Tuesday, May 7, 2013
E. 5th Street couple left 10-month-old daughter in care of a nephew and his friend. When they returned, infant was alone and cash, laptop and video game system was missing.
A South Bethlehem couple who left their 10-month-old daughter in the care of a nephew and his friend returned home to find their infant home alone and that they had been cleaned out of $1,500 cash, a laptop computer and a video game system, police said. The friend, William Torres-Approvato, 19, and listed as homeless on court documents, was arrested on Monday and charged with theft, receiving stolen property and endangering the welfare of children. The nephew, Dylan Bright, who according to court papers is also homeless, remains at large. The incident happened April 1 at about 8 p.m. when the victims, a couple who live on the 900 block of E. Fifth Street, decided to leave their daughter at home with Bright and Torres-Approvato so they …
40.60957
-75.366009
900 E 5th St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/homeless-babysitters-accused-in-south-side-theft
/locations/9362683
Monday, May 6, 2013
Employee of Cigars International warehouse in South Bethlehem is charged with stealing a box of 120 $100-lighters from his employer, according to court papers.
An employee of the Cigars International warehouse in South Bethlehem is accused of stealing a box of deluxe cigar lighters worth $12,000 retail, Bethlehem police said. Robert Torres, 43, of 85 W. Ettwein St., Bethlehem, was caught in the act stealing a box of 120 $100-lighters by the warehouse facilities manager, according to an arrest affidavit. Michael Schenk, the facilities manager, told police that he was hiding inside the warehouse with a vantage point that allowed him to view a pallet of Bugatti B-1 Torch Lighters when he saw Torres take them before 6 a.m. Sunday, the affidavit says. Schenk told police that he watched as Torres removed a box of lighters from the pallet, walked to the end of the pallet row and went to an adjacent …
40.61279
-75.34358
1911 Spillman Dr, Bethlehem, PA
Cigars International
/articles/employee-stole-12-000-in-cigar-lighters-police
/locations/9356782
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Freemansburg man told state troopers he had been taking a few hundred dollars a day, several times a week, for more than a year, according to court documents.
A supervisor in the “cage”—the center of cash storage and distribution at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem—is accused of stealing $10,000 from his employer, according to court papers. Jesus Manuel Gonzalez-Torres, 23, of 626A Ramblewood Lane, Freemansburg, admitted to Pennsylvania State Police that he snuck several hundred dollars a day—three or four times a week—out of the cage over the course of 13 months, beginning in March 2012, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The state police Bureau of Gaming Enforcement began its investigation into Gonzalez-Torres on April 15 after casino surveillance personnel reported that he was stealing cash, troopers said. According to the affidavit: Gonzalez-Torres was charged Wednesday with …
40.613445
-75.356806
Sands Casino
77 Sands Blvd, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/casino-cash-cage-supervisor-stole-10k-police-say
871455
/locations/9337937
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Bethlehem man charged with fraud and theft for allegedly buying more than $3,500 in gas for his car with a company credit card.
A Bethlehem man working for a cleaning service has admitted to police he used company credit cards to pay for more than $3,500 in gasoline for his own vehicle—something he was not authorized to do, court records say. Even before police got involved, the company fired Jose Delgado-Perez, 54, because it suspected he was using the credit cards for his own use, the records say. Delgado-Perez told police he worked for the company—ARC Maintenance, 5940 Keystone Drive, East Allen Township, near Route 329 and Airport Road—for about three months in 2012. He said he was part of a company team that cleaned service stations. But the records do not make clear if he visited the same stations to fill up his own vehicle. The court records say that Delgado…
Bethlehem man fooled Walmart cashier with bill exchange scheme, according to criminal complaint.
A city man with a “lengthy criminal history” used some “sleight of hand” on a cashier at the Linden Street Walmart in February that allowed him to walk out with almost $200 more than when he came in, court records say. Alfredo Cancel-Maisonet, 33, reappeared on Bethlehem Township police’s radar screen Monday afternoon on the 4900 block of Freemansburg Avenue. And before the day was over, he would be in Northampton County Prison. Cancel-Maisonet had been stopped by police from Pohatcong Township, N.J., who were pursuing him as a retail theft suspect. According to the complaint: Fox’s complaint also says Cancel-Maisonet has a “lengthy criminal history, which includes bail jumping and numerous theft offenses.” He is also the subject of a “non…
40.675884
-75.344109
Wal Mart Supercenter
3926 Linden St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/man-stole-200-with-sleight-of-hand-police-say
870159
/locations/9210341
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Officer went undercover to meet with Craigslist advertiser, recovering tools that had been stolen from SouthSide work site, according to court papers.
