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Police: Teen Injected with Heroin at Wendy's

19-year-old Bethlehem woman accused of injecting a teen-age girl with heroin in SouthSide Wendy's ladies room Wednesday night.

  Bethlehem police say a city woman injected a teenage girl with heroin in a Wendy's bathroom Wednesday night. According to court records, police were called to the Wendy's at 306 Broadway at around 9:30 p.m. in response to a report of people using heroin in the ladies room. They found Tatum Denise Tapler, 19, and a teen-age girl inside one of the stalls. Police found empty bags of heroin in one of the toilets and two needles in a trash can. They also found more bags of heroin in Tapler's coat. The packets contained the slogan "Rise to Power," court records say. Tapler, of 704 Sixth Ave., Apt. 5, is charged with possession with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with …

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Gunman Gets No Drive-Thru Service at Wendy's

A Wendy's worker shut the drive-through window on a masked gunman Tuesday night

A quick-thinking Wendy's employee shut the drive-through window when a masked gunman walked up to the restaurant at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Police say the man walked away after the worker ran from the window at 2190 Stefko Boulevard. The guman is described as a 6-foot-2 black man with a stocky build wearing a black T-shirt.

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