CRIME & SAFETY
Man gets 5-10 years in prison in killing near Quakertown
A New Jersey man will spend up to a decade in prison for his role in the death of a man during a botched robbery with his brother in Upper Bucks County nearly three years ago. On Wednesday, Joshua Gamble, 20, was sentenced to five to 10 years for his involvement in the the June 17, 2021, killing of Kevin Rosero, according to a news release from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. ...
Video: $190,000 in cash stolen from Tesla at gas station in Bucks County
BENSALEM, Pa. - A man has been arrested after police say he broke into a vehicle and took nearly $200,000 from its back seat this week. On Monday, police were called to the Conoco Gas Station on Knights Road in Bensalem for the staggering theft. Surveillance video showed the suspect...
Man accused of kidnapping woman at knifepoint outside Bucks County Wawa
Police are searching for a man who they say kidnapped a woman at knifepoint at a Bucks County Wawa and held her captive before she managed to escape. The ordeal began on April 19 around 11:30 p.m. when the victim arrived outside the Wawa on 5900 Bristol Pike in Bristol, Pennsylvania, where she met 46-year-old Richard Phillips, according to investigators.
1 taken to hospital after 2-vehicle crash on Route 309 in Hatfield Twp.
HATFIELD TWP., Pa. - One person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash on Route 309 in Montgomery County. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday along Route 309 between Walnut Street and Lenhart Road, according to county dispatchers. Route 309 between Walnut Street and Lenhart Road is...
Driver slams into Bennett Toyota in Allentown in fatal crash, causing near $1M in damage
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- A man driving at a high speed was killed after he veered off the road and crashed into a car dealership in Allentown early Tuesday morning, police said.The crash happened just after 1 a.m. on Lehigh Street near Vultee Street. Police said the driver was heading north on Lehigh Street when he veered off the road.Images from the scene showed multiple damaged vehicles and a flipped vehicle.The Lehigh County Coroner's Office identified the driver as 27-year-old Abeil Adilow of Philadelphia. He was pronounced dead just before 2 a.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.Staff at the dealership arrived to work Tuesday morning tasked with cleaning up the damage.
Man Traps Ex-Girlfriend in Car, Threatens to Kill Her While Driving Her Around Doylestown
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A woman claims that her ex-boyfriend showed up at her job at a Warrington McDonald’s, trapped her in his car and repeatedly threatened to kill her before she escaped. On April 23, police went to the McDonald’s on Metro Drive near the Walmart for the report of a man making threats. The McDonald’s employee said her ex-boyfriend, Darlin Pillajo, 29, told her that he had items to give her for their child. When she entered the back seat of his car to retrieve the items, Pillajo allegedly closed the door behind her, trapping her inside...
Man to serve up to 10 years in prison for robbery related to killing in Bucks
RICHLAND TWP., Pa. - A man was sentenced Wednesday for a robbery related to the June 2021 killing of Kevin Rosero in Richland Township, Bucks County. Joshua David Gamble, 20, of Somerset, New Jersey, was sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison, according to a news release from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
Suspect in shots fired incident in Phillipsburg arrested in Bethlehem
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. - Authorities in Warren County, New Jersey say a man suspected of discharging his gun in Phillipsburg was arrested in the Lehigh Valley. Javon Singletary, 18, of Phillipsburg, is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and aggravated assault, according to a news release from the Warren County Prosecutor's Office.
Black Bear Captured In Montgomery County: Police
The Pennsylvania Game Commission and members of the Upper Moreland Fire Department located the bear in a tree and safely removed him for relocation, police said early Thursday, May 2. "The bear was healthy and not harmed," they said. The bear is 3 years old and weighs some 255 pounds,...
Lehigh County raid nets explosives, guns, drugs and 1 arrest, authorities say
An investigation led to the execution of a search warrant Wednesday morning at an Upper Macungie home where authorities said they found weapons of mass destruction, multiple drugs and cash, as well as made an arrest. Agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Gun Control...
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