A contractor who had his tools stolen from a South Bethlehem work site last week found them for sale on Craigslist, Bethlehem police said. On Wednesday, an alleged thief was arrested after an officer posing as a potential buyer confirmed that the tools for sale were the same that had been stolen. Angel Manuel Silva, 21, of 329 Church St., Catasauqua, was charged with burglary, theft and other related counts. According to court papers, the contractor found that his tools—a $300 miter saw, a $100 air compressor, a $150 table saw and a $120 nail gun—had been stolen from a house at 506 Sioux St. on the morning of March 27. The contractor, who was performing renovations on the home, told police that he found a Craigslist ad describing similar…
40.60418
-75.38553
506 Sioux St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/contractor-found-stolen-tools-on-craigslist-police
/locations/9171010
40.60418
-75.38559
508 Sioux St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/contractor-found-stolen-tools-on-craigslist-police
/locations/9171011
Friday, March 29, 2013
Bethlehem man is accused of cashing two checks he was not authorized to cash while his boss was out of the country, according to court papers.
A limousine driver is accused of taking advantage of his boss for about $850 while the boss, whose business is in Bethlehem Township, traveled for two weeks out of the country in September. Court records say the driver, Anthony Alexander, 26, of Bethlehem cashed without authorization one of seven checks the boss had entrusted to him while he drove the boss to JFK International Airport in New York. Alexander is accused of making the check payable to himself and filling in the amount—$360. Police later learned Alexander had a man he knows cash the check. The man told police he had no idea the check was “stolen.” The boss, Thomas Pfeiffer, owner of Valley Limousine Service, had pre-signed the checks but had not filled in any names or amounts…
40.652802
-75.272118
2300 Esquire Dr, Easton, PA
/articles/limo-driver-stole-850-from-his-boss-police-say
/locations/9130110
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Moore Township man allegedly ripped TV from anchored stand at Comfort Suites; also accused of stealing gun and trying to sell it to support drug habit.
A Moore Township man is accused of stealing a flat-screen television from a room at the Comfort Suites hotel in South Bethlehem, according to court papers. Dillon Buskirk, 23, of 3053 Mountain View Drive, is charged in the theft, which would have required him to rip the television out of a metal support stand that was bolted to a dresser in his hotel room, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The investigating police officer noted that there were black plastic shavings and broken pieces of plastic from the TV stand. Hotel housekeeping reported to management that the television was missing within minutes of Buskirk’s departure from the room, which was about 11 a.m. Feb. 26, the affidavit said. Buskirk was arraigned Tuesday on …
40.61187
-75.381
Comfort Suites University
120 W 3rd St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/hotel-guest-accused-of-stealing-room-television
868287
/locations/9003860
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Bethlehem Township man is accused of stealing a checkbook from a SouthSide woman's mailbox and writing more than $2,000 in checks to himself, court records say.
A Bethlehem Township man is accused of stealing a Bethlehem woman's checkbook from her mailbox and writing more than $2,000 in checks to himself. Robert Howard, 59, of 829 Cibby St., was charged Thursday with forgery and theft by deception. City police say their investigation began when Carrie Tiscon of the 500 block of Pawnee Street came to them saying a checkbook had been stolen from her mailbox. She wasn't aware of the thefts, police say, until National Penn Bank contacted her about suspicious activity with her account. According to police, Howard cashed checks from the checkbook at the National Penn branches at 916 W. Broad St. and 44 E. Broad St. between Feb. 25 and Feb. 28. Surveillance footage showed Howard in the bank when the …
40.609219
-75.386538
500 Pawnee St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/township-man-stole-cashed-checks-police-say
/locations/8923141
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Allentown man placed fake Craigslist ads for South Bethlehem rental units he did not control, scamming five people out of hundreds of dollars each, criminal complaint says.
An Allentown man was charged last week with using Craigslist ads to scam Bethlehem apartment hunters out of thousands of dollars, providing fake leases for units he did not control, according to court papers. Gamaliel Rosado, 29, of 1430 Lehigh St., practiced the alleged scam between Nov. 2 and Jan. 16, bilking hundreds of dollars each out of five victims who were seeking rental units in South Bethlehem, according to a criminal complaint filed by Bethlehem Police Det. Fabian Martinez. According to the criminal complaint: Rosado was charged with theft and receiving stolen property, both felonies. He was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge Nancy Matos-Gonzalez and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
40.609024
-75.367298
524 Atlantic St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/craigslist-con-cost-home-seekers-thousands-police
/locations/8881104
40.603359
-75.390346
627 Hellener St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/craigslist-con-cost-home-seekers-thousands-police
/locations/8881105
40.60634
-75.38841
714 Broadway, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/craigslist-con-cost-home-seekers-thousands-police
/locations/8881106
40.607386
-75.383944
502 Carlton Ave, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/craigslist-con-cost-home-seekers-thousands-police
/locations/8881107
40.60829
-75.386519
510 Seminole St, Bethlehem, PA
/articles/craigslist-con-cost-home-seekers-thousands-police
/locations/8881108
Mary Anne Looby
11:59 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
Who in their right mind leaves a 10 month old baby at home with two homeless guys? Arrest and punish the two guys appropriately but also have child services sit down and have a conversation with these parents. Someone might want to recommend some good parenting classes. Oh, and a 10 month old is not usually much trouble when they have been fed and changed. They are usually fascinated by their … more ›