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State police at Bethlehem

State police at Bethlehem reported on the several incidents:

• A 53-year-old Northampton man is facing drug possession charges. Police said they were called at 2:19 p.m. April 14 to Route 873 in North Whitehall Township to investigate an incident involving the man and a 1997 Chevrolet.

• Troy Long, 57, of Slatington, was charged with harassment by physical contact after an incident at 2:46 p.m. May 27 on the 8000 block Rextown Road, Washington Township.

Police said Long engaged in a fight with a woman over a dispute regarding a refrigerator. Long struck her in the face, took her cellphone and fled into the residence.

• Kyle Greenawald, 29, of Schnecksville, is facing charges of driving under the influence after a traffic stop they made at 8:36 p.m. May 6 at the intersection of Opossum Lane and Venture Drive in Washington Township.

He was stopped for numerous traffic violations while driving a 2018 Subaru Outback and failed standardized field sobriety tests, revealing signs of impairment.

• Kelly Paulhus, 45, of Germansville, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after a two-vehicle crash at 9:22 p.m. April 28 on Route 309 in Heidelberg Township.

Police said she was driving a vehicle north when it traveled into the southbound lane and struck a vehicle driven by Derek Yeakel, 59, of Andreas.

Police said Paulhus was administered a standardized field sobriety test, submitted a preliminary breath sample and was transported to the Lehigh County Booking Center for processing.

• A 34-year-old man from Allentown was charged with assault/serious bodily injury, after they responded to a domestic dispute at 12:11 a.m. May 20 along Hickory Road in North Whitehall Township.

Police said it is alleged the man assaulted a 37-year-old man from Schnecksville, resulting in police obtaining a felony warrant against the assailant.

• Keith Lectora, 49, of Slatington, is facing drug possession charges after a traffic stop.

Police said they stopped him for a traffic stop while he was driving as 2017 Dodge Ram truck at the intersection of Main Street and Old Packhouse Road in North Whitehall Township. A search of the truck yielded police finding a schedule 1 controlled substance.

• A 27-year-old New Tripoli man is facing drug possession charges.

Police said they stopped the man in a 2006 Toyota at 10:04 a.m. May 28 on Route 100 in Heidelberg Township.

• Police said a 32-year-old Allentown man is facing drug possession charges.

The incident happened at 7:42 p.m. April 21 on the Nor-Bath Boulevard, Allentown Township, when the man was driving a 1999 Honda Accord.

• A 48-year-old Palmerton woman is the victim of a theft incident in which she lost $4,852.62.

Police said they were summoned at 9:41 a.m. June 6 to a property on Spring Hill Drive in North Whitehall Township. Someone gained access to her bank account information and wrote and cashed a fraudulent check in that amount.