CRIME & SAFETY
Police ask residents for surveillance footage after shots fired in Bucks County township
BENSALEM, Pa. - A possible shooting in Bensalem last week has prompted local police to ask its residents for help. Officers responded to reports of shots fired near Franklin Commons Building 6 between 9:45 and 10:30 p.m. Friday. Three cars were found vandalized after being hit by gunfire, according to...
School officials initially withheld student attacker from the lunchroom before Stanley cup assault, parents say
The student accused of attacking another student in the Pennbrook Middle School cafeteria had been withheld from the lunchroom that day, but a school official later let them go, concerned parents said.
Hatfield man gets jail time, probation for fatal crash on Mininger Road in Franconia Township
A Hatfield Township man has been sentenced to jail time and probation in connection with last year’s fatal crash in Franconia Township that killed 72-year-old Paula Ann Wilson, of Bethlehem. According to a report by Carl Hessler Jr. at The Reporter, 20-year-old Logan Dierkes pleaded guilty on Thursday to...
Firearm, Drugs Recovered In Bensalem Traffic Stop: Police
Officers stopped a Chevrolet Tahoe for a faulty brake light, a broken mirror, and a suspended registration on Saturday, April 13, authorities said. Police said the driver, 33-year-old Brittany Dougherty of Philadelphia, was found to have a warrant for theft at a Bensalem Kohl's, a warrant for burglary in Camden, New Jersey, and a warrant for robbery out of Evesham, New Jersey.
‘Birthday Bag Bandits' accused of stealing from multiple CVS stores in Pennsylvania
Police need your help identifying "Birthday Bag Bandits" accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from CVS stores in Montgomery and Bucks County. Police said the first incident happened on April 3 around 8:30 p.m. at the CVS located on the 200 block of E. Butler Ave in Ambler.
1 hurt as tractor-trailer fire shuts I-476 between Quakertown and Lehigh Valley exits (UPDATE)
Update: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission posted on X around 1:15 p.m., the stretch of the highway is now reopen. A tractor trailer fire has shut a portion of Interstate 476 Friday morning between the Quakertown, Bucks County and Lehigh Valley exits, transportation officials say. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s traffic...
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