Monday, May 21, 2012
Easton police say Nathaniel Watson spit on a police sergeant after being arrested.
A drunken HIV-positive teen spit in the face of an Easton police officer after the teen was found lying in the 8th and Spring Garden streets intersection early Saturday, court records say. The teen also is accused of spitting blood in the back of a patrol car. Nathaniel Watson, 19 – knowing he is HIV-positive – spit in the face of a police sergeant in the police station’s booking room, the records say. Watson’s mother provided paperwork confirming her son is HIV-positive, the records say. According to the records, police found Watson around 2:34am smelling of alcohol and with bloodshot eyes. He began yelling and swearing loudly, even after police told him repeatedly to stop. Then he spit blood in the back of the patrol car and later spit …
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For the sixth time this year, a bomb threat was called into Easton Area High School.
Easton Area High School was briefly evacuated Monday afternoon after someone called in a bomb threat. It was the sixth such threat made this year, and -- as in the past -- a search of the building revealed no explosives. Students and staff members left the building at 1:24 p.m., and were allowed back inside within 10 minutes, according to a district news release.
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Body found in Lehigh River Sunday was missing Easton man Christopher Flynn.
The man found in the Lehigh River in Easton Sunday was a 34-year-old South Side resident reported missing last week. Christopher Flynn of Mauch Chunk Street was last seen on May 15. According to the Express-Times, Flynn was entered into the FBI's missing person database three days later. On Sunday afternoon, city police were called to the banks of the Lehigh River behind Larry Holmes Drive, for a report of a body in the water. Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said Monday that the body was that of Flynn. He said an autospy is pending to determine his cause of death.
Police Chief Greg Dorney stresses safety with new state bike law, lots of township bike paths and a bike derby on June 13.
With a new state law on the books and the weather getting warmer, Forks Township police will push bike safety over the next few months. The Forks Township Police Department will hold its 9th Annual Bike Derby from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the community park on Wednesday, June 13. For Police Chief Greg Dorney, bike safety is a must. "We have bike paths throughout the whole community," Dorney said. "Forks Township has invested a lot of money in the bike paths and developers have made them a part of their projects." State laws regarding bike safety have also changed. Some new rules of the road went into effect at the start of April. The laws stress that motorists must leave a 4-foot cushion of safety when passing a bicyclist. Bicycle riders also …
Vote in this week's poll: Which is the best movie theater?
Which is the best movie theater in the Palmer-Forks area? Is it: If there’s another theater that has the best seats or best popcorn, tell us in the comments section below. Vote for your favorite in the survey below and remember to click on the links above and rate the theater on its Directory listing. You can even leave a review. The poll closes at 9 a.m. Friday. Because this is not a scientific poll, the winner will be determined by the Patch editor, based on poll results and reviews on Patch Places. Please vote only once per survey, per Patch.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Police say a man's body was discovered behind the downtown WaWa Sunday afternoon.
A man's body was found in the Lehigh River in Easton Sunday afternoon, city police said. According to a news release, police were called out on a report of a body in the river around 4:48 p.m. The body -- that of a white male -- was pulled from the river behind the WaWa on Larry Holmes Drive with the help of emergency crews. Police say they are investigating the case with the Northampton County Coroner.
The Safety 1st toilet and cabinet locks were sold at Bed, Bath and Beyond, Burlington Coat Factory, Home Depot, Target and Walmart.
Hundreds of thousands of child safety locks are being recalled because they can fail, exposing children to dangerous situations. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Dorel Juvenile Group, Thursday announced a voluntary recall of about 183,000 toilet locks and 685,000 cabinet locks. Young children can unexpectedly disengage the toilet locks and gain access to water in the toilet, posing the risk of drowning, according to the CPSC, and the cabinet locks are being recalled because young children can disengage the lock, posing the risk of injury from dangerous or unsafe items stored in the cabinet. Have you had issues with these locks or others not working? Tell us in the comments below. Consumers …
More importantly, when you were caught in that compromising position by one of your offspring, what did you do?
Moms Talk is a weekly feature on all Lehigh Valley Patches in which local parents, caregivers and other members of the community are invited to share opinions and advice on parenting topics. This week’s Moms Talk question relates to being caught in an embarrassing “situation” by one of your kids. If you live with children, at one time or another you are going to get caught in a compromising position. Were you stepping out of the shower and reaching for your towel? Answering the call of nature? Or responding to the call of the wild? In this week’s Moms Talk, we want to know how you handled the unbelievably embarrassing moment when your child (or children) caught you (and maybe your spouse?) with your pants down. Try to keep your answers G-…
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Small breweries in Pennsylvania can now sell beer by the bottle under a new law
Beer connosieurs can choose their local brews by the bottle to take home thanks to a new Pennsylvania law. Breweries used to be required to sell beer by the case (64 ounces). Now, thanks to Act 113, "a licensed brewery can sell any quantity of its beer in any package or any volume for off-premises consumption." The change will make it easier for customers to sample unfamiliar microbrews from local businesses such as Weyerbacher Brewing in Easton, according to a Lehigh Valley Live report. State Senators Bob Freeman and Lisa Boscola supported the change in Pennsylvania liquor laws.
Jennifer Elston
8:46 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
We usually don't close the bathroom door unless there are guests here. I remember a time when my husband was standing at the toilet and my daughter tried to "play in the fountain.". Ha more ›