Crime & Safety
Salisbury Police Blotter: Minivan, motor running, stolen outside hospital ER as man goes inside to pick up wife
Stolen minivan, PlayStation3, laptop, GPS, loose change and DUIs.
Vehicle theft---Police are investigating a report of a stolen Dodge Caravan that was taken April 12 outside the Lehigh Valley Hospital emergency room when its owner went inside to pick up his wife; police said a videotape showed a female patient who had just been released from the hospital drove off in the minivan, which was left unlocked and its motor running.
Theft from vehicle---Change taken from unlocked vehicle in 1000 block of Louise Lane, reported April 4, police said.
Theft from vehicle---Change taken from unlocked vehicle in 3000 block of Lindberg Avenue, reported April 4, police said.
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Theft from vehicle--- Garmin GPS, Oakley sunglasses, iPod and change reported taken from vehicle parked outside Salisbury Middle School, 3301 Devonshire Road, between 4 p.m.-6 p.m. March 31, police said; $415 estimated value, police said.
Retail theft---A man wearing light blue clothes grabbed a PlayStation3 from behind counter at Game Stop in South Mall and ran out, police said; reported March 30; $350 estimated value, police said Whitehall police are investigating a similar incident.
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Theft---Laptop reported stolen from St. Thomas More Family Center, 1040 Flexer Ave.; $500 estimated value, police said.
Charged---Rateb Masad, 55, of 928 S. Fillmore St., Allentown; under suspicion of driving under the influence, April 3, police said.
Charged ---Mohammed Jamil, 33, of 2804 Diamond Ave., Allentown; under suspicion of driving under the influence, April 2, police said.
Charged---Ashley Sherman, 27, of 712 Hickory St., Easton; under suspicion of driving under the influence, March 26, police said.
Charged---Debbie Wolfe, 46, of 1646 E. Emmaus Ave., Allentown; under suspicion of driving under the influence, March 27, police said.
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