Crime and Fire
Man Holds Wife Hostage Before Hotel Standoff, Police Say
Matthew Michael Lerch, 39, held his wife, Jenna Lerch, 30, against her will in their residence at 25. N. 3rd St., Emmaus, according to Emmaus Police.
An Emmaus man who was arrested this week after barricading himself in a hotel room for six hours apparently wound up at that hotel after holding his wife hostage in their Emmaus home the day before. Matthew Michael Lerch, 39, was involved in a domestic incident with his wife, Jena Lerch, 30, on Sunday night in what appears to be their former joint home in Emmaus, according to Sgt. Chuck Palmer of the Emmaus Police Department. The address is 25 N. 3rd Street. “He had been holding his wife against her will,” said Palmer, who refused to comment on when and how the police became involved in the situation. Ultimately an arrest warrant was issued for Lerch with a charge of "unlawful restraint," Palmer said. State troopers found Lerch at the …
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