Wednesday, December 19, 2012
SouthSide woman came after her boyfriend with a 10-inch knife, according to arrest record. She is charged with aggravated assault.
After having a “verbal dispute” with his girlfriend Sunday afternoon, a Bethlehem man went into a bedroom and locked the door behind him. He and the woman had been living in this room – on the third floor of a SouthSide residence – for the past six months. What happened next led to charges against the woman, Yania Rivera-Ortiz, 28, of the 400 block of Pierce Street. The man told police he was packing his things in the Pierce Street room when Rivera-Ortiz managed to open the door. She was holding a 10-inch-long knife. He said he thought she was going to stab him, so he grabbed the knife with his left hand. He suffered a small but deep cut to his left ring finger when she pulled the knife through his hand. He said Rivera-Ortiz was angry, …
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Victim who had bloodied, bruised face told police he was attacked by four men at Broad Street house party Saturday night.
A South Bethlehem teenager is accused of participating in a savage group beating and robbery of another during a house party in the historic downtown on Saturday night, according to court records. Benjamin Ragsdale, 19, of 629 William St., allegedly started a fight with Brian Lichtenwalner that put in Lichtenwalner in the emergency room at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill. The victim suffered numerous injuries, including a bloody nose and mouth, the arrest affidavit says. Lichtenwalner told police he also had several items stolen from him, including an iPhone, a pair of earrings, a pair of sneakers and $100 cash. The incident took place about 10:30 p.m. at 85 E. Broad St., the site of the party. Lichtenwalner told police …
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
South Bethlehem woman visited ex with their daughter and wanted sex, but she trashed his room and lunged at him with a kitchen knife when he refused, police say.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A South Bethlehem woman is accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend – and the father of her 2-year-old daughter – with a kitchen knife after he refused to have sex with her Sunday morning, according to court papers. The suspect, Veronica Morales, 23, of 606 Hayes St., went to police with her story first, claiming that her ex-boyfriend had assaulted her when she brought the toddler to his home for him to watch, the affidavit says. But Bethlehem police sussed out a different story when they interviewed the boyfriend – Deion Serna – and a next-door neighbor who told police he had heard what happened. According to Serna’s version of events in court papers: The witness, according to court papers, told police: In a subsequent interview, according …
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
One man from Allentown allegedly wielded a piece of wood while two accomplices from Bethlehem punched and kicked victim during Mechanic Street beating, court papers say.
Surveillance cameras on Bethlehem’s SouthSide captured a fight around 4am Sunday in which three men – one brandishing a piece of wood – repeatedly assaulted the same man until he was knocked unconscious, court records say. Police identified Joshua Garcia, 24, of Allentown as the man with the wood. He was charged along with Gustavo Rivera, 25, and Johnathon Rivera, 23, both of Bethlehem. The fight broke out in the midst of 15 people on the 1000 block of Mechanic Street. The records do not say what triggered the fight. But the surveillance footage shows the suspects repeatedly hitting the man, who at one point tried to run away but was struck another time by Garcia and knocked unconscious, the records say. A criminal complaint filed by …
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1000 Mechanic St, Bethlehem, PA
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
South Bethlehem woman with sunburned bottom stabbed her boyfriend twice after he smacked her butt "as a joke," according to court records.
Michael Martinez says he knew that his girlfriend had sunburn on her derriere, but “as a joke” he went ahead and slapped her on the posterior as she washed the dishes Monday night. Her reaction? ”She became immediately agitated” and turned around holding a large steak knife, Martinez told Bethlehem police. After telling her two children to leave the room – they were all in the living room by now -- she stabbed him in the right shoulder, screamed “I’m going to f------ kill you,” then stabbed him again, this time in the right upper back area, court records say. Tiffany E. Sherry, 24, of 947 Wyandotte St., is facing multiple charges including aggravated assault, a felony. Police say she stabbed Martinez three times in the upper torso area. …
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947 Wyandotte St, Bethlehem, PA
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Suspect accused of ramming car after girlfriend told him relationship was over, police say.
A SouthSide man is accused of intentionally ramming his car into a parked vehicle occupied by an infant and a young child – one of them his son. The children apparently were not hurt, although court records do not say either way. In the Wednesday morning incident, the suspect, Randall Jones, 30, also is accused of dragging his girlfriend – the mother of the two children – by the hair down a street and striking a vehicle and sideswiping the woman’s vehicle as he sped through the neighborhood. Jones, of 625 Aaron St., faces nine charges, including aggravated assault and driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, which is linked to a previous DUI charge, the records say. According to a criminal complaint filed by city police…
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600 Aaron St, Bethlehem, PA
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Bethlehem police are trying to find David Bermudez, who is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend early this morning.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
A Bethlehem man who is accused of biting off the lower left ear of his ex-girlfriend during an early morning assault today, city police said. During the course of the assault, David Bermudez, 34, of Bethlehem, allegedly grabbed his ex-girlfriend by the face and then bit her, according to the Bethlehem Police Blog. The lower left ear of the victim has not been recovered and she is being treated for her injuries at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill. Bermudez is wanted on charges of aggravated assault, robbery, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, theft and receiving stolen property. Anyone who knows where to found Bermudez is asked to call the Bethlehem Police Department at 610-865-7187.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Fountain Hill man charged with aggravated assault for choking fiancee to unconsciousness on South Bethlehem street.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
A man choked his fiancée Sunday night, causing her to pass out and drop to the ground in the middle of a SouthSide street, court records say. The woman told police that she and her fiancé, Angelo Antonio Villamil Jr., 30, of 831 Cherokee St., Fountain Hill, had an argument around 9:30pm while at her grandmother’s house on the 900 block of Mechanic Street. She left the house and while walking on the 300 block of Perry Street, Villamil came up behind her and got her into a choke hold. He squeezed her neck so that she passed out for 10 to 15 seconds, falling into the middle of Perry Street, the records say. She regained consciousness and started yelling “help, help.” Villamil then covered her mouth and hit her face several times, the …
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Suspect smashed car rear windshield, then attacked an exiting male passenger with a metal pole, police said.
A SouthSide man admitted that he smashed the rear window of a car Tuesday afternoon, sending shattered glass onto children in the back seat, then hit a man on the back of the head with a metal pole when the man got out of the car, court records say. The man who was hit and a woman who drove the car told police about the alleged actions of the suspect, Edgar Correa, who turns 31 Thursday. The incident happened on the block where Correa lives – the 700 block of E. Morton Street. A probable cause affidavit says that when Bethlehem Officer Matthew Lazur arrived around 5pm, he saw a man “bleeding severely” with about a two-inch laceration to the back of his head. He also saw a silver Honda Accord with a smashed rear window. The affidavit does…
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
City man charged with brutal beating and robbery near victim's home on E. Morton Street.
A Bethlehem man accused of severely beating and robbing another city man was apprehended late Tuesday night and sent to Northampton County Prison on a number of felony charges, according to court records. Cassady Ryan Condash, 29, who’s last known address was 1416 E. University Drive, allegedly punched and then kicked his victim in the head repeatedly, even after he had fallen to the ground during the brutal Sunday night assault, according to the arrest warrant filed by Bethlehem police. The victim, Thomas Jones of 506 E. Morton St., on Wednesday was returned to the critical care unit at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill after having a setback from the injuries suffered during the assault, according to the arrest warrant. …
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506 E Morton St, Bethlehem, PA
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Breeze
8:43 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Excuse me this young women is a very beautiful young lady and i don't believe this for a min I highly doubt the fight started over sex. >... more ›