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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Police Activity Reported at Hellertown Pharmacy

Law enforcement agents have been at the Hellertown Pharmacy since Thursday morning. A customer who tried to enter the store Thursday afternoon was greeted at the door by an agent.

Law enforcement agents are on-scene at the Hellertown Pharmacy today, though it remains unclear why. A Patch reader reported seeing "FBI and DEA agents" at the Hellertown druggist Thursday morning on the Hellertown Patch Facebook page. As of early Thursday afternoon, agents could be seen inside the store--which is located in the Shoppes at Hellertown. An elderly woman who attempted to enter the pharmacy was greeted at the front door by an agent who poked his head outside, briefly spoke to her and prevented her from entering the store. A WFMZ Channel 69 News crew was shooting footage in the shopping center parking lot, and the station's website reported this afternoon that police activity is occurring at the pharmacy, though it said the …

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Citizen Films Police Activity at Hellertown Rite Aid

Steve Dennis of Nazareth used his phone to record police activity in the parking lot of the Rite Aid drugstore at Main and Walnut streets in Hellertown Tuesday.

An area resident filmed police activity at the Hellertown Rite Aid Tuesday on his iPhone, and shared the video with Hellertown Patch. Steve Dennis, of Nazareth, said the activity appeared to him to be a drug bust. In the 18-second clip, police officers with weapons drawn order a man wearing an orange t-shirt out of the passenger seat of a small SUV. The man is then ordered to lie down next to the vehicle, which was parked in the Rite Aid parking lot, near Main Street. A silver sedan is parked at an angle behind the SUV, blocking vehicular access around the drugstore. The unidentified man can be heard to complain about the ground being hot. Police can be heard to shout: "Get out of the car! On the ground! On the ground! Down, down, down!" …

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