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Center City 7-Eleven Robbed

Suspect handed store clerk a note demanding money in cash register, shortly before midnight Tuesday, police say.

  The 7-Eleven at Broad and Center streets was robbed a little before midnight Tuesday night, Bethlehem police said. The suspect apparently never brandished a gun, but did provide the clerk with the impression that he had one as he handed over a note demanding the money in the store’s cash register, police said. The store clerk handed over the money and the suspect fled the scene. An initial search for the suspect was unsuccessful, police said. The suspect was described by police as a black male, possibly in his late 20s, five-foot-nine with a medium build and dreadlocks that were tucked inside a white winter cap. He was wearing a black jacket with white stripes down the sleeves, black pants and shoes and dark sunglasses. Anyone with …

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Where to Get Free Coffee for National Coffee Day 2012

Get your caffeine on and celebrate with a free cup of coffee.

  If the first words out of your mouth every morning are, “I’ll have a large coffee”—or if you can’t even speak until after you’ve had your java fix—there's a national holiday created especially for you. America will put staunch tea drinkers to shame on National Coffee Day on Sept. 29, when coffee fiends can rejoice and celebrate their beloved coffee bean with free brew from national chains. Coffee was first brought to America in the mid-1600s in a shipment en route to “New Amsterdam,” now known as New York, according to the National Coffee Association. We have that shipment and the Boston Tea Party to thank for turning the nation into coffee drinkers.   Participating 7-Eleven stores are celebrating a day early today with CofFREE Day which…

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Five Armed Robberies in 12 Days in Bethlehem

Mayor Callahan said he is "very confident" that the suspects in Wednesday's brazen Dancing Designs robbery will be caught soon.

  Less than a week after ending a string of armed store robberies with the arrests of four teenagers, Bethlehem police were confronted Wednesday with yet another store stickup in the city. But the fifth robbery of a city establishment in the past 12 days was far different than the first four – all late-night holdups of 7-Elevens. At a little after noon, a pair of gunmen brashly walked into Dancing Designs Jewelry, 512 Main St., tied up store employees and took jewelry and cash. They then casually stepped back outside to mix with a sun-splashed lunch crowd that sipped coffee at ReWired Café or ate lunch at Tapas on the same block. “Awfully brazen,” said Mayor John Callahan, who predicted that the suspects would be captured quickly. Video …

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Robbery Suspects Were Looking for Money, Thrills

Four Bethlehem area teens arrested for string of convenience store robberies. All will face multiple felony counts as adults.

  Four teenagers are in Northampton County Prison, charged with pulling off a string of five armed robberies at city 7-Elevens and a Rudy’s Car Wash & Mart in Palmer Township over a four-day span beginning Saturday. Three of the four were caught as they were allegedly working to commit a sixth robbery at the 2930 Linden St. 7-Eleven at a little before 3 a.m. Wednesday. The fourth suspect, Isaiah Barker, 17, of 725A Ramblewood Lane, Freemansburg, was apprehended Wednesday evening by Allentown police during a “rooftop foot chase,” according to the Bethlehem Police Department’s Twitter feed. Asked why, Ashley Horning, 17, of 1345 Beverly Ave., Bethlehem, told police: “It was for the money and the thrill,” according to court papers. Also …

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Convenience Store Robbery Suspects Caught

Four suspects nabbed before they can rob Linden Street 7-Eleven for the second time in a week. Police say a citizen's tip helped lead them to arrests.

  Bethlehem Police believe they have made arrests that will bring an end to a recent rash of armed robberies at convenience stores in the city and Palmer Township. A tip provided by a citizen helped lead to the arrest of four suspects who were apparently in the process of making a second robbery attempt at the 7-Eleven at 2930 Linden St. early this morning, according to the Bethlehem Police blog. Police had asked for the public’s help after a string of robberies in the city and township that began early Saturday morning. The names of the suspects will be released after they are formally charged and arraigned, most likely later today, police said. An officer on overnight business surveillance spotted a suspicious man near the convenience …

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Police Ask for Help in Identifying Armed Robbers

Suspects responsible for West Side 7-Eleven robberies and have struck other convenience stores and private citizens on the street, police say.

  UPDATED: 3 P.M. Bethlehem police are seeking the public’s help in identifying armed robbery suspects who struck at three Bethlehem 7-Eleven stores and various other locations in the past four days. The robbers were armed with handguns and have victimized both convenience stores and “citizens on the street,” in the city and in Palmer Township, according to a department blog post, which it labeled as “urgent.” The robbers being sought are responsible for the robberies at the 7-Eleven’s at 1362 Catasauqua Road and 1426 W. Broad St. on Sunday. They also struck at the 7-Eleven at 2930 Linden St. early Saturday morning and at the Rudy’s at 25th Street in Palmer Township just before midnight Saturday, according to an update of the Bethlehem …

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Joseph Jasniewicz

10:50 am on Wednesday, July 25, 2012

To assume that because of where someone lives ,reflects that they are criminals ,is very wrong . these guys could be your neighbor. One had a large pistol with a light ,this type of weapon is more commonly used for home protection.May have been stolen or taken from where he lives.   more ›

Oh Thank Heaven, It's Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven

Celebrate 7/11 and 7-Eleven's birthday with a free Slurpee today.

  Wednesday is July 11, or 7/11 depending on how you write it. Why is that significant? Because it's been really hot, it's summer, and it's 7-Eleven Day. That means free Slurpees for all! From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., you can get a 7.11 ounce Slurpee, free of charge, at participating locations. Help celebrate 85 years of the frosty treat by enjoying one yourself. The chain also has a link to a free printable birthday hat on its Facebook page that you can use to celebrate the anniversary. In Bethlehem there are 7-Elevens at: If you are outside of Bethlehem, you can look for the store nearest you.

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7-Eleven Robbed at Gunpoint

Bethlehem police ask for help in finding suspect who robbed convenience store.

  The 7-Eleven convenience store at 101 E. Broad St. was robbed at gunpoint this morning, Bethlehem police said. Police said the robbery occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. and the suspect is a 6-foot tall Hispanic male who wore a light brown jacket and a hood. Police released a surveillance video of the suspect and said they were working on obtaining a better picture to distribute publicly. Anyone with any information on the suspect or the robbery is asked to call the city police Criminal Investigations Division at 610-865-7187.

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