Citing population growth in parts of Allentown and light caseloads elsewhere, Lehigh County Court officials have proposed closing the district court in Emmaus and creating a new one in the city.
2 Lehigh Valley men busted in illegal gun-for-drug-debts swap, AG alleges
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Friday, May 7, 2021, felony arrests of two Lehigh County men in an alleged illegal firearm purchase scheme.Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com
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An Emmaus man and a second man, who was living in a Lehigh County hotel, are charged in the illegal straw purchases of 29 firearms to settle drug debts, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Friday.
The felony arrests followed a joint investigation by the Attorney General’s Office’s Gun Violence Section; U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and Emmaus police.
Victim in fatal Pa. Walmart shooting had aspiration to study nursing, uncle says
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
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Law’s cause of death was due to gunfire and it was ruled a homicide, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said in identifying Law. A full autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
Nathaniel Law II of Georgia, Nicolette’s uncle and her mother’s brother, told lehighvalleylive.com Sunday he helped raise Nicolette since she was an infant.
She attended Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, where she was a member of the school’s marching and competition bands, “The Georgia Bridgemen.” Nicolette has a passion for music and served as first-chair clarinet as a freshman.