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BETHLEHEM — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say they have identified a suspected bank robber using the wallet he left behind.
Bethlehem police say 51-year-old Lloyd Virgil Barclay held up a KNBT branch on Wednesday morning, making off with $800. But Barclay forgot his wallet, which police say he placed on the teller's counter when he presented a note demanding money.
The wallet had two photo IDs, a Social Security card and a Philadelphia criminal registration card. Police say the ID pictures match Barclay's image in surveillance footage.
Barclay, of Philadelphia, has been charged with robbery and other offenses. He remained at large Wednesday.
NEW BRIGHTON — An 86-year-old woman missing for two days has been found alive in a car that went off the road in Western Pennsylvania.Helen McCoy had been partially trapped by the body of the driver, who died in the crash.McCoy and 73-year-old Robert Harris disappeared Monday night after visiting a social club in New Brighton. The crashed car was spotted late Wednesday morning by relatives searching a wooded area in nearby Daugherty Township.McCoy, who lives in New Brighton, was disoriented but largely uninjured. She was recovering Wednesday at a Pittsburgh hospital.Police say Harris had apparently suffered some kind of illness and drove off the road, hitting a tree.
PITTSBURGH — Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to attend the Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh on Monday.That's according to an official with the Allegheny County Labor Council, which organizes the event.Jack Shea, the council's president, announced the planned visit Wednesday.Last year, Biden was scheduled to be in Pittsburgh for the parade. But he canceled because of Hurricane Gustav.Around 70,000 people are expected to march in this year's parade, which starts at Mellon Arena around 10 a.m.
HARRISBURG — About 60 Pennsylvania Treasury Department employees are out of a job in a move prompted by the state's budget shortfall.The department said Wednesday the decision was in response to a reduction of about $7 million in its expected state appropriation.Spokesman Doug Rohanna says that if the Treasury Department gets more funding than expected, the additional money may go toward a computer upgrade.He says they'll consider bringing back some of the workers at that time and that the reduction in the 490-person work force is likely to affect some operations.About two dozen of the targeted employees are union workers with bumping rights, so it's not clear which specific workers will be out of a job.
