with a pair of scissors. LISTEN: Pa. man tries hiring hit man to kill ex-girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, gets state trooper instead | Today in Pa. The Reading Eagle reports how the...

The Berks County District Attorney’s office has filed charges against a Birdsboro woman in connection with a fatal drug overdose. On November 4, 2022, at 2:29am, Amity Township Police were detailed to the Amity Garden Apartments in Amity Township relative to a suspected drug overdose of a male victim. The victim was declared deceased at 3:31am, by the Berks County Coroner’s Office. A search of the descendant’s belongings and residence revealed evidence of illegal drug use, and related paraphernalia was present at the scene.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A man from Ephrata has been convicted on two counts of robbery on Wednesday, June 7 for using a pellet gun to rob two convenience stores back in June and July of 2022. According to the Lancaster District Attorney’s Office, Colby Mummaw, 27, was...

Two Good Samaritans in a box truck helped tow a car out of the flooded Spring Street Subway in Reading Tuesday afternoon. The rescue took place just before 5pm after severe thunderstorms moved across the County, quickly dumping heavy rain and a small amount of hail. Due to poor drainage,...

Jun. 5—A 21-year-old Reading man was arrested for firing a gun while being followed by another driver after a hit — and-run accident in the city, investigators said. Luis J. Luna-Melendez was taken into custody after police found the hit-and-run vehicle parked at a hydrant in the 900 block of Washington Street, where the car's owner resides.

A Berks County woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Lehigh County. Emergency personnel were called a little before 7 a.m. for the crash involving a Ford Edge along Schantz Road near Newtown Road in Upper Macungie Township, township police said. Township Fire Commissioner Peter Christ...

EPHRATA, Pa. — An Ephrata woman is facing a felony charge after police say she stole from a closed business. Stacie Jo Leaman, 52, is charged with one count of felony burglary for allegedly stealing over $2,000 worth of equipment from the garage bay of a business. Police say...

UPDATE:Jason P. Beverly II, 19, of NC, has been "located and is safe" the police said around 5 p.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023. No additional information was released.  ORIGINAL:A teenager on the autism spectrum has gone missing in Pennsylvania, police announced on Monday, June 5, 2023.…

LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – A Pottstown man charged with drug- and traffic-related offenses, and sought on a warrant by the Lower Pottsgrove Police Department, was successfully arrested after a police stop in North Coventry Township, the department reported Monday (June 5, 2023). Although the circumstances were not described, Lower...