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State police at Fogelsville

State police at the Fogelsville barracks reported the following crashes:

• No one injured in a two-vehicle crash at 6:14 a.m. Nov. 11 on Route 100 in Lowhill Township.

Police said the crash occurred when Jason Geesey, 43, of Slatington, driving a 2002 Volkswagen Passat northbound, drove into and off of the southbound lane, striking a guide rail.

The car then bounced off the guide rail and hit a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Thomas M. Noses, 35, of Minersville, police said.

Geesey was cited for failure to drive at a safe speed, according to police.

• John F. Lehman, 49, of Schnecksville, was uninjured in a one-vehicle crash at 5:43 a.m. Oct. 31 on Route 309 in Lynn Township.

Police said he was driving a 2012 Ford Focus that hit a deer that entered his lane of travel.

The car had disabling damage and was towed from the scene, police said.

• Richard J. Houser, 20, of Lehighton, was cited for stop sign and yield sign violations after a two-vehicle crash at 5:27 a.m. Sept. 9 on Saint Peter’s Road, Hereford Township, police said. No injuries were reported.

Police said Houser was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Impala that was involved in a crash with a 2021 Isuzu operated by Jay G. Sands, 32, of Alburtis.

No details of the crash were provided by police.

Incidents

State police at Bethlehem reported on the following incidents:

• Police were called to a criminal mischief incident that occurred between 11 p.m. Oct. 27 and 4:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at a property on Betz Court, Lowhill Township.

Police said a 70-year-old man from Macungie reported a shed that covers an ATM on the property was removed, and the ATM fell and cracked.

The screen showed an error message, police said, but the machine did not appear to be tampered with.

• A 57-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman, both from Orefield, were cited for harassment after police were summoned at 10:49 a.m. Oct. 22 to a property on Kernsville Road, Lowhill Township.

The victims are a 61-year-old woman from Marlton, New Jersey, and a 58-year-old man from Orefield.

Police were called to a report of harassment between neighbors and determined the two who were cited made unprovoked threatening remarks toward the Orefield man and his sister.