Living near a golf course, one might not be surprised to have the errant golf ball bounce off the siding, or even come crashing through a picture window. However, having your home peppered with BBs might be a bit less expected. At least, it's probably safe to say that the owner a Lower Macungie Township home that recently was the target of BB gun fire was a bit taken aback by the occurrence - enough to report it to the Pennsylvania State Police at any rate. At about 10 p.m. on Saturday, someone near the Shepherd Hills Golf Course shot a BB gun toward a back window of a home on Country Club …

An absent-minded homeowner might run out for a brief errand and forget to close a door. But even the most forgetful of homeowners isn't likely to run out for an hour leaving more than one door ajar. Such was the case for a woman living in the 3600 block of Kneer Drive who reported to police that she returned home on May 7 to find both the door into the residence and her garage door open. There was no sign of forced entry, according to Pennsylvania State police at Fogelsville. Nothing was reported stolen. Police are calling the incident, which happened between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., a burglary.

The Walmart in Lower Macungie Township had a tough stretch in April and in March, according to police reports. As reported most recently, two people succeeded April 10 in helping themselves to re-usable Walmart bags for sale on store shelves, filled them and walked out of the store without paying, according to state police at Fogelsville. The pair had not been caught as of April 25. That same day, two people allegedly used a black trash can to conceal merchandise. The pair placed several items in the trash can and walked out of the store at 1091 Mill Creek Road without paying for the goods, …

A family of three escaped a Lower Macungie Township house fire uninjured on Tuesday night, but three pets were affected and a fourth pet, at last word, was still missing, according to a fire official. Volunteers from Lower Macungie Fire Department and Trexlertown were called  1199 Tee Court at 9:41 p.m. A caller in the Shepherd Hills development reported a neighbor's house was on fire, according to emergency scanner transmissions. The first Lower Macungie Fire Department officer to arrive reported heavy smoke coming from the home. He later reported flames to the rear of the home climbing from…

A 13-year-old Macungie-area boy was slightly hurt recently when he rode his scooter between vehicles and struck the side of one in Lower Macungie Township, police said. Several vehicles were stopped on Willow Lane between Route 100 and Sequoia Drive, according to state police at Fogelsville. The boy was crossing the travel lanes of Willow Lane at 4:17 p.m. April 15. As the teen worked his way between the stopped vehicles, he ran into the side of the Toyota Carolla driven by Barry Geist, 66, of Macungie, police said. The boy received minor injuries, police said. He was treated at the scene by …

The driver of a Chevrolet Corvette is sought in a recent hit-and-run accident in Lower Macungie Township, police said. According to state police at Fogelsville, a green Chevrolet Malibu driven by an unidentified man from the Allentown area was southbound on Willow Lane about 8:40 p.m April 12. That car stopped at the intersection with Sauerkraut Lane. A white Chevy Corvette was turning left from Sauerkraut northbound onto Willow Lane when it lost control and struck the Malibu on the rear driver's side tire, police said. The driver of the Corvette briefly stopped, but then left without …

They weren't big-ticket items, but the re-usable Walmart bags that two shoplifters recently used to steal merchandise might have added insult to injury. Two people picked up two re-usable Walmart bags from a shelf and put several items inside, according to state police at Fogelsville. The pair then left the 1091 Mill Creek Road store in Lower Macungie Township on April 10 without paying for the merchandise. Police offered no description for the two but said the retail theft took place at about 6:40 p.m. Anyone who witnessed the crime is asked to call police at 610-395-1438.

Two area drivers recently escaped a head-on collision without serious injuries in Lower Macungie Township, according to police. Wayne L. Kline, 65, of Alburtis was traveling east on East Texas Road and failed to round a curve about 8:10 a.m. April 12.  Kline's Honda Accord crossed the center line and went into the lane of travel of an oncoming car, striking it head on, said state police at Fogelsville. The westbound car was driven by Evangelia L. Koutroulelis, 24, of Topton, police said. Both Koutroulelis' car, a Chevrolet Cobalt, and Kline's car received disabling damage. Both drivers were …

If the person or persons who recently stole the rims and tires from a car in Lower Macungie Township haven't yet felt remorse, perhaps they will when they read details from the police report. For starters, the victim was an 85-year-old man who lives at 4533 N. Hedgerow Drive, according to state police at Fogelsville. A jack was used to raise the car.  All four rims and tires were removed, and the vehicle was left raised and setting on milk crates. Next, one look at the man's license plate should have told any thief that the victim was a World War II veteran, the report duly notes. Finally …

A driveway sealing job on Monday led to a Lower Macungie Township man landing in jail soon after on charges including making terroristic threats for waving a gun and yelling that he would shoot people, according to court papers. Robert Haberstumpf, 50, of 1967 Aster Road became upset because a neighbor was having their shared driveway sealed. Haberstumpf was waving a silver-barrel handgun at the neighbor and two workers from a second-floor window of his home, according to an Affidavit of Probable Cause. Haberstumpf next threatened to get his AK-47 in addition. The following is the account of …

