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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Police Want Help Finding Woman Using Stolen Credit Card

Palmer Township Police want help identifying a woman who used a stolen credit card.

Palmer Township Police are seeking assistance identifying a woman who used a stolen credit card at five local businesses in Palmer and Bethlehem townships on Feb. 9. Police described the woman as white, between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, with dirty blond or brown hair and a medium build. The suspect was seen driving a silver Jeep SUV with tinted rear windows. The last attempted use of the stolen card was Feb. 9 at 5:41 p.m. in the Bethlehem Township Walmart. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Palmer Township Police Department at 610-253-5844 ext. 109.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Woman Steals to put Daughter in Drug Rehab

Teri Romanishan of Bethlehem Township admitted today that she stole from her Palmer Township employer, Magnetic Windings.

Teri Romanishan of Bethlehem Township told a judge today she took more than $180,000 from her employer to pay for drug rehabilitation for her heroin-addicted daughter, according to The Express-Times. Then, Romanishan said, she gambled the rest of the money in hopes to win back what she stole. She was a bookkeeper for Magnetic Windings, 2711 Freemansburg Ave. in Palmer Township, and confessed to writing 47 checks between September 2010 and August 2011 to herself from the company’s account. She could receive up to seven years in prison, the story reports.

Theresa Simpson

6:38 am on Tuesday, December 20, 2011

That was't even nice of her to do.   more ›

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Angle, Dowd Lose Northampton County Council Seats

Results show longtime Republican councilmen losing to newcomer Democrats in Northampton County Council race.

Ron Angle, the outspoken Northampton County councilman, has lost his seat after 12 years in office. Angle, of Upper Mount Bethel, was defeated Tuesday night by Democratic challenger Scott Parsons, the Wind Gap borough council president who had campaigned almost solely on the notion of bringing a civility to county council that he claimed Angle lacked. Parsons took home 53 percent of the vote -- 4,817 -- to Angle's 4,171. Another Republican incumbent, Easton's Mike Dowd, lost a challenge to political newcomer Bob Werner. Werner, of Easton, had focused during his campaign on improving Gracedale, the county-owned nursing home that voters had opted not to sell in the May 2011 primary.  Incumbent Councilman Lamont McClure held on to his seat in…

Chris Miller

8:29 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Ron Maybe we can figure out a way to keep you on retainer so we will at least have you there to put the budget together every year.   more ›

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