Easton man sought in brutal beating during robbery is arrested by marshals
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
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A 28-year-old Easton man, charged in October in a brutal daylight attack and robbery earlier that month in the 900 block of Pine Street in the West Ward, was arrested Friday morning by the U.S. Marshals Service in a home in the 1400 block of Ferry Street, city police, who assisted, confirmed.
Kajaun Dashawn Knox, of the 400 block of West Berwick Street, was the third man charged in the crime. Knox was arraigned at 11 a.m. Friday before District Judge Daniel Corpora on charges of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, records show. He was held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
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Union president at Northampton County Prison says ‘half the jail is in quarantine’
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
The corrections officers union president at Northampton County Prison says the situation inside the facility in Easton is worse than county Executive Lamont McClure offered on Tuesday and while it’s possible guards are responsible for the surge in COVID-19 at the prison, there are other explanations.
The virus is taking its toll on the staff and has required significant use of overtime to keep things running, Kyle Shultz, the top representative for AFSCME Local 2549 in the prison, told lehighvalleylive.com on Wednesday.
While the county says 41 corrections officers have tested positive since March for the disease caused by the coronavirus, there have been 35 since Nov. 1 and two more were sent home just Tuesday, Shultz said. At least six others are waiting for paperwork and three of them have already said they have COVID-19, he said. The total is about 20% of the correc
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Slate Belt driver with toddler in car allegedly sped 117 mph on Route 22 while fleeing police
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
A Slate Belt woman was jailed Monday night on charges she drove as fast as 117 mph with a 2-year-old boy in her car while trying to flee state police earlier in the evening on Route 22 in Palmer Township, court records say.
Ashley Desiree Courtright, 30, of Fairview Avenue in Wind Gap, faces felony charges of endangering the welfare of children and fleeing or eluding police in connection with the incident that ended shortly after 7 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 at the 25th Street exit in Palmer Township.