Sex offender faces lewdness charge

Colonial Regional Police said a registered sex offender surrendered to authorities this week on charges he exposed himself to several girls at Wegmans.

Benjamin Franklin Ryder, 23, of Hatboro, is in Northampton County Jail under $30,000 bail, police said. He is charged with indecent exposure and open lewdness.

Police said Ryder was at the store in Hanover Township, Northampton County, on Tuesday when he followed a girl around the store, and at one point when she was walking past him, exposed himself to her.

Ryder also entered an aisle where two girls were standing and exposed himself to them, according to police.

On Thursday, Ryder surrendered to police with his attorney, police said.

According to court records, Ryder has been convicted of similar charges in other counties and was ordered to register as a sex offender.

In 2014 and 2015, Ryder pleaded guilty to charges that included open lewdness and indecent exposure, according to Bucks County court records.

And in 2016, Ryder pleaded guilty to indecent assault, also in Bucks County, court records state.

— Pamela Lehman

American Parkway Plaza in Allentown on Wednesday night, according to court records.

Luis E. Hernandez-Oquendo, 49, of Allentown, was found with more than $200, mostly in small bills, on him when he was arrested at 9:25 p.m. Wednesday at the business at 5 American Parkway, police said. Officers went to the business in response to a burglary alarm and found the glass on the door was broken, leaving a “human-sized hole,” police said.

Officers spotted a man in a heavy winter coat crawling around in the business who then ran toward the rear of the building, court records show. The man fled out a rear door, but stumbled as he ran and officers took him into custody, police said.

The man, identified as Hernandez-Oquendo, was found with $210, two screwdrivers and a crack pipe on him, court records show.

Hernandez-Oquendo was charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, possession of an instrument of crime, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal trespassing. He was arraigned by District Judge David M. Howells Jr. and was sent to Lehigh County Jail under $35,000 bail.

— Manuel Gamiz Jr.

charged 31-year-old Joseph Milano and 34-year-old Lauren Semanyk with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.

The Delaware County Times reports both have been remanded to the Delaware County Jail without bail following their arraignments.

Authorities say the infant ingested fentanyl and her parents allegedly waited six hours before calling 911.

Police say they were called to the scene in April and found Milano on the sidewalk in front of the house, shouting that the baby was not breathing. The girl later died and the medical examiner ruled the death as a homicide due to ingestion of fentanyl.

— The Associated Press

Police have arrested a man in connection to a triple killing in a Philadelphia home.

Police said 23-year-old Tahzay Young was arrested Wednesday night using the credit card of one of the victims. Police spokesman Capt. John Ryan said robbery, murder and theft charges are pending against Young.

Ryan said Young was renting a room from 92-year-old Warren Harrison but was being evicted. Ryan said police believe Young killed Harrison, his 60-year-old girlfriend Khadijah Abdullah, as well as her brother, 57-year-old Earl Cottle sometime last Thursday or Friday.

Ryan said investigators believe Young concealed the bodies and returned to take televisions before they were found by Harrison’s daughter Saturday.

— The Associated Press