A Reading man has been sentenced in Berks County Court to life in prison for fatally shooting of a man outside a city nightclub. Alberto…
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Luis Madera-Pacheco Luis Madera-Pacheco, 54, whose last known address was in the 300 block of South Seventh Street, Reading, is wanted for illegally possessing a…
MEMPHIS — Protesters and police unions are condemning Memphis police after the public release of video showing five officers savagely beating Tyre Nichols, who later…
Joseph Klepchick • Joseph Klepchick, 28, whose last known address was in the 300 block of Buchanon Drive, Ephrata, is wanted on charges of a…
A 16-year-old boy fatally shot himself during a standoff with state police Wednesday afternoon in a western Berks County home, a day after troopers said…
State police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate the recent theft of a truck tractor from a Myerstown-area truck repair business. A maroon…
Steven Pensel • Steven Pensel, 50, whose last known address was in the first block of Gable Drive, Myerstown, is wanted on aggravated assault, fleeing…
A 76-year-old man was wounded during a gunpoint robbery Friday, Reading police said. The man was in the 200 block of Wood Street walking to…
A Reading man kidnapped his estranged lover at gunpoint after she agreed to meet him so he could have closure, then forced the woman to…
Emergency crews responded to a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and another vehicle in Rockland Township. The crash happened Sunday about 8:30 p.m. on Main…
Juan Ortiz Jr. • Juan Ortiz Jr, 38, whose last known address was in the 200 block of West 40th Street, Exeter Township, is wanted…
The former longtime treasurer of the union representing Reading School District teachers was charged Thursday with embezzling more than $400,000 since 2016. Lisa A. Herbinko,…
By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON (Associated Press) BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police pieced together DNA evidence, cellphone data and surveillance video to charge…
Jeffrey Hummel • Jeffrey Hummel, 47, who last known address was in the 200 block of Whiteoak Street, Kutztown, is wanted on criminal trespass charges.…
Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest…
By MARC LEVY, REBECCA BOONE and MIKE BALSAMO (Associated Press) HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A 28-year-old criminal justice graduate student was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania…