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Police: Sands Visitor Defecated in Urinal

Suspect charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after he allegedly defecated in urinal and punched several people waiting for a bus at the Sands Casino.

  Bethlehem police charged a man with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after he allegedly defecated in a urinal, then assaulted people waiting for a charter bus at the Sands Casino Resort early Saturday, according to court papers. The suspect had no identification, but told police that his name was Julio Martinez, 26, and that he is from Mexico. “The defendant displayed bloodshot, glassy eyes, mumbled speech, swayed back and forth, and I detected an odor of alcoholic beverage on his person,” read the affidavit of probable cause. Martinez was escorted out of the casino and into the parking garage after several casino patrons observed him defecating in a urinal, according to the arrest record. Once he was outside, he allegedly …

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Police: Drunk Man Took Off Kilt in Street

Disorderly reveler from Celtic Classic disrobed on E. Fourth Street early Sunday, Bethlehem police say.

  A man who might have had a little too much fun at Celtic Classic removed his kilt in the middle of E. Fourth Street at about 12:40 a.m. Sunday, according to the Bethlehem Police Department’s weekend incidents report. Then, sans kilt, the nearly naked man entered the Sotto Santi Pizzeria at 10 W. Fourth St., according to The Express Times. The offender, whom police did not identify, was charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, police said. Lt. Mark Diluzio told the newspaper that the annual cultural festival generally does not bring with it much in the way of criminal activity and this year was no exception. However, in one other incident from the report, Matthew Wolfe, 27, of 1732 Troxell Court, Allentown, was charged with…

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Disorderly SouthSider Stops Fahy Bridge Traffic

Rafael Nunez threw a rock through plate glass window of hookah lounge, then disobeyed orders to stop and marched out onto bridge, police say.

  A South Bethlehem man accused of throwing a rock through a plate glass window at an E. Third Street hookah lounge briefly stopped traffic onto the Fahy Bridge Wednesday as police tried to arrest him, according to court papers. The suspect, Rafael Antonio Nunez, 30, continued walking west on E. Third Street – with both his arms and middle fingers extended – when a police officer that witnessed the vandalism ordered him to stop, the arrest affidavit says. Instead, Nunez turned north onto the Fahy Bridge and walked into traffic, forcing the Bethlehem Police Department to briefly shut the bridge down, court papers say. Ultimately, according to The Express Times, police needed to use a stun gun to subdue him. Before the incident escalated, …

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Woman Accused of Attacking Mother, Daughter

Suspect had to be restrained by police.

  A woman struck her mother in the back inside a Bethlehem apartment, struggled with her daughter when the younger woman came to assist her grandmother, then walked onto W. Union Blvd. and had to be restrained by police, according to court records. The suspect, Tiarra Gugie, 32, had a hypodermic needle in a sweatshirt pocket when police searched her Thursday night. She told police she did not have a valid medical purpose for the needle, the records say.   Gugie also was wanted on a probation/parole violation. She told police she is on probation in Lehigh and Northampton counties, the records say. An officer called to the apartment at 20 W. Union Blvd. saw items thrown all over the residence. He also saw a small laceration above Gugie’s …

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Slow Taxi Arrival Prompts Drunken Outburst

Police charge West Side man after he bikes to cab company office to allegedly fight with dispatcher.

  Frustrated and angry over his wait for a taxi ride, a drunk West Bethlehem man rode his bicycle to the cab company’s office and allegedly got into a fight with a dispatcher and “trashed” the office, Bethlehem police said. Jason Duncan, 28, of 1548 Valley Road, was charged with defiant trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment, criminal mischief and public drunkenness as a result of his visit to Lehigh Valley Transportation’s offices at 1801 W. Market St. at a little after 3:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.

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