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Man out on bail on firearms counts is charged with twice shooting into occupied home, authorities say
Updated 8:09 AM;
A 19-year-old Allentown man, who was out on bail on firearms charges, was arrested Thursday near his home in an investigation into gunshots fired into an occupied home on April 11 and 12 in the 1300 block of West Turner Street, city police and court records say.
Robert Auguste, of the 1900 of West Tilghman Street, was arraigned before District Judge David Howells Jr. on two counts of carrying a firearm without a license, two counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure and 14 counts of recklessly endangering another person, records show. He was housed in Lehigh County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled 2:30 p.m. May 21 before District Judge Rashid Santiago, records show.
Allentown man quickly arrested after stabbing another man, police say
Updated 11:04 AM;
A 23-year-old Allentown man is facing two counts of aggravated assault after stabbing a 26-year-old man during a dispute just after noon Thursday in the 200 block of South Ott Street, city police report.
Patrol officers from the First Platoon administered first aid to the victim, including a tourniquet to his bleeding arm, and he survived serious wounds to that arm, his back and chest, police said. He was listed as stable in an area hospital.
Within minutes of the stabbing, police had Evader Floyd Theus, of the same block, in custody, a news release said.
Box truck thief admits he swerved at pursuing police ‘to mess with them,’ cops say
Updated Apr 16, 2021;
Posted Apr 16, 2021
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A 23-year-old man admitted to police he stole an unoccupied box truck in Allentown, driving west through Lehigh County with police in pursuit and swerving at “officers to mess with them,” court records say.
Hunter J. Hunsicker was arraigned Thursday night on felony counts of theft and receiving stolen property, plus seven other charges, and sent to Lehigh County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Hunsicker, whose address is listed in court records as an apartment in the 2200 block of Hamilton Street in Allentown, told Pennsylvania State Police after he was caught that he was homeless and took the truck when he saw it running and unoccupied shortly before 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown Campus, 1736 Hamilton St., according to court records.