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An Upper Saucon Township man is charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after authorities say he allegedly fired a shotgun in his yard Tuesday, striking a neighbor’s garage.
A truck driver pulling a Walmart trailer got more than he bargained for Tuesday afternoon, as he attempted to make a right turn from Ringhoffer Road onto Easton Road in Lower Saucon Township, striking the bridge that spans a branch of the Saucon Creek at that intersection.
Hellertown Police announced Monday that they have arrested two men in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins that occurred in the borough earlier this summer, which in one case resulted in the theft of a handgun.
It’s been a week filled with community engagement for the Hellertown and Lower Saucon police departments. On the heels of a successful National Night Out celebration in the borough’s Dimmick Park Tuesday night, officers from the adjacent departments participated in a community Bike Ride With the Police on the Saucon Rail Trail Thursday evening.
Visitors to National Night Out in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park Tuesday night enjoyed a fun, family-friendly event hosted by the borough and Lower Saucon Township police departments.
A man charged with DUI in Lower Saucon Township was allegedly driving on a license that is suspended because of a prior DUI, township police said in a post on their Crimewatch site Tuesday.
Both the Lehigh University and Bethlehem police departments are trying to identify a man who reportedly grabbed a female student while she was walking on a city street near the campus Tuesday afternoon.
Lower Saucon Township Police are reminding residents of the township to remove their car keys from their vehicles and lock them being leaving them unattended, after a number of unlocked vehicles were entered over the weekend.
An incident in Bucks County that could have ended tragically instead ended without anyone being seriously injured or killed thanks to the actions of a police officer, and the man authorities say is responsible for it is being held behind bars without bail Friday evening.
On the eve of Independence Day, when many local residents will celebrate the national holiday with their own colorful displays of fireworks, local officials are reminding them that in spite of the legalization of fireworks in Pennsylvania there are rules that still must be followed when using them.
