Thursday, February 7, 2013
Police reports include burglary, forgery, harassment and shoplifting
Harassment: Reported at 6 p.m. Feb. 5 by Cole Russell Hager of 7128 Periwinkle Drive; unnamed suspect sent him threatening text messages, police said; investigation continuing. Charged: Tammy Callahan of Kutztown and Brigitte Andrews of Allentown; at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3 with retail theft at Walmart, 1091 Mill Creek Road; both made a "no-receipt return" of an item each that they had not paid for but received a gift card as compensation; the two fraudulently purchased items with the gift cards, police said. Forgery: Reported by Scott Alan Gracely of the 6700 block of Riegals Drive; someone cashed a check with the victim's name on it using the victim's bank between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., police said; amount not given. Burglary: Reported by a …
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Wal-Mart Supercenter
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 1, Allentown, PA
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40.54235
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1560 Shasta Ln Lowr, Macungie, PA
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7128 Periwinkle Dr Lowr, Macungie, PA
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
Pair accused of trying to return television they never purchased are caught one mile away from Lower Macungie store, police report.
If it was drama and entertainment that two Walmart shoppers in Lower Macungie recently came looking for, they certainly found it by day's end. One might have thought the simple purchase of a television set would have brought them the drama they needed with hours of viewing. But, police said, there was more in store for them . . . and more out of the store, too. Ella Hope Salibi, 22, of Allentown and Rose Mary Cruz, 23, of Coplay said they purchased the TV and then tried to return it for credit around 6 p.m. Jan. 23, according to state police at Fogelsville. The pair received a Walmart gift card for the value of the television they were "returning." When confronted for making a fraudulent return, police said, the two fled the store at 1091 …
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Wal-Mart Supercenter
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 1, Allentown, PA
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
The tools were removed from security packaging and shoplifted from the Lower Macungie store, troopers report.
When it comes to getting power tools at a bargain price, some enterprising shopper knew the drill. In fact, they knew two drills. That's what they made off with recently from Sears Hardware in Lower Macungie Township: two DeWalt power drills, according to state police at Fogelsville. And the special low, low price? Free. Police said it was discovered at 9:32 a.m. Jan. 22 that two drills were removed during a retail theft from their security packaging and stolen from the store at 7150 Hamilton Blvd. No value was given for the two drills. Anyone who might have seen someone removing these items is asked to call police at 610-395-1438.
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7150 Hamilton Blvd, Trexlertown, PA
Sears Hardware
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
State troopers say that pair attempted to steal $718.52 in merchandise from Walmart in Lower Macungie.
For a time, two Allentown shoppers were having quite an afternoon of it at Walmart in Lower Macungie Township, according to police. Migdalia Fontanez and Juan Gabriel Alvarado, both 31, were shopping in the 1091 Mill Creek Road store about 2:30 p.m. Jan. 6, according to state police at Fogelsville. It would seem that they either had expensive tastes or found quite a few things to their liking as police said the total value of items they were "interested in" was $718.52. And that would have been a nice sale for Walmart as well. Problem was, according to police, that the pair didn't intend to pay for the merchandise. The value of the alleged shoplifting attempt was impressive, but falls far short of the total amount of an attempt June 12 in …
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Wal-Mart Supercenter
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 1, Allentown, PA
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Man successfully fled Lower Macungie store, but was caught when he returned for the car he left in the parking lot, troopers report.
Looking to save a few bucks? Skip the expense of the action movies and video games once in a while and keep your eyes open at Walmart in Lower Macungie Township. Those in the parking lot about 10:50 p.m. Jan. 6 certainly got their money's worth. Trouble began when Joseph Sterling Williams, 19, of Northampton fled the 1091 Mill Creek Road store without paying for a $98 soundbar, according to state police at Fogelsville. He was stopped outside by security and taken to a store office. Eventually, he successfully fled the store by elbowing a security official in the stomach and running toward Lower Macungie Road, police said. Williams might have gotten away, but he returned to get his car from the parking lot, police said. He drove away …
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Wal-Mart Supercenter
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 1, Allentown, PA
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Friday, December 28, 2012
After taking nearly $170 in merchandise from the Lower Macungie store the first day, two of the three returned to drive away with more the next, troopers say.
