Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Woman with marriage certificate from New York complained to police that her husband married another woman in Northampton County, according to court records.
Easton police say a Bethlehem man got married in the city earlier this year despite already being married to another woman. Edward Odin, 50, of the 1400 block of W. Broad Street, is charged with bigamy and unsworn falsification. According to court records, Odin's wife contacted police in late January to say that her husband had married another woman. She provided police with a copy of her marriage certificate to Odin from New York City. Police said they went to Northampton County and found a marriage license documenting Odin's marriage to the second woman from January. According to police, Odin claimed in court records that he had never been married before. Odin was arraigned Tuesday before District Judge James Stocklas in Easton. Bigamy…
Monday, April 8, 2013
West Bethlehem man is charged with knife assault in Easton.
A man arriving for work on College Hill in Easton early on a Monday morning last June was greeted by a co-worker “wildly” swinging a serrated knife and “attempting to seriously injure him,” court records say. On Sunday night, about 10 months after the alleged incident, a 57-year-old Bethlehem man was charged with being the one who swung the knife. The records do not say how Easton police found the man who has been charged, Adalberto Morrell. But they do say that police spoke by phone with Morrell, apparently not long after the alleged incident at 512 March St. He refused to meet with police and provide a statement, the records say. A criminal complaint filed by Easton Patrolman Charles M. McMonagle says the incident occurred around 6:25 …
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Angela Gara was picked up Monday by Easton police after a suspected carjacking; charged as a 'fugitive from justice' in Philadelphia auto theft.
A Bethlehem woman who was stopped after a reported carjacking early Monday in Easton is wanted on a warrant out of Philadelphia, court records say. The records do not indicate that Angela M. Gara, 50, who lives on the 200 block of Broadway, was charged with the suspected carjacking outside the Latino Heat nightclub on Northampton Street. But she was charged as a fugitive from justice in the Philadelphia case and is facing other charges in connection with the Easton incident, including possession of drug paraphernalia, false identification to law enforcement authorities, careless driving and driving without a valid license. Regarding the false identification charge, the records say she provided police with “multiple different names and …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Brian Simmons -- charged in a rape case, and allegedly at the scene of the shooting death of a Bethlehem man -- accused of selling heroin to a police source.
In the last 10 months, Brian Simmons of Fountain Hill has crossed paths with local police three times. In April, he was allegedly at the scene of a homicide in Easton's West Ward that left Matthew Kelly of Bethlehem dead. In September, he was charged with the rape of a 15-year-old Easton girl in Glendon, although the case against him was later withdrawn. Now, he has been charged with selling heroin to a confidential police source in Easton. Simmons, 24, of 454 Ostrum St., allegedly met with the confidential source at S. 14th and Butler streets at 3:16 p.m. Wednesday to sell the heroin, according to an affidavit of probable cause. In Kelly's death, which is still under investigation by a Northampton County grand jury, police say Simmons …
