Crime and Fire

50 to 100 'Rare' Coins Reported Stolen in Lower Mac

Overnight burglary leaves woman without dozens of valuable coins, police say.

A Lower Macungie Township woman unintentionally found someone who shares her interest in coin collecting only that person wasn't so interested in sharing anything else. Someone entered a residence at 4587 Hedgerow Drive N. between 8:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and 6:30 a.m. Nov. 20, according to state police at Fogelsville. They stole 50 to 100 coins described as being rare. The coins belonged to Joann E. Kean of the 6900 block of Lincoln Drive, Macungie, police said. The incident is being investigated as a burglary. Police did not state the value of the coins. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-395-1438.

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Lower Macungie Home Burglarized

Someone entered a home on Pioneer Drive in Lower Macungie and took $875 worth of items, police say.

Someone entered a home at 7290 Pioneer Drive in Lower Macungie and did some damage to the property before taking clothes and other items for a total of $875 in value, state police said.  State police at Fogelsville reported that the burglary occurred Sunday, Nov. 4 and the burglar left the home before the resident returned home Sunday afternoon. 

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Crime and Fire

Police: Teen Charged for Punching 12-Year-Old in the Head

The following arrest information was supplied by the state police at Fogelsville. It does not indicate a conviction.

Burglary: Reported in the 5900 block of Wayside Drive; front door forcibly entered between 3:45 and 10 p.m. and several unspecified items taken from the home, police said; no loss value provided. Charged: Diana Lin Lecessi, 47, of Emmaus and a 15-year-old girl; Sept. 20 with retail theft at Walmart, 1091 Mill Creek Road; the two attempted to leave the store without paying for $415.07 in merchandise, police said, processed at Lehigh County Central Booking Center. Charged: 17-year-old boy with punching a 12-year-old boy in the head three times on Sept. 19 at 5022 Meadow Lane, police said; harassment charge filed through Magisterial District Judge Michael Faulkner of Upper Macungie Township. Charged: Debbie D. Kontir, 43, of Alburtis; Sept. …

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Crime and Fire

Death Threat Received by Lower Macungie Man, Police Say

The following incidents have been reported by state police. They do not indicate conviction.

Criminal mischief: Reported at 6714 Lower Macungie Road, Apt. D7; the door locks of the residence were vandalized between 11 am. and 6 p.m. Sept. 15 then made inoperable when an unknown substance was poured into the locks, police said; unspecified value of loss. Theft from motor vehicle: Reported by three owners in the 900 block of S. Krocks Road in the High Point Trailer Park; unspecified items taken from unlocked vehicles belonging to Deana Marie Homa, Samuel Thomas Peters and Annabelle Faye Kehm between 10 p.m. Sept. 14 and 8 a.m. Sept. 15, police said; no value given. Burglary: Reported at 1:46 a.m. Sept. 9 by Cherie Prudhomme at 4085 Pheasant Court; someone attempted to enter the home by jumping over a fence and kicking in a door …

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Man Robs Kuhnsville Car Wash, Turns Self In

Nickelas D. Reznick, of Upper Macungie, turned himself in after stealing $1,390 from the Kuhnsville Car Wash Saturday night

A 29-year-old employee of the Kuhnsville Car Wash turned himself into police after robbing two bags of money worth $1,390 and a set of keys. According to the criminal complaint obtained by Patch, Nickelas D. Reznick, of Upper Macungie, admitted using his set of work keys Saturday night to take two bags of money from the car wash at 5627 Tilghman Street. The criminal complaint states the burglary was reported to Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Sunday morning by Jill and Martin Kuhns. Surveillance cameras showed that Reznick entered the building at 11:24 p.m., and as a manager, he had a key to the premises. Both Jill and Martin Kuhns confirmed Reznick knew the alarm codes and the whereabouts of the bank bags. On Sunday, Reznick turned himself …

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Crime and Fire

Burglars Target Jewelry in Lower Mac Neighborhood

Two break-ins are in same neighborhood, police say, but entry time is months apart.

