EASTON, Pa. | Authorities allege an Easton man attacked his ex-girlfriend and beat the woman as she held their toddler son.
Easton police charged Alexander L. Smith Jr. with a felony count of child endangerment in connection with the Dec. 18 attack inside a North Eighth Street home. District Judge Richard Yetter arraigned the 19-year-old Tuesday night. The judge denied bail, citing safety concerns for the victim and public.
On Tuesday, the victim filed a report with the Easton Police Department alleging Smith had attacked her on Dec. 18 at his home in the 200 block of North Eighth Street, according to the criminal complaint.
Pa. woman with toddler in car sped 117 mph while fleeing officers: police
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
A Pennsylvania 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.
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Pa. county is offering select employees $750 if they get the COVID-19 vaccine
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Employees at Northampton County’s Gracedale nursing home are eligible for a one-time $750 payment if they get vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus illness.
County council this week approved the incentive in a resolution that states, “. the Gracedale Administration has knowledge, information and belief that there may be some reticence on the part of some staff to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccination due in part to the rapidity of its development . .”
County Executive Lamont McClure brought the proposal to council at the request of Gracedale Administrator Jennifer Stewart-King. The county will use up to $490,000 in federal CARES Act funding. That will cover Gracedale’s roughly 700 employees.
Confronted over theft, Bethlehem area man fired stolen .357, cops say
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
A photo provided by police of Julian S. Jaeger is inset against an image of a Bethlehem Township police vehicle.lehighvalleylive.com file/courtesy photos
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Julian S. Jaeger, 21, was briefly jailed before being released on bail in the Dec. 12 incident.
An acquaintance went to Jaeger’s house in the 4000 block of Suncrest Lane to confront him over $6,000 he suspected Jaeger had stolen, township police wrote in court records.
Jaeger met the acquaintance at the front door, pulled out the firearm and placed it at the forehead of the victim, police allege.