The owner of a stand at the Quakertown Farmers Market is accused of inappropriate behavior with two underage female employees. 36-year-old Joseph Grossman is accused of making inappropriate comments to a 17-year-old girl, touching her and offering her $100 for a sex act. When the girl declined, Bucks County DA Jennifer Schorn says Grossman was undeterred. "He then, in fact, doubled down and offered three times the original amount of money, pulling out a roll of cash and offering her $300 and also offering her drugs," Schorn says. The DA says a second girl has made similar allegations against Grossman, who owns the Poppy's Peanuts stand at the Quakertown Farmers Market.
Stephanie Williams has resigned at principal at the Harrison-Morton Middle School in Allentown. Williams had been on leave after an incident last month in which she was acting erratically and screaming at children at the Bucky Boyle Park. While announcing her resignation, Williams also released a social media video explaining why the incident happened. "What many of you may have seen online was the result of a mental health episode. It was not a result of drugs, as many have suggested. It was the result of stress, burnout, the unbearable weight of being a leader, combined with my lifelong journey of living with bipolar disorder," Williams says. Williams, who also kicked out the rear window of a police cruiser during that incident, says she wanted to reveal the personal details because she realizes she is not alone and hopes to break a stigma on mental health.
The family of five killed in a house fire in Carbon County earlier this week is being identified. Officials say 37-year-old Aida Marrero died in the Franklin Township fire overnight Wednesday along with her children Nathaniel, Aiden, and Matthias Wheelock and Kaylee Quevedo. The children ranged in age from one to 14. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Two men are under arrest, charged with the Wednesday afternoon murder of a Berks County man in Allentown. Police say Garfield McLean and Jason Gonzalez murdered 24-year-old Jahlik Colon, of Temple, in the area of North Eighth and Linden streets just before 5:30 Wednesday afternoon. Investigators say video evidence shows Gonzalez jumping out of a car and running towards the area where Colon was killed. That video also shows McLean getting into the driver's side of the car and then driving to the area of the killing. Video then shows Gonzalez running back to the car and jumping in the passenger side and McLean driving away. Police say they quickly tracked the car and stopped it. Inside they found a woman, her one-year-old child along with Gonzalez, McLean and the murder weapon.
A Bethlehem man is being charged with child sex crimes after a sting operation. Bensalem Police say 31-year-old David Sheregi sent explicit messages and pictures to who he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Sheregi traveled to Bensalem last month to meet the child, but was instead met by police officers. He faces several charges.
The first weekend of October is going to be unusually warm. "We're going to be well above the historicaly averages, especially tomorrow, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday," says Accu-Weather's Joe Lundberg. He says tomorrow, Sunday and Monday will be in the low 80s and Tuesday will probably fall a degree below that 80 degree mark. The next chance for some much-needed rain is probably Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
The last York County officer injured in last month's ambush is out of the hospital. WellSpan York says Sheriff's Department Lieutenant David Godfrey has been released after a two-week stay. Godfrey was one of two officers to survive the September 17th ambush shooting that left three officers dead. He will continue his recovery at a rehab facility.
The theme is set for the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Secretary of Agriculture Russel Redding announced yesterday the theme will be "Growing a Nation" in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States. Redding said the celebration, like the farm show, is about history. The farm show will run from January 10th through the 17th.
The minimum wage in New Jersey is scheduled to increase January first by 43-cents to $15.92 an hour. New Jersey's minimum wage crossed the $15 line last year and from now on, it will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. Among other worker categories, the minimum wage rate for seasonal workers and employees of small businesses will increase to $15.23 cents an hour.