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12 charged as $4M in cocaine mailed from Puerto Rico to Reading seized

A dozen people have been charged in connection to a drug smuggling scheme which utilized the mail to bring cocaine from Puerto Rico to...
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Berks County man jailed up to 69 years for orchestrating human trafficking

Attorney General Michelle Henry announced Wednesday that Hector Rivera, 52, will serve at least 33 and ½ years in prison for trafficking a woman...
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1 injured after shooting between stepfather, stepson in Northwest Reading

A man was shot several times during a domestic related shooting that took place at approximately 11:56am on Sunday, May 21, in the 300...
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Suspect arrested in connection with shooting death of security guard in New Morgan

A suspect in the shooting death of Troy Rickenbach was arrested Thursday in York, PA. David Brian Hartsook, 34-years-old of York, PA, was taken...
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Neighborhood Gun Violence Unit in Reading nets 10 arrests over 7 days

The Reading Police Department has released new data on recent operations conducted with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency grant funded Neighborhood Gun...
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3 separate shootings in Reading leave 2 dead, 2 injured over weekend

The Reading Police Department is investigating three separate shootings that took place over the weekend which in total have left two people dead and...
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Man charged in connection to Spring Township shooting Friday night

A man was arrested Friday night, May 5, in the West Wyomissing section of Spring Township in connection to a shooting. The incident took...
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Eastern Berks homeowner wakes up to stranger in kitchen ‘looking for his kids,’ police say

A 49-year-old Boyertown man has been charged with Burglary and related offenses after police say he broke into a Barto home Thursday afternoon claiming...
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Officers justified in fatal shooting of suspect after police chase in Wyomissing, DA says

District Attorney John T. Adams announced Tuesday that he has determined that the actions of two Berks County Police Officers and two PA State...
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State Police seek witnesses, dash cam video, after body found on 222 in Lancaster County

Update: Authorities have identified the victim as 54-year-old Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz of Baltimore, who died of multiple gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide...
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