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State police at Lehighton

State police at the Lehighton barracks reported the following incidents:

• Calvin Hewey, 48, of Weissport, was arrested for driving a vehicle with a suspended license due to a driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance conviction after a traffic stop police made at 1:47 p.m. June 7 at the intersection of Strohl’s Valley Road and Homestead Lane, Towamensing Township.

Police, who reported that he was driving a 2017 GMC Terrain, said they later learned that Hewey had numerous convictions for the same offense.

• A 60-year-old Palmerton man is the victim of a criminal mischief incident police responded to on Little Gap Road, Lower Towamensing Township.

He told police that a window, door and siding on his residence had been damaged between noon May 6 and 6:05 p.m. June 8.

The damage was estimated at $500, police said.

• A 70-year-old Lehighton woman is the victim of a theft by deception/fraud incident police were called to at 10:32 a.m. June 9 on Laurel View Drive, Towamensing Township.

Police said she had $19,479 stolen from her in cash and Apple gift cards.

• William Kurtz, 50, of Jim Thorpe, was cited for disorderly conduct following a verbal dispute at 2:31 p.m. June 17.

It occurred on Bearview Drive, Penn Forest Township. Police did not provide any other information on the incident.

• A 37-year-old Lehighton woman is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after police made a traffic stop at 2:38 a.m. June 20.

She was stopped in a 2023 Chevrolet Trail Blazer for a Motor Vehicle Code violation on Franklin Drive, Franklin Township.