Fire Displaces Two In Hazleton Apartment Blaze
A Thursday blaze at 711 N Church St Hazleton started by a charging lithium battery gutted apartment 10 on the basement level. No injuries reported as fire crews, state fire marshal, Red Cross and officials investigated and assisted residents in nearby unit 9.
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Christman
Hazleton
N. Church St
Luzerne County
West 11Th Street
Church Street
North Lee Court
Shawn Jones
Pennsylvania
American Red Cross
Jones
Lehigh Valley Ems
Amanda Christman
Frackville man gets up to 14 years for carjacking arson
David C. Carls III, 59, was sentenced to seven to 14 years in state prison after pleading no contest to robbery and arson stemming from a November 2021 incident. He carjacked his ex girlfriend at Polyglass USA in Humboldt Industrial Park Hazle Two, then set her Beech Mountain Lakes home on fire, killing her pets and causing restitution totaling $303,308. He received credit for 345 days time served and must have no contact with the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Carls III
Carl Frank
Carls
Frank
Polyglass USA Inc
Humboldt Industrial Park
Hazle Two
Trapper Springs Lane
Beech Mountain Lakes
Butler Two
John Pike
Luzerne County
Michael T. Vaugh
Vaugh
State Department of Corrections
Summit Hill rooftops man jumps 15 houses in early morning episode
Timothy M. Morales Jr., 30, of Allentown, allegedly ran across 15 rooftops in Summit Hill near East Hazard Street just after midnight. He refused to descend, later surrendered after firefighters aided, with meth tucked in a folded bill. Morales faces felony criminal mischief and trespass and misdemeanor drug paraphernalia charges. bail set at 20000.
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Summit Hill
East Hazard Street
Timothy M. Morales Jr
Allentown
E. Hazard St
Morales
Edward Lewis
Dismemberment Trial Delayed to Fall in Fos ter case
The murder trial of David Alzugaray, charged with conspiring to murder and dismember Josef Herran, was postponed at the defense's request. Judge Lupas will set a new date for October or November in Luzerne County. Alzugaray awaits trial after being remanded.
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David Alzugaray
Alzugaray
Roberto Turner
Jose “Pepe” Herran
Torner
FBI
Buck Mountain Road
Foster Two
Herran
William Watt Nit
Luzerne
David W. Lupas
Tree falls on vehicle on I-80 in Sugarloaf Township
Four people escaped injury when a tree fell onto a 2017 Dodge Journey driven by Daniel M. Roberts 38 of Pittsburgh in the left lane at mile marker 255 on I-80 in Sugarloaf Township near 8 p.m. June 2. Passengers Leslie A. Roberts 42 and two Pittsburgh children, a 10-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy, were unharmed. A tow company removed the vehicle and Lehighton EMS responded.
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Sugarloaf
Hazleton
Daniel M. Roberts
Pittsburgh
Roberts
Leslie A. Roberts
Lehighton Ems Responded
Hazleton area police report string of local arrests
Police report multiple cases including Joel Bixler evading arrest after fleeing into rough terrain behind Della Croce Field on Feb 5. He was injured in a cliff descent, had drug paraphernalia on him, and faces charges. Other suspects include Timothy J. Jones for battery theft, Huascar Castillo fleeing police after a crash, Shantel Ortiz accused of assault, Shantel Lugo, Luke A. Blumer endangered by overdose actions.
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Freeland
Joel E. Bixler
Amber Wilkinson
Pagnotti Coal Co
Della Croce Field
Bixler
Hazleton
Daniel O’donnell
Butler Twp
White Haven
Timothy J. Jones
Huascar
Vicente Castillo
West Hazleton
James Haggerty
Kingston
West 15Th Street
North Vine Street
Shantel L. Ortiz
Luke A. Blumer
Brian Tupper
Trucksville
Blumer
Dollar Tree
Broad St
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Luzerne County
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Shalpin
Citizensvoice.com
David Barilla
Forty Fort
Sunoco
S. Church St
15Th Street
North Locust Street
Shannel Lugo
Ortiz
Lugo
Grant St
Oneida
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