W-b Mayor, Councilman Agree To Compromise On Vacating Athey Street

Angeline T. Avvisato, 77, Of East Columbus

By MICHAEL McNARNEY mmcnarney@leader.net
 Saturday, December 09, 2000 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 11A 





KINGSTON - A Rutter Avenue woman was tied up in her home Friday afternoon
as thieves stole her purse and car, police said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Police in Lehigh County arrested three people believed to be responsible.
The trio, who refused to give police their names, were in the Kingston woman's
car, said Kingston police Chief James Keiper. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keiper said the woman - whose name he would not release until her
assailants were positively identified - came home to her Rutter Ave. residence
about 3:50 p.m. to check on some reflooring being done in her home. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The trio - two men and a woman - bound the victim with tape, roughing her
up in the process, police said. The woman was taken to Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital in Kingston, where she was treated for bumps, bruises and a cut on
her head, Keiper said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The three are accused of taking the woman's purse, jewelry and her 1999
Audi. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Keiper said the victim loosened her bonds enough to get to a neighbor's
house to call for help at 4:09 p.m. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 After police broadcast the car's description and license plate number,
Keiper said, a state trooper saw it at the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Allentown
exit. The trooper was stuck in traffic and could not chase the car. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Police in the Allentown area were alerted, Keiper said, and Whitehall
Township police spotted the car parked at Lehigh Valley Mall. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Police staked out the car, and just before 6 p.m. the trio came out from a
shopping trip - funded with their victim's cash and credit cards, Keiper said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The three were charged as John Does with conspiracy and with receiving
stolen property, Keiper said. They will spend the weekend jailed in Lehigh
County before they are brought to Kingston on Monday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Keiper credited the arrests to quick work by patrol officers who put
together what happened and by dispatchers who broadcast the car's description
on the police radio. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Keiper said Friday's crime was unrelated to a similar case on Aug. 17.
Kareem Carter, 23, was accused of walking into a Market Street business, tying
up the female owner, and taking her car. Philadelphia police spotted the car
that night and pulled it over, but the two occupants ran. Police later issued
an arrest warrant for Carter, who is still at large. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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3 People Charged With Binding Woman, Stealing Jewelry, Car 
Suspects Bound Kingston Woman In Her House, Then Fled With Her Purse And Car,
Before Arrests Were Made At Mall, Police Said.

3 People Charged With Binding Woman, Stealing Jewelry, Car Suspects Bound Kingston Woman In Her House, Then Fled With Her Purse And Car, Before Arrests Were Made At Mall, Police Said.