Claudia F. Carrion, 44, was charged with solicitation to commit homicide after authorities allege she offered to pay a hitman, who was actually an undercover detective, to kill her spouse.
Op-ed: What is often needed in response to 911 calls is a mental health professional or social worker, not two armed police officers, however well meaning.
37-year-old Allentown sex assault, kidnapping suspect arrested in Florida
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
A 37-year-old Allentown man accused of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a woman he knew has been found and arrested in Florida, authorities announced Monday.
Jaime Fernandez-Maldonado is charged with kidnapping, aggravated indecent assault, theft, simple assault, and making terroristic threats. Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and Allentown Police Chief Glenn Granitz Jr. announced Monday Fernandez-Maldonado was taken into custody in Florida.
Allentown officers March 7 were called to a location at Seventh and Tilghman streets for a reported woman being held against her will by a man later identified as Fernandez-Maldonado. The victim reported when she returned home from work, she found Fernandez-Maldonado inside her apartment.
After months of activism, Lehigh Valley Black leaders say they haven’t seen enough change
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
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On May 25, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, a tragedy that would spark global civil rights marches for months to come. As protests for justice and equality swept the United States and the rest of the world, the Lehigh Valley joined in.
Peaceful protests sprung up in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton and surrounding towns and boroughs. Cries of “no justice, no peace” rang throughout downtowns around the area as the Lehigh Valley’s Black community and its allies made visible the frustration and anger they’ve been feeling for generations due to oppression and aggression at the hands of law enforcement.