State Police Beat
Mannequin
damaged at LCTI
According to a report received Feb. 8, State Police Troop M Bethlehem say two girls, ages 16 and 17, from Germansville pierced a dental X-ray mannequin in the head 10 a.m. Dec. 13, 2012, at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute, 4500 Education Park Drive, North Whitehall Township.
Damage to the mannequin is $1,392.96, police say.
Home hit
by paintballs
David Charles Boyer, 3788 Maple St., North Whitehall Township, reported to police his home was shot with paintballs sometime between midnight Dec. 15, 2012 and 9 a.m. Jan. 30, State Police Troop M Bethlehem say in a Feb. 8 report.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Trooper James Rude at 610-861-2026.
Space heater
stolen from home
State Police Troop M Bethlehem say an orange-colored 30,000 BTU space heater and a stainless steel mechanics tool box was stolen sometime between 3 p.m. Feb. 2 and 7 a.m. Feb. 4 from a home in the 2300 block of Levans Road, North Whitehall Township.
Entry to the home and detached garage was made by prying a lock on the garage and knocking in an interior locked door, police say.
Anyone with information about this thief is asked to contact Trooper Joseph Hall at 610-861-2026 and reference incident number M01-1450523.
Man struck
during argument
State Police Troop M Bethlehem say a 49-year-old woman struck a 52-year-old man in the eye and face 10 a.m. Jan. 25 in the 1000 block of Aspen St., North Whitehall Township, after a verbal altercation over medical appointments.
Beverage bottles
blamed for crash
Ronie Davis, 58, of Reading, was driving a 2004 Mack Vision tractor eastbound on Route 22, South Whitehall Township, in the right lane around 9:30 a.m. Jan. 25 when the truck struck a jersey barrier on the ramp to Route 309, State Police Troop M Bethlehem say.
The driver failed to negotiate the curve on the exit ramp, police say.
Davis allegedly told police he could not brake because beverage bottles in the cabin of the tractor blocked the brake pedal.