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Natalie M. Classen, 30, died in Reading Hospital after being shot during a chance encounter with a teen who, prosecutors said, shot two people a week earlier.

Xzavier Wayman, 23, of Philadelphia pleaded guilty to third-degree murder.

A Maidencreek Township man was recently charged with indecently assaulting a girl in his home about five years ago.

A Pennsylvania church that wanted to see “greater punishment” for a former treasurer who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $400,000 from their coffers is now grieving after she was sentenced to just 10 years of probation for her crime.

A Pennsylvania church that wanted to see “greater punishment” for a former treasurer who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $400,000 from their coffers is now grieving after she was sentenced to just 10 years of probation for her crime.

Pa. man who doused himself with gas, set his house on fire, deserves new home in a jail cell, court says Updated Mar 16, 2021; A bankrupt and frustrated man convicted of setting his home on fire must stay housed in a Pennsylvania prison for up to a decade, a state appeals court panel has decided. In an opinion by Judge Victor P. Stabile, the Superior Court extinguished John M. Sekerak’s claim that Berks County prosecutors didn’t prove he is an arsonist. Instead, Stabile’s court upheld Se...