Phil Mitman

A former Easton police captain will get $75,000 to pay his legal bills associated with a wrongful death lawsuit. John J. Mazzeo, who retired in 2004, was briefly a defendant in the federal lawsuit filed by the wife of slain Easton police officer Jesse...

I'm a little groggy after reading all those year-end lists, so you'll have to forgive me if my own look back at 2011's top events veers in and out of reality. January: In a heartwarming "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" type moment, new Bucks County...

How comfortable can you feel about the food you eat when dining out? The answer depends on the individual restaurant — and, equally importantly, the community in which it is located. It took The Morning Call nine months, including legal skirmishes, to...

Easton Mayor Phil Mitman wanted to put police officer Matthew Renninger back to work even though Renninger is the subject of a grand jury investigation into the fatal shooting of officer Jesse Sollman in the police station six months ago. "There had been...

It's been a year of turmoil for the Easton Police Department since Officer Jesse Sollman was shot and killed inside the police station. March 25, 2005 - Easton Police Officer Jesse Sollman is fatally shot inside the police station, becoming the first...

Nearly six months after Easton police officer Jesse Sollman was shot and killed inside police headquarters, the Lehigh County coroner Wednesday ruled his death was a homicide, clearing the way for Sollman's widow to apply for additional death benefits....

Easton Police Chief Stephen A. Mazzeo said Thursday he is resigning under pressure from Mayor Phil Mitman. Mazzeo, 50, said he was asked to resign late Wednesday afternoon during the second of two meetings in City Hall with Mitman and his chief of staff,...

The former head of the Easton police Special Weapons and Tactics team testified for about two hours Tuesday before a grand jury probing the fatal shooting of a SWAT officer and a burglary inside police headquarters. Though he no longer works for the...

State agents investigating a burglary inside the Easton police station last summer are giving polygraph tests to members of the department. At least four officers have already taken the tests, and more are scheduled. Although polygraphs are not...

Two more Easton police officers were here to testify before a grand jury on Thursday and three others are scheduled today in the probe into the fatal shooting of officer Jesse Sollman inside police headquarters in March and a burglary in the department in...

An Easton Area High School student died Wednesday morning, hours after he was shot in front of his home. Easton police arrested one suspect Wednesday night and charged him with homicide. The man, who was not named by police, was arraigned late...

Easton Mayor Phil Mitman disbanded the Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics team and hired an outside adviser for the police chief Thursday to try to end the stream of multimillion- dollar lawsuit settlements strangling the city's finances....