A Mount Penn man faces several charges after Central Berks Regional police said he threw an explosive device in the street just ahead of a marked patrol vehicle. Joseph R. Crochunis Jr., 37, of the ...

According to court documents, the suspect allegedly stabbed the victim in his chest after he asked her to turn her music down.

Officers went to a residence to speak to the suspect, who informed them he set a fire in the attic of the home.

A fire chief in Berks County has been arrested and suspended after police said he dropped his three-month-old daughter and ...

The issue arose at a meeting Wednesday when Berks County Jail System Warden Jeffrey Smith asked the board for guidance over a request he received from ICE to change its policy on detainers.

Smith said the experience was enlightening. During a reentry simulation, Berks County Prison Warden Jeffrey Smith ended up in jail for repeated infractions. (BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE ...

agents at Berks County Jail. "Recently, within the last week or so, ICE reached out to our warden and asked for us to reconsider our position on voluntary detainers," said Berks County ...

Lopez-Ordones, who is charged with first and third-degree murder, will be held without bail at Berks County Jail. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for February 14th.

The caller, who purported to be a member of the Berks County sheriff’s office ... to a subpoena for a hearing or spend 72 hours in jail. The recipient, a Spring Township woman, chose to pay.

A Pottstown woman is headed to prison after a search of her apartment uncovered numerous drugs and a firearm that she was not ...

Online court records list Diaz-Release as in custody at Berks County Jail on $100,000 bail. He's scheduled to appear in court March 28 for a preliminary hearing.