Customer loyalty is one thing, but this is the kind a business doesn't need. Same goes for customers who bring their own bags. Rather thoughtful, you might think. Officials believe these attributes can be credited to some of the same people who recently shopped at the Giant store in Lower Macungie Township on consecutive days. But instead of nominating them for Customer of the Month, these shoppers won't be welcomed back anytime soon. The reason? Store officials believe that some of these "shoppers" conspired to steal from them two days in a row. State police at Fogelsville said three people -- a man and woman in their 20s or 30s -- plus a 54-year-old man listed as being from Allentown placed some items worth $169.69 in reusable shopping …
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7150 Hamilton Blvd, Trexlertown, PA
Giant Food Store
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Man escapes after botched get-away, troopers say.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
This time, the action drama wasn't on T.V. but all around it. Instead of one of those re-runs played in the wee hours of the morning, this 4:42 a.m. drama on Dec. 8 was for real, according to police. A male shopper placed a 32-inch television set in a cart at Walmart in Lower Macungie Township, but left the 1091 Mill Creek Road store without paying, according to state police at Fogelsville. A store security officer chased the man into the parking lot. There, all did not go smoothly. The shoplifter was unable to open the door to the get-away car, police said. So, he fled, but apparently left the T.V. behind. Meanwhile, the passenger slid into the driver's seat. He eventually picked up the fleeing shoplifter and both left the lot in a blue …
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Wal-Mart Supercenter
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 1, Allentown, PA
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
The following Lower Macungie incidents were supplied by troopers at the barracks in Fogelsville. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
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- Tad Miller
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Charged: Carmen Diachesyn, 43, of Lehighton, Carbon County, with retail theft; attempted to take $327.97 worth of merchandise Oct. 15 from Kohl's Department Store, 6900 Hamilton Blvd., police said. Found Item: Child's book bag found Oct. 17 at Green and Driver places, police said; call police at 610-395-1438 to claim. Theft from motor vehicle: Reported Oct. 13 by Wanda Valle of Spring Creek Road; GPS, cigarettes and debit card taken from vehicle, police said; 29-year-old Whitehall Township man arrested after attempting to use the debit card in a local grocery store. Criminal mischief: Reported by residents of 7138 Tuscany Drive at 9:50 p.m. Oct. 27; someone took a running jump to kick and dent a garage door at the residence, police said; …
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Health Center at Trexlertown
6900 Hamilton Blvd, Trexlertown, PA
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7138 Tuscany Dr Lowr, Macungie, PA
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6532 Hickory Rd, Macungie, PA
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
She also bought merchandise with the credit and tried to leave Lower Macungie Walmart without paying for a coffeemaker, they say.
There are shopping deals and then there are shopping deals. Unfortunately, all aren't legal. Take, for example, the recent shopping trip of a Hellertown woman to the Walmart in Lower Macungie Township. Jessica Warjas, 34, of 1096 Pine Court picked out two rugs on Sept. 27 that might have made fine additions to her home. But, according to police, she instead made her way to the customer service counter where she returned the rugs in exchange for a Walmart gift card. Seems she couldn't find the receipt, so the store would only give her credit via the gift card. Of course, as it turned out, she had no receipt because she hadn't purchased the rugs in the first place, according to state police at Fogelsville. Next Warjas purchased merchandise …
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Wal-Mart Supercenter
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 1, Allentown, PA
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The following Lower Macungie Township incidents have been reported by state police. They do not indicate conviction.
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- Tad Miller
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Charged: 26-year-old with retail theft at Walmart, 1091 Mill Creek Road; shopper with retail theft at 5:10 p.m. Sept. 26 for attempting to take $344.51 worth of merchandise from the store, police said; accused also pushed a store employee while attempting to flee. Theft from motor vehicle: Reported by Keith W. and Stephanie Morcom; unlocked vehicle entered between 1 and 7:20 a.m. Aug. 21 at 3190 Sheffield Drive, police said; numerous unspecified items taken with no value provided. Criminal mischief: Reported by Dalton Lynn Rumfield, 43, of 5804 Sandtrap Lane; bb pellet shot through rear bathroom window of residence between Sept. 23 and 30, police said; no damage estimate given. Charged: Scottie Dorsey, 37, of Allentown at 1 a.m. Sept. 29 …
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7570 Industrial Park Way, Macungie, PA
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Vince's Cheesesteaks, Pizza and Subs
1091 Millcreek Rd Ste 119, Allentown, PA
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5804 Sandtrap Ln, Wescosville, PA
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3190 Sheffield Dr, Emmaus, PA
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1171 Driver Pl, Wescosville, PA
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Sheriffchris
3:13 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
it appears to me that our community and neighborhood are going to trash. Walmarts, robbery every week...armed robbery at Redners and now theft at Sears. We all need to be alert and notify the authorities of any strange activity before they turn this area into downtown ubia more ›