Lower Saucon Township Police Chief Thomas Barndt told council he found overwhelming support among his officers for Crimewatch and called buying the program a 'win-win' because it will help the department solve crime and save time.
A Hellertown woman is charged with robbing the Top Star Exxon convenience store at 1570 Main Street of cash after police say she entered it shortly after midnight, threatened the clerk with a metal bar, demanded money from the register and then fled with cash.
A news account of a 1924 bank robbery at Hellertown's Saucon Valley Trust Company reads like something straight of a pulp novel or a noir movie, with robbers who told the bank's employees to 'put 'em up,' tied them up and made a dramatic escape out of town in a roadster.
The chiefs of police for Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township met with local business owners Monday and urged them to give local police a call whenever something doesn't seem quite right.
The year 2017 was another big one for news in Saucon Valley, with crime, schools, business news and breaking news all dominating the headlines.
Under a new directive, Lower Saucon Township Police issued a monthly police report for January detailing the work of the department and crime statistics.
