CRIME & SAFETY
WATCH: New footage shows cause of Tuesday night crash at Lansdale Sunoco
Lansdale Borough Police Department said Wednesday afternoon that the one-vehicle crash that occurred at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday on North Broad Street remains under investigation. Officers from Lansdale Police responded to the Sunoco gas station on the 200 block of North Broad Street for a report of a one-vehicle crash, police said. Upon arrival, a blue 2020 BMW 550 was found with severe damage.
Former Yeadon police chief who claimed he was fired for being white awarded $2.5M in settlement
Anthony Paparo, a former Delaware County police chief who accused town leadership of ousting him due to his race, was awarded $2.5M in a federal discrimination lawsuit, his lawyer confirmed to FOX 29 on Tuesday.
Home intruders tie up couple, torment them for hours, Pennsylvania officials say
Three men in Pennsylvania have been arrested after authorities say they broke into a home and tormented a couple for hours. Louis Armstrong, Julio Jaje Mendoza and Axel Ramon Reyes are each charged with multiple counts of felony robbery, burglary, theft, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, terroristic threats, simple assault and possession of an instrument of crime, according to court records.
Philadelphia mother fears the worst in desperate search for missing son and friend
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A mother in Philadelphia is on a desperate search to find her son 18-year-old Quadir Diaz. He and his friend Ausar Thomas, 21, have been missing since March 7.Quadir's mother Tanisha Diaz said she is beginning to prepare for the worst. She said Quadir Diaz was her oldest son and was like her best friend.She is holding out hope that she will see him again."He's never went missing," Tanisha Diaz said. Tanisha Diaz said the last time she saw her son was on March 6. She said he and Thomas were...
Victim Airlifted In Route 202 Crash: Authorities
At 4:17 p.m., first responders were dispatched to Route 202 and Wertsville Road in East Amwell for a crash between a car and a tractor trailer, the City of Lambertville Fire District said. The injured victim was removed from the vehicle without extrication, firefighters said. They were transported to a...
3 charged after posing with stolen items, cash from Chester County home invasion
Chester County officials announce the arrest of three Philadelphia men who brazenly entered a couple’s home, threatened, kidnapped, and burglarized them, and then posed for pictures with the items they stole.
Man accused of burglary after attempting to enter Upper Gwynedd home, police say
A 30-year-old Philadelphia man is facing a single felony count of burglary after Upper Gwynedd Township Police said he attempted to enter a home on the 700 block of Stoler Avenue, a cul-de-sac located off Whites Road near the park, on the afternoon of March 19. Police said Chad Marshall...
Police searching for hit-and-run driver who fatally struck elderly man in crosswalk
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Philadelphia are searching for a hit-and-run driver who witnesses say ran a red light and fatally struck an elderly man using the crosswalk. The deadly crash happened at the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and 30th Street around 10 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say the victim, a...
Bucks County triple murder suspect who fled to Trenton due in court Wednesday
Andrew Gordon Jr., a Pennsylvania man accused of killing his step mother, younger sister, and the mother of his child, will appear in a Trenton courtroom on Wednesday. Gordon Jr. fled to Trenton after killing three at two different locations in Levittown.
Family of 73-year-old beaten to death by teens with traffic cones calls rulings ‘slap on the wrist’
Last month, a judge tossed charges against the boy who was considered the instigator of the attack. He remained in the adult court system while the girl’s case was moved to the juvenile court, where she was sentenced to five years with time served.
Montco man charged with kidnapping 11-month-old son
A Montgomery County man was arrested in Philadelphia for allegedly kidnapping his son in Upper Merion Township earlier this month. US Marshals and Upper Merion Police arrested Rakim Brown-Rowe, 35, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, along the 6300 block of Race Street in Philadelphia. The arrest was in connection to the kidnapping of an 11-month-old boy in Upper Merion Township back on March 13. The baby boy was found safe later that day and reunited with his mother.
Police took, shared photo of Pa. man after he jumped from bridge: lawsuit
The worst day of Karen Brookins’ life was March 18, 2022 — the day her first-born child, Marcus Boone, died by suicide. The second worst day was when she said she learned that a Philadelphia police officer who responded to the scene took a picture of her son’s body — and then shared it with others.
Two Injured, Taken to Area Hospitals After Monday Night Crash in Warrington Township
Warrington Township Police Chief Dan Friel told North Penn Now Tuesday afternoon that the drivers of two vehicles that crashed in the County Line Road lane of Warrington Township Monday night at Route 202 were taken to area hospitals for treatment of minor injuries. One individual aged 26 was taken...
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