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Police link man to trio of break-ins in five days

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Authorities in Lehigh County have arrested a 44-year-old who allegedly broke into a house and stole TVs from a senior housing complex and an apartment building over a roughly five-day span. Allentown police charged Alex Fernandez , no confirmable address, in connection with the 2016 thefts from a Jackson Street home , Episcopal House and Bridgeview Apartments . District Judge David Howells Jr . arraigned Fernandez early Wednesday morning on three sets of charges, setting bail at a combined $38,000. A homeowner in the 900 block of Jackson Street reported to police that someone broke into his house sometime between April 27 and May 2, 2016, by climbing a rear fire escape and breaking a window, according to court records. The thief made off with a compressor and hammer drill worth about $1,100 and caused $150 in damage, according to records. Police said a fingerprint left behind on the broken glass tied Fernandez to the burglary. On April 27, 2016, Fernandez was all...

Man injured defending stepdaughter from ex

As of Wednesday evening, Jonathan Shane Thompson , 31, 1134 1/2 Ridgecrest Road Lot 6, remained held in the Hawkins County Jail on $5,000 bond. On Aug. 2 around 11 a.m., Church Hill Police Department Detective Ethan Mays responded to an assault complaint at a residence in the 200 block of West Main Boulevard . Mays reportedly observed the victim, Brian Ash, “bleeding profusely from the head and arms.” The stepdaughter, Sandy Wooten, reportedly stated that Thompson came to the residence uninvited and knocked, and she opened the door without knowing who it was. '); }else{ document.write(''); } “Ms. Wooten attempted to close it, but Mr. Thompson put his foot in the doorway and pushed his way into the residence,” Mays stated in his report. “During this time, Mr. Ash heard his stepdaughter screaming and came to her aid to see Mr. Thompson in the residence.” Thompson then allegedly attacked Ash , causing a serious, 1.5-inch gash to his forehead as well as several scrapes and...

University Place apartments on the rise, office building next | Orem News

OREM -- If you think you've been hearing about the University Mall development becoming a major development called University Place for a long time, you're right. As early as April 2013, members of the Orem City Council and department heads were informed of preliminary discussions on the development and were asked to sign non-disclosure statements. All the council members except Brent Sumner signed the agreements. It wasn't until the cat was let out of the bag at the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Summit in September 2013 that people finally got an idea of what was in the works. At that summit, Coldwell Banker executive agent Brandon Fugal announced University Mall would undergo a huge transformation, introducing its own business park and housing developments along with additional retail expansion . "It will be Utah County's equivalent of City Creek," said Fugal at the time, comparing the Orem project to the redeveloped mall in downtown Sal...