Man wanted for assault in attempted $300 shakedown over minor car crash, cops say
Updated Mar 30, 2021;
Authorities were searching for a Carbon County man accused of demanding $300 following a minor car crash in Easton, and assaulting and threatening two people in the other car involved.
Easton police got a warrant Wednesday from District Judge Richard Yetter III for the arrest of Rodney Keith Rivers, 43, of the 300 block of East Bertsch Street in Lansford.
According to court records, police responded about 6 p.m. March 7 to Wilson Borough police headquarters for an assault report.
Two people, male and female, said they were in a minor car crash with a black Audi about 4 p.m. in a parking lot at 1441 Butler St. in the city, court records say.
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Ex-Northampton Community College staff member admits he had child porn (UPDATE)
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
A year ago, two Northampton Community College students reported spotting what appeared to be an explicit image of a young girl on a computer in the office of an assistant in the school’s arts department.
On Tuesday, the one-time NCC staff member, Alan West, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, according to the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office.
Sentencing is tentatively scheduled May 5.
“Alan West is a former NCC employee who served as a part-time assistant in the art department,” the community college said in a statement Tuesday. “His employment was discontinued a year ago on Feb. 10, 2020 for violating college policy immediately subsequent to” a police investigation.
A 35-year-old driver, a 7-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy were thrown from a vehicle that rolled over after a collision Friday on Route 33 South near the interchange with Interstate 78. None of those ejected were wearing seat belts, state police say.