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Two Freemansburg residents are among 11 people accused of participating in an $18 million scheme to steal identities from Puerto Rican residents to seek bogus tax refunds, according to a news release Tuesday.

A Freemansburg couple is among 11 people indicted for attempting to steal $18 million by filing phony tax returns using the identities they stole from residents of Puerto Rico , authorities in New York announced today.

A fire Monday at 115 N. Oak St. left three homes with smoke, fire and water damage, but caused no injuries.

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Two men involved in a 2007 armed home invasion in Palmer Township have pleaded guilty to felony charges.

A former KidsPeace counselor who pleaded guilty in January to dealing cocaine and crack from his Freemansburg home was sentenced today to 15 years in prison.

Becky Carrasquillo kept an AK-47-style assault rifle in a closet next to her 3-year-old child's toys, a safe containing narcotics in a clothes dryer and gang literature just about everywhere in her Dover Lane residence, according to court papers.

An Allentown man suffering from a stab wound Monday in the area of Clearfield and Monroe streets bolted once police located him, according to borough police Chief George Bruneio.

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper John Osterhout, of the Swiftwater barracks, and police Cpl.

Freemansburg police said three burglaries occurred this past weekend, one each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

With a future pot of casino revenue waiting to be tapped, the five municipalities surrounding Bethlehem are gathering data to bolster their case for future gambling grants.

This parking lot in the 1100 block of Spring Garden Street, Allentown is where a homicide took place early Saturday according to Allentown police.

Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a man in Allentown over the weekend.

Allentown police have arrested Quaan White, 32, of Freemansburg and charged him with criminal homicide in the shooting death of Joseph Botz, Assistant Chief Ron Manescu said.

Easton police testified Monday about their extensive investigation into a 2007 triple murder in the city's West Ward before they charged Ali Elijah Davis with the crime.

When discussing how to share tax revenue that will be generated by the Sands Casino in Bethlehem for local municipalities, we seem to lose sight of the fact that Act 71, the gambling law, states how the money should be distributed.

A city woman whose car was allegedly struck by an Easton Area School District bus has sued the district for $50,000, according to court documents.

The Nazareth Area Council of Governments wants a say on how Northampton County spends money made by the casino under construction in Bethlehem.

Hogar Crea, the drug and alcohol rehabilitation group that saw a battle over its local leadership spawn public protests and a court fight last year, is seeking to regain its license to formally treat addicts, officials said this week.