Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Emmaus man who police say is the 'bicycling bandit' has waived his right to a preliminary hearing
The alleged "Bicycling Bandit"—who, police say, wore a pig mask in one case and fled by bicycle after robbing convenience stores—will face charges in Lehigh County Court after he waived his preliminary hearing this week. Steven Felton, 31, of 617 1/2 Walnut St., Emmaus is charged in more than a dozen robberies including holdups at mini-marts and cigarette stores across the Lehigh Valley. Police from Emmaus, Allentown and Whitehall, along with members of the Lehigh County Drug Task Force, arrested Felton at his Emmaus address in December. He is jailed in Lehigh County Prison in lieu of $300,000 bail. The initial robberies Felton was charged for are: Felton dressed in similar fashion in the robberies, wearing a grey-hooded sweatshirt and …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A man who police say robbed stores and fled by bicycle is being charged with more crimes in both Lehigh and Northampton counties
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Wednesday, January 9
The "Bicycling Bandit" -- who wore a pig mask in one case and fled by bicycle after hitting convenience stores -- is being charged with six more robberies beyond the original six announced in December. Crimes in Bethlehem, Easton and Coopersburg have been added to charges against Steven Felton, 31, of 617 1/2 Walnut St., Emmaus. The new charges include crimes at three mini-marts and two cigarette stores, according to a Lehigh Valley Live report. Police from Emmaus, Allentown and Whitehall, along with members of the Lehigh County Drug Task Force, arrested Felton at his Emmaus address last month. He is jailed in Lehigh County Prison in lieu of $300,000 bail. The initial robberies Felton was charged for are: According to the arrest affidavit…
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Neighbors of Steven S. Felton say the 600 block of Walnut Street in Emmaus is, for the most part, a great place to live.
The 600 block of Walnut Street in Emmaus looks much like many other streets on the north side of the borough. Turning onto Walnut Street from Seventh, large single-family brick homes line both sides, with neatly manicured front lawns and well-placed trees and shrubs. The holiday decorations are going up. A bit further on Walnut Street are a series of equally neat duplexes -- many brick, and all of an architectural design seen throughout the Lehigh Valley. It's a "storybook neighborhood," says a man who has lived in one of the double-block homes for five years. It's a place where he says he feels safe letting his second-grade daughter freely come and go. That is, he says, with the exception of the far end of the street, near Sixth Street. “…
Nora Markovitch
2:22 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
First I would like to point out that this story irritates me more than anything. Second, I would like to say I live a half block away from this "bad part" of town. I have lived there for twenty years, and the only time I have ever seen a police officer was when someone had passed away. Now here is where I start ruining the arguments that you "nameless" people have.Do you honestly consider … more ›