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Man lied in West Reading shooting investigation, det...

Thursday May 24 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

A Cumru Township man lied to investigators until he was shown a surveillance video of him confronting a man who was shot in a West Reading parking lot, a detective testified Thursday.

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Related Topix: West Reading, PA, Berks County, PA, Reading, PA
Man lied in West Reading shooting investigation, det...

Thursday May 24 | via Evening Sun

A Cumru Township man lied to investigators until he was shown surveillance video of him confronting a man who was shot in a West Reading parking lot, a detective testified Thursday.

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Reading family relieved teen's body recovered

Wednesday May 23 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Emergency personnel recover the body of Jamie Escobar from the Schuylkill River on Wednesday underneath the Route 422 overpass near Brentwood Drive and the Thun Trail.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Boyertown, PA, West Reading, PA, Berks County, PA
Tips sought in Wyomissing theft

Saturday May 19 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $5,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime.

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Related Topix: Wyomissing, PA, Berks County, PA
Jason Kahl: Our own Bermuda Triangle

Wednesday May 16 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

There's a place in Berks County I've started calling our own Bermuda Triangle. In just the past few months three incidents have happened in the same location where the Thun Trail crosses through the city, West Reading and Cumru Township near the Bertolet Fishing Dock.

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, West Reading, PA, Life, Self Defense, Criminal Defense Law, Law
Brawl in West Reading under investigation

Wednesday May 16 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Police broke up a large brawl Wednesday in the 400 block of Chestnut Street in West Reading and took several people in for questioning.

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Related Topix: West Reading, PA, Berks County, PA
Group has plans for housing stock

Thursday May 10 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

The West Reading Community Revitalization Foundation has taken a key step to ensure it can buy, rehabilitate and resell homes in the two older neighborhoods that surround the borough's business district.

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Reward offered in fatal shooting

Thursday May 10 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Reward offered Investigators are still looking for information in the fatal shooting of Julio Torres in the parking lot of the West Reading Diner on March 24.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Berks County, PA
Cumru man arrested in West Reading shooting death

Thursday May 10 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

A West Reading policeman escorts suspect Jomaine S. Case to his araignment Wednesday before District Judge Timothy M. Dougherty in the borough.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, West Reading, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law
Arrest made in deadly diner shooting

Wednesday May 9 | via WFMZ

A suspect has been arrested in the deadly shooting of a man outside a diner in Berks County, authorities announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Reading, PA, West Reading, PA

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I was arrested for DUI while driving school bus charged with 15 felonies how do I get off record as I was falsely arrested?

Not drinking (yes, this is for real 3 breathalyzers all ZERO) no illegal drugs in system per discovery results. I had a cold and two moron chaperones thought I was drunk. Big arrest all over news stations and they were astonished when my breathalyzers were zero. The charges held for trial because judge said he didn’t know if my NON narcotic medically prescribed Zoloft made me fail sobriety test which I believe is because the cop believed the chaperone and had it in his mind I was drunk. I don’t care how much training they have, that’s exactly what happened. The public defender never had blood results to dispute-was given a few minutes before preliminary began, got to trial all charges dismissed because of Nolle Prossed no evidence. Want off my record.

Since the charges were dismissed, you would qualify for an expungement. You would file a petition for expungement with...

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