Two recent Lower Macungie Township burglaries reported by police and involving stolen jewelry offer similarities, but happened months apart, police say. In the earlier break-in, state police at Fogelsville said they received a report on Aug. 28 of a burglary at 4799 Sydney Close. A prying device, such as a crowbar, was used on a door to force entry. Once inside, four pieces of jewelry were taken. Police did not provide a description or total value of the stolen items. No other items were taken. The break-in was reported by an 81-year-old woman, police said. She told them the incident occurred between Nov. 24, 2011 and May 30, 2012. In the second  burglary, Joseph H. McMakin of 5014 Valley Stream Lane, No. 91, told police his home was …

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Crime and Fire

Police: Thief Steals $16,000 in Air Conditioner Parts

That incident, and a second, seem consistent with scrap metal burglaries.

The owner probably will never know what the thief received for selling the cooling coils from his three commercial air-conditioning units. What he does know is that the missing coils and any damage done leaves him with a $16,000 hole in his pocket. A second recent Lower Macungie Township incident, unknown whether it is related, has another area business missing some some heating and cooling equipment as well. In both instances, the equipment likely was sold at scrap prices. State police at Fogelsville are investigating a report of a theft of the coils between June 25 and Aug. 20 at 8007 Quarry Road. The location is listed online as being the China and Lamp Crystal Exchange. Police said the owner is Alexander G. Tamerler of Orefield. …

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Borough of Macungie

Macungie Police Arrest Alleged Neighborhood Burglar

Macungie Police on Friday charged Blake Ryan Bills with burglary, criminal trespass, receiving stolen property and theft by unlawful taking or disposition in conjunction with one of two recent neighborhood incidents.

Macungie Police arrested on Friday arrested a Macungie man after he admitted taking jewelry and a computer from his next door neighbor's house. Blake Ryan Bills, 23, of 326 Oxford Place admitted to entering the home of his next door neighbor through an unlocked back door. He is charged with burglary, criminal trespass, receiving stolen property and theft by unlawful taking or disposition, police said. According to court records, Bills entered the home between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. some days before his arrest, but he couldn't remember exactly which day. The burglary was reported on Aug. 14. "He checked to make sure no one was present, then stated 'times are tough,' so he took jewelry and a computer," the affidavit said. In the next day or …

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Responsible Citizen

4:29 pm on Saturday, August 18, 2012

We echo your sentiments Mr. Rogers!!!!   more ›

Crime and Fire

Homes Burglarized in Macungie Development

Jewelry and computer gear among items taken; residents of both were gone for several days, police say.

Two homes on the same street in a Macungie development were burglarized in recent days, according to borough police. On both occasions, the homes were entered while the residents were away for several days, police said. Specific house numbers were not provided by police, nor was a range of time for when the residences were entered or the burglaries discovered, but both homes are on Oxford Place in The Ridings at Brookside development. One home was entered via an unlocked window, police said. Burglars forced entry through a rear door accessing a deck in the other crime. Jewelry and computer equipment were among items taken, police said. No value was provided. Police ask that residents remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity by …

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Mariella Savidge

8:44 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012

On Oxford Place in the Ridings at Brookside, Bill.   more ›

Crime and Fire

Two Arrested in $7,300 Lower Mac Burglary

Pair also commits break-ins in Berks, Montgomery counties, police say.

If good things happen to those who wait, then perhaps the two months that followed the $7,300 burglary were at least somewhat worthwhile for a Lower Macungie Township man. Steven Krause was the victim in early June of stolen tools from a barn at 7765 Mountain Road in the township. Two arrests were announced Aug. 10 in a news release from state police at Fogelsville. But Krause was not a lone victim. The two men also committed several residential burglaries in Montgomery and Berks counties, which eventually led to their capture, according to police. Zachary Simon, 19, and Shawn Lee, 21, both with Gilbertsville addresses in Montgomery County, were charged with several burglaries, including the one in Lower Macungie, police said. Lee was …

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