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.

Critics who fought to close the Berks County immigrant-detention center called it a “baby jail,” a place that confined small children along with their parents. The facility drew lawsuits and ...

A Central Berks Regional police officer was on patrol in Mount Penn for fireworks Friday night when a resident threw a lit ...

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 ...

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.

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.