State police trying to solve a recent theft might start by looking to anyone locally trying to start a new landscaping service or suddenly sporting a well-manicured lawn of their own. Any sudden expertise in lawn care might come at the expense of a Lower Macungie Township landscaping business, which had equipment and tools recently stolen, according to state police at Fogelsville. Saylor's Landscaping, of the 8200 block of Spring Creek Road, reported the unspecified items stolen over the weekend. The items were taken between 6 p.m. April 5 and 8 a.m. April 8 from an unlocked box truck parked …

Charged: Rebecca Nicole Wetzel, 31, of Alburtis with retail theft and conspiracy to commit retail theft at 12:21 p.m. March 23; conspired with a 17-year-old Alburtis girl to take items including costume jewelry, baby formula and pain reliever from Walmart, 1091 Mill Creek Road, police said; $159.57 total value; Wetzel held in Lehigh County Prison under $7,500 bail and charges waived to court at a preliminary hearing April 1, according to online court records; disposition of juvenile unknown. Arrests do not indicate conviction. Theft/fraud/forgery: Reported by a 53-year-old Allentown-area …

A worker for the Pidcock Company of Allentown was interrupted from his duties recently by the on-the-job theft of his surveying GPS unit and tripod, according to state police at Fogelsville. Police did not name the worker, but said that the yellow unit and tripod were taken while they were in use about 1:45 p.m. April 2. The work site was at Spring Creek and Ruth roads in Lower Macungie Township. No value was offered for the loss. Police ask that anyone with information call them at 610-395-1438.

Whether a visitor was too late to buy a birthday card, wanted a pack of gum or perhaps was up to something more nefarious, someone tried to force open the doors at a Lower Macungie Township pharmacy, police said. According to state police at Fogelsville, the lock was damaged but did not release to open the front doors at the CVS at 958 S. Krocks Road. The incident is listed as an attempted burglary or perhaps criminal mischief. The activity took place between 9:36 p.m. March 29 and 7:45 a.m. March 30, police said. No value was given for the damaged lock. Anyone with information is asked to …

Access device fraud. Identity theft. Fraud. Call it what you will. Unfortunately, the illegal practice is alive and well, as evidenced by several recent incidents in Lower Macungie Township alone, according to state police at Fogelsville. - Kristopher Michael Azzaro of the 8000 block of Mountain Road reported that several purchases were made March 4 and 5 using his credit card, police said. The thief also used Azzaro's personal information to open a line of credit through PayPal, making several additional fraudulent purchases. No value was given for the purchases. - Brian King of the 7000 …

State police at Fogelsville are reporting what appears to be the second recent theft involving jewelry on Four Seasons Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township—this one to the tune of more than $15,000. In the most recent report, an 80-year-old woman at 2114 Four Seasons Blvd. reported that a 22-year-old female suspect made an unstated amount of fraudulent purchasers with her credit card, police said. Further, the victim said 26 pieces of jewelry—valued at $15,000—are missing from her home. The acts occurred between Nov. 1, 2012 and March 11, police said. Police recently reported another theft on…

Two men literally carted away 18 iPhones worth $10,000 recently for free -- at least for now -- from a Lower Macungie Township department store, according to police. The unidentified men walked into Walmart at 3 p.m. March 30 and loaded 18 of the phones into their cart, according to state police at Fogelsville. The problem was they pushed the cart out of the store at 1091 Mill Creek Road without paying for the estimated $10,000 in merchandise. State police have recently reported the theft of 10 laptop computers March 17 from the same store. No value was given in that theft. Anyone with …

A man who set up a meeting from a computer in a Lower Macungie car dealership for what he thought was a sexual encounter with an 8-year-old girl was arrested in Cherry Hill, N.J., Tuesday, according to federal authorities. Ramy Ahmed, 30, of the 2000 block of West Pennsylvania Street, Allentown, made the 70-mile drive expecting to meet with the girl’s father, but had actually been communicating for nearly two months with an undercover officer with the Department of Homeland Security, leading to charges of using a means of interstate commerce to attempt to coerce and entice a minor to engage …

Apparently, someone thought that an open garage door at a Lower Macungie Township home meant an open invitation to drink the cold beer inside. Gregory Vincent Brown of the 1700 block of Farmstead Lane reported that he left his garage door open, according to state police at Fogelsville. He found that two cases of beer were missing from the refrigerator inside the garage between 8 and 10:30 p.m. March 22. Perhaps thinking it impolite to drink and run, the thief simply took the beer to go. No value was given for the loss. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-395-1438.

With business operations winding down at the Day-Timer plant in East Texas in recent months there were lots of comings and goings of workers, inventory and equipment. That apparently included two computers that couldn't be accounted for recently and are now believed to be stolen, according to state police at Fogeslville. Two Dell OptiPlex 390 computers were taken from the second floor of the building at 5700 Lower Macungie Road between Feb. 24 and March 14, police said. No age or value was given. Parent ACCO Brands Corp. of Lincolnshire, Ill., announced June 6 it would close the Day-Timer …