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• Expelled student sentenced for assaulting teacher

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:43 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Courts, Pennsylvania, 511, 37477, 6047, 5463

  An expelled Wilson Area High School student was sentenced today for assaulting a teacher who suspected him of carrying drugs. Northampton County Judge Anthony S. Beltrami sentenced Sean Valentino Kinchen, 19, to six to 23 months in Northampton County Prison...

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• Judge scolds rapist as he hands out lengthy prison sentence

  Published: August 31, 2007, 3:49 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Lehigh Valley Live, 16387, 39119, 6047, 9249

  Express-Times Photo KEN WHITEConvicted rapist Patrick Horan is led to sentencing this afternoon in Northampton County Court. Judge Stephen G. Baratta scolded Horan when issuing his sentence. "I suspect, sir, you'll never see the light of day again. You...

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• Decision coming whether former county employee can receive house arrest

  Published: September 14, 2007, 6:13 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, 38258, 20955, 1811, 6047, 21018

  The former Northampton County clerk who stole $120,000 in county funds will wait another week to learn whether she can serve the rest of her sentence at home. Judge Emil Giordano said he wants attorneys to file briefs by Wednesday...

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• Northampton County thief denied house arrest

  Published: September 21, 2007, 4:15 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, 43910, 20955, 1811, 6047, 21018

  Nicole Fogel: Judge denies her request without comment. Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano denied a former government worker's bid for house arrest today. Nicole M. Fogel, 36, was seeking house arrest because of overcrowding in Northampton County Prison's women's work...

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• Crack addict admits running man down with SUV

  Published: October 10, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Courts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 47723, 47719, 47721, 47725, 6047

  An admitted crack addict testified in Northampton County Court today that her desire to get more drugs caused her to run down a man with her sport utility vehicle in Easton earlier this year. Dawn Marie Drexler, 33, admitted that...

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• Ex-EMS director sentenced to prison

  Published: November 9, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Courts, Pennsylvania, 54148, 54150, 6047, 491

  Dailey The former director of the Forks Township Emergency Squad who stole $20,000 from the nonprofit organization was sentenced today to up to a year in Northampton County Prison. Judge Stephen G. Baratta sentenced Cory S. Dailey to three to...

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• Former officer sentenced for doctoring records

  Published: November 16, 2007, 7:07 pm

  Tags: Lehigh Valley Live, 3101, 8834, 6047, 55888

  Express-Times Photo KEN WHITEJason Peltack is sworn in during a June appearance. Today the former Clinton Township police officer was sentenced for tampering with public records. Standing at attention and showing little emotion, a former Hunterdon County police officer...

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• Racist taunts at Wilson fair land man in jail

  Published: December 11, 2007, 3:09 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Courts, Pennsylvania, 60642, 60644, 6047, 9422, 35939, 5634

  The man whose racial taunts led to a stabbing earlier this year at a Wilson Borough carnival was sentenced today to up to one year in Northampton County Prison. Northampton County Judge Stephen G. Baratta told 20-year-old David Letson that...

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• Illegal alien sentenced for luring teen girl

  Published: January 18, 2008, 3:01 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Courts, Pennsylvania, 70705, 70703, 37483, 6047

  An illegal Mexican immigrant was sentenced today to up to 14 months in prison for luring an underage girl into his Easton apartment and asking her for sex. Northampton County Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden sentenced Federico Balbuena to seven to...

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• Man sentenced for killing Frelinghuysen Twp. hairdresser in '93

  Published: June 17, 2008, 5:08 pm

  Tags: Breaking News, Courts, Lehigh Valley Live, 146396, 110203, 6047

  A Monroe County judge sentenced Gary Gerber to 10-20 years in prison this afternoon for killing a Frelinghuysen Township hairdresser in 1993 Pocono Township. Friends and family of Robert Hagan, 45, testified before the sentencing. Hagan's sister, Jacqueline Mitchell said,...

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