Crime & Safety
Pair Stole Jewelry to Buy Crack, Police Say
A Lower Saucon Township man and a girl from Macungie have been charged with theft and receiving stolen property, according to police.
A Lower Saucon Township man and a girl from Macungie were charged with theft and receiving stolen property after police say they stole and sold several pieces of a relative's jewelry in order to buy crack cocaine.
Police identified the man as Patrick Zimmerman, of the 3700 block of Old Philadelphia Pike.
The girl is a juvenile, police said.
In a news release, authorities said the two sold the jewelry valued at more than $2,100 at various jewelry and pawn shops throughout the Lehigh Valley.
The jewelry was later recovered, they added.
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