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State police at Bethlehem

State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following incidents:

• Three Apple iPhones valued at $3,259.97 were stolen from a driveway in North Whitehall Township shortly after they were delivered at 4:43 p.m. March 26.

Police said a 66-year-old woman from Coplay, reported the incident happened when an unknown man pulled into her driveway on Mauch Chunk Road minutes after the package was delivered to her home, stealing it and replacing it with an empty taped box that had a shipping label torn off it.

Stolen were two iPhone 15 128GB phones worth $829.99 each and a iPhone 15 1TB Pro Max Titanium valued at $1,599.99.

• Seven juveniles, including a 13-year-old boy from Danielsville, are facing theft charges relating to the theft of numerous items from a building on the Nor-Bath Boulevard, Allen Township, back on Aug. 21 of last year. Police said the owner of the building is a 41-year-old Catasauqua man.

The six other juveniles are ages 11-13 and are from Northampton.

Police said they stole a variety of items that have been recovered, including an iPhone, digital cameras, fishing poles, knives, bullets, a necklace and a gold ring.

A number of items totaling hundreds of dollars were damaged in the incident, including two iPhone screens, a desktop console, computer modem, wrist watches, a kayak, security camera and a monitor.

• Rebecca Miller, 26, of Slatington, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after a traffic stop police made at 3:37 a.m. April 6 in the 500 block of the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township. Police said she was driving a 2018 Chevrolet Trax that they stopped after observing the driver make numerous traffic violations, after which time they observed signs of impairment. She was charged after police asked her to perform several field sobriety tests and observed additional signs of impairment.

• Police are investigating an incident where a Slatington man said a paramedic inappropriately touched his genitals during an ambulance transport.

It happened at 6:43 p.m. April 17 on Park View Road, Washington Township.

Police said the 47-year-old man told them he was being transported from his residence to the emergency room of the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Salisbury Township, when the incident took place.