News from Berwick
Fri, 09/16/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A homeless teen accused of carrying stolen jewelry waived a preliminary hearing Thursday, but not before he and a judge talked about tattoos.
Austin Mark Eveland...
Thu, 09/15/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — Armed with a machete, a baseball bat and a knife, three Berwick men and a 15-year-old girl set out to attack a family who had allegedly been harassing one of the men, police say....
Wed, 09/14/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A convenience store was robbed at knifepoint just before closing time Tuesday, police say.
The suspect walked into Laubach’s gas station on East Eighth Street here, flashed a...
Tue, 09/13/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A man told police he saw a speeding car blow through a stop sign and hit a curb, nearly rolling over before landing back on all four wheels.
Officers say they later determined...
Sun, 09/11/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A landlord upset by a $25 ticket for overgrown grass hired a lawyer who argued a borough ordinance is illegal — and won.
Now a councilman says Berwick will rewrite the rules...
Fri, 09/09/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A Berwick man accused of hitting his girlfriend in the face and choking her told police he “just spazzed out” as both were hitting each other.
Donald E. Fitzgerald, 25,...
Thu, 09/08/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3:
Aug. 28
• 6:45 a.m. — 600 block East Second Street, assist Salem Township Police...
Thu, 09/08/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — The police chief expects more people will be arrested for a wave of burglaries in the East End over the past two weeks.
Austin Mark Eveland, 18, was decked out in stolen...
Wed, 09/07/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A man and woman holding 31 heroin packets between them tried to enter a home and then sat down on a rocking chair on the front porch before police arrived and took them into custody...
Tue, 09/06/2016 - 00:00
BERWICK — A teen who took off running when he saw a police cruiser was wearing stolen clothes and carrying purloined jewelry in a backpack that reeked of marijuana, charges say.
Austin...