May 10, 2021
A domestic dispute prompted drama in Coplay late Sunday afternoon. Police say they were called to a home on Saylor Drive around 5:45 p.m. for a report of a man and woman getting into an argument. Police say the woman said she was afraid to leave because there was a gun in the house. The woman was able to walk out of the house on her own, and the man surrendered shortly before 7 pm. The man faces domestic-related charges.
A Carbon County man is behind bars after police say he had bomb-making materials and explosive devices inside his home. Over the weekend, Weatherly police and the Pennsylvania State Police s Hazardous Device and Explosives Section found homemade explosives and bomb-making materials at a home in the 300 block of First Street. Police say random and unexplainable explosions prompted them to execute a search warrant at the home of 28-year-old Anthony Petrone, who is now in custody. Weatherly police say Petrone also had a homemade explosive device in