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Incident
Sep 11, 2025
On September 10, 2025, at 2:28 am, Officers with the Hazleton City Police Department were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in the 500 block of West Maple Street. The 911 caller reported a 3-car motor vehicle accident in which the vehicle had struck the side of a house. &...
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Case
Sep 9, 2025
On the evening of September 8, 2025, at 11:32 pm, Hazleton City Police Department officers responded to a residence in the 350 block of Kiefer Avenue regarding a stolen dirt bike report. The victim reported that their 2025 Honda CRF 150R had been taken from their garage within...
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Incident
Sep 9, 2025
On September 7, 2025, at 4:02 a.m., Hazleton City Police Department officers responded to a call about a male lying in the road near the intersection of West 1st Street and North Church Street. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male with an open fracture to his left leg. A...
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Sep 9, 2025
ATTENTION: Today, September 09, 2025, there will be an evacuation DRILL at the Hanover Lee Park Elementary and Memorial school at 10 A.M.  The safety of your child and all children in our schools as well as the safety of the school staff and support personnel is very impo...
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Incident
Sep 8, 2025
Police are probing the theft of a high-end electric bicycle, a Talaria XXX Power Teck model, which was stolen during a meetup arranged to sell the item. The owner had agreed to meet the suspect at the Carey Avenue Burger King, where the suspect took the bike for a test ri...
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De La Cruz- Sanchez, Miguel

183502A1II BURGLARY and 1 additional charge

O'Donnell, Jenna

RETAIL THEFT

Carrillo, Damado

(18)2706 (1 Count) Terroristic Threats (M1) and 1 additional charge

Henriquez, Francisco Alejandro

Henriquez, Francisco Alejandro - ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN and 4 additional charges

Calle, Freddy V

Calle, Freddy V - Attempted Rape by Forcible Compulsion and 7 additional charges

Mendez Cabrera, Elder Alonzo

Mendez Cabrera, Elder Alonzo - (1 Count ) 780-113(a)(30) Manufacture Deliver or Possess With Intent to Deliver a Controlled...

BLAKE, CLIFTON

(1) count 3733 (A) Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Officer (F3) and 3 additional charges

Lee, Sione

(2 count each) Robbery and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery (F1) and 3 additional charges

Francis, Tyshawn Marquiz

Francis, Tyshawn Marquiz - (F2) Strangulation; (M1) Terroristic Threats and 1 additional charge

Pilier-Zorilla, Naivy

(1 Count) (75) 3802 A1 DUI GENERAL IMPAIRMENT and 1 additional charge

Belt, Terrence Alfonso

Belt, Terrence Alfonso - 183502A2 BURGLARY(F1) and 3 additional charges

Beatty, Issiah Anthony

Beatty, Issiah Anthony - 183503A1II CRIMINAL TRESPASS

Liriano Corniel, Rodelfy

SIMPLE ASSAULT (M2)

colon, Anthony Rafael

colon, Anthony Rafael - & (1 count) Receiving Stolen Property (F2) and 3 additional charges

Avent, Thair Antarah

Avent, Thair Antarah - ENDANGERING WELFARE OF A CHILD and 3 additional charges

SAMUEL, NEHEMIAH JOSEPH

SAMUEL, NEHEMIAH JOSEPH - THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING (F2)