A Bethlehem Township man employed as assistant commissioner of the New York City probation department was indicted in federal court on child pornography charges.
3rd suspect accused in 2018 homicide; Bethlehem victim was stabbed, burned alive
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
In 2018, 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes was brutally killed. The young man from Bethlehem was repeatedly stabbed then set on fire, his burning body left next to a dumpster near the Parkhurst Apartments on Barbara Street.
A day earlier, investigators say, he had identified three people he feared would kill him. “Save those names. If something happens to me know those 3,” he reportedly said in the Snapchat message.
Two men were charged in 2019 in connection with his slaying. Now, a third also has been charged.
Alkiohn Dunkins, of Allentown, is the latest to face charges of homicide, arson, kidnapping and related counts in Holmes’s death, which prosecutors say was related to gang activity. Dunkins was arraigned Thursday and held without bail.
Developer Abe Atiyeh’s battle for Bethlehem psych hospital dealt legal win
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Developer Abe Atiyeh’s quest to develop a 5-acre property at Center Street and Dewberry Avenue in Bethlehem was dealt a legal win in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court.
Atiyeh pitched an 80-bed psychiatric hospital on the property by Bethlehem Catholic High School. But the city zoning officer denied the application on the grounds that Atiyeh’s proposed development was actually a treatment center, not a hospital. Treatment centers are not legal uses in the city’s institutional zoning district.
Atiyeh then appealed the county court ruling to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, which just ruled in his favor. The court agreed with Atiyeh’s argument that the zoning hearing board was too strict in its interpretation of the zoning ordinance and it did not consider relevant evidence outside of the initial application.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021: What’s open and what’s closed in the Lehigh Valley
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021
A statue of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stands outside the Essex County Hall of Records. A march in Newark and virtual commemorations around the state will be held on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday commemorating KIng s birth on Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media For NJ.com
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the birth of the civil rights activist who advocated for nonviolent protest. In 1964 he was the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.