The Berks County sheriff’s department is seeking the following fugitives: Dakota Petersen • Dakota Petersen, 32, whose last known address was in the 300 block…
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Police have filed charges against a Pottstown man they say lied about being the driver of a car in a DUI crash that killed his…
A man was fatally shot in southeast Reading overnight, according to city police. Officers responded shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a…
PHILADELPHIA — A Huntingdon Valley man is facing federal election fraud-related charges in U.S. District Court. Philip C. Pulley, 62, whose exact address was not…
District attorneys in Montgomery and Delaware counties announced charges Thursday in a long-running joint investigation into a catalytic converter fencing ring that was dealing in…
An Exeter Township woman is accused of financially exploiting a 78-year-old woman for whom she was the primary in-home caretaker. Jennifer Konen, 46, of the…
Three Reading residents have been charged in what prosecutors describe as the neglect-related death of a 6-year-old girl in their care. Investigators said the child…
The wireless and online public alert system Berks County has been using, SwiftReach, is being discontinued by the manufacturer at the end of August. Anyone…
PHOENIXVILLE — The driver of a car whose passenger was killed when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with an oncoming car and…
A group of nearly 70 people alleged Wednesday they were sexually abused as children while housed in detention centers in Pennsylvania, adding to earlier lawsuits…
Regulating so-called ghost guns could help Reading keep the untraceable firearms off the streets, said Brandon Flood of CeaseFirePA. “When it comes to ghost guns,…
The Berks County sheriff’s office is seeking the following fugitives: John-Michael Holcombe • John-Michael Holcombe, 25, whose last known address was in Philadelphia, is wanted…
Reading police have arrested two city teens on robbery and murder charges in the July 10 shooting of a 19-year-old man in City Park. Investigators…
A Reading couple is facing charges related to uploading child pornography images, detectives in the Berks County district attorney’s office announced Wednesday. Dennis Deiter Jr.,…
A Reading man has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to 45 years in prison following his conviction for trying to kill three…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, CLAUDIA LAUER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a…