Who Was She? Burned Body of Woman Not Identified

Investigators need the public's help to identify the woman found dead Thursday morning on Chestnut Hill Road near the Unami Gun Club in Salisbury.

Burned Body Found Thursday Was 20- to 40-Year-Old Woman

Police are investigating a body found burned at the Unami Gun Club in Salisbury Township.

A body found burning near Unami Fish and Game Club off Chestnut Hill Road in Salisbury Township Thursday morning was a white or light-skinned Hispanic woman age 20 to 40, according to the Lehigh County coroner. An autopsy will be performed Friday to determine the exact cause of death. The woman's identity will be revealed once investigators know for sure who she was and notify her next of kin. Emergency responders were called to the scene around 9:30 a.m. when a resident driving on Chestnut Hill Road saw something burning near the Unami Fish and Game Club in Salisbury Township not far from the Emmaus border. Deputy Coroner Ray Anthony pronounced the woman dead at the scene at 10:20 a.m. Unami is a private shooting and social club, …

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tamarya

11:34 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

It is a gun club, have you never heard of rod and gun clubs? Don't think the name of the place has anything to do with the story, the main point of the story is that there are sick people out there and even grown people are not safe anymore. It is sad we are coming to a point we cannot even protect ourselves let alone our children. Hopefully they find the person that did this and hang him and …   more ›

Police Blotter: Car Taken at LVH

The theft of a car at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township was one of the crimes reported to Salisbury Police between Dec. 14-21.

The following are some of the incidents that were reported to Salisbury Township police Dec. 14-21.  -- A woman reported that she drove her car to Lehigh Valley Hospital about 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 20 and when she came out to the parking lot about 4 p.m. her car was missing. Salisbury Township police are investigating.  -- The owner of a car that was up on cinder blocks outside an apartment on 33rd Street SW reported that all four tires and wheels were stolen.  Township police said they received the report of the missing tires at 12:56 a.m. Friday. -- A burglary was reported about 8:39 p.m. Dec. 16 at a home on the 600 block of Federal Street. A man said a laptop and Playstation worth a total of $2,000 was taken.  -- Theft reported at Lehigh …

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Burglars After Copper Pipes, Salisbury Police Say

Two vacant homes were burglarized recently by someone after copper piping, Salisbury police say.

Someone entered two vacant Salisbury Township homes in an effort to steal copper piping, police said. On December 18, township police received a report of a burglary of a home for sale on Mockingbird Court. Someone entered through the garage and got into the basement. There, the burglar tried and failed to cut out some copper piping, police said.  The next day, police received another report of a burglary of a vacant home for sale on Bridle Path Road in which someone succeeded in removing copper pipping.  Copper has become more expensive in the last decade and the number of reports of copper thefts have increased. Two New Jersey men were just arrested for allegedly stealing copper downspouts in Easton.   

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Salisbury Police: Bon-Ton Shoplifter Stuffed Clothing Down His Pants

The following information was provided by the Salisbury Township Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

Salisbury Township Police said a man tried to shoplift several articles of clothing from The Bon-Ton at South Mall by stuffing them down his pants. Caprice Brown, 34, of an unknown address, was charged with retail theft, possession of marijuana and possession of an instrument of crime on Dec. 10, police said. Security at The Bon-Ton said they saw Brown enter a dressing room with multiple articles of clothing but emerge with one item, police said. Officers apprehended Brown as he left the store and he admitted he stuffed the items down his pants, police said. Police detected an odor of marijuana and found a small amount of what appeared to be marijuana and a pair of pliers that Brown allegedly used to cut the security tags off the clothing…

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Police Blotter: Hypodermic Needle and Spoon Found Near Green Acres Park

The following information was provided by the Salisbury Township Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

The following information was provided by the Salisbury Township Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction. Drugs: A resident reported finding a hypodermic needle, spoon, cotton swabs and several small plastic bags in the 2700 block of Green Acres Drive on Dec. 9, police said. Officers disposed of the drug paraphernalia. Vandalism: A business in the 1700 block of Broadway reported on Dec. 13 it had been egged again overnight. Theft: A business owner in the 800 block of Public Road reported on Dec. 13 the outgoing mail placed in his mailbox may have been stolen because the recipient never received the checks. Burglary: A resident in the 1400 block of E. Susquehanna Street reported the following items missing on Dec. 12: a 42-…

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Residents in Western Salisbury Report Thefts from Vehicles

The following information was provided by the Salisbury Township Police Department.

Several residents in an area of western Salisbury Township reported on Dec. 11 their vehicles were broken into overnight and items were stolen, according to Salisbury Township Police.

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25 Cited for Speeding on Cedar Crest Boulevard

Salisbury Township police monitor aggressive driving at S. Cedar Crest Boulevard and Briarwood Lane.

Salisbury Township police cited 25 motorists for speeding and two more for other violations on Dec. 4 at S. Cedar Crest Boulevard and Briarwood Lane, according to Officer Bryan Losagio. Police stopped 29 vehicles between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. that day -- a Tuesday. The special enforcement was paid for with an aggressive driving grant. The department has recently acquired a new traffic monitoring device that can record motorists' speeds and is deployed throughout the township.

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Two Charged in Bon-Ton Theft, Two Cops Hurt

The following information was supplied by Salisbury police. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

Police: Salisbury Cops Hurt and Two Men Charged in Bon-Ton Theft

The following information was supplied by Salisbury police. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

  Two men were arrested on charges they stole polo shirts from the Bon-Ton at South Mall, and two Salisbury police officers who responded to the call Thursday were injured in the incident, police said. King David III, 28, of 557 Ontario St., Bethlehem, and Nathan A. Markham, 26, of 947 Fernwood St., Emmaus, have each been charged with retail theft, criminal conspiracy, criminal mischief and receiving stolen property. David is also charged with persistent disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The names of the two Salisbury Township Police Officers injured were not disclosed. One of the officers received treatment at the Lehigh Valley Health Network-Cedar Crest.   David also was treated at the hospital and released back into police …

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