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Police: Shots Fired on County Line Road; Gunman at Large (UPDATED)

Police continue to search for a man with a handgun who allegedly shot four times along County Line Road in Warminster this morning.

 

Update Saturday, 1:32 p.m.:

The former owner of MamaJuana's Kitchen turned himself in to Warminster Police Friday night.

Update Friday, 1:04 p.m.:

Police said a business dispute ended in shots being fired in a Warminster eatery Friday morning. 

According to police, Jose Delgado, 33, the former owner of MamaJuana’s Kitchen, entered the business and fired four shots in the direction of the current owner just after 10 a.m.

“By the grace of God, we don’t have multiple victims,” said Warminster Chief of Police Mike Murphy at a press conference at the township building following the incident. Three people were present inside the take-out restaurant on East County Line Road at the time of the incident.

Murphy said police were searching for Delgado, who was said to be armed with a silver semi-automatic handgun. Police said Delgado was wearing grey pants, a grey jacket with some red detailing and a grey knit cap at the time of the incident.

Murphy said Delgado is believed to have fled the scene in a red Ford Explorer, but had no further information on the car or the direction it was headed.

Delgado’s last known address is in New York City, and Murphy said he might be headed in that direction.

He also said it is possible he is traveling with an associate by the name of Jose Huertas, of the 700 block of Madison Street in Philadelphia.

As of Friday afternoon, detectives were still processing the scene and interviewing witnesses. Murphy said a language barrier presented a challenge, and officers from Horsham Township are helping with the translation.

Nearby William Tennent High School and McDonald Elementary Schools were briefly placed on lockdown following notification of the incident this morning, but that lockdown has been lifted.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact the Warminster Police Department.

 (JM)

Original Report:

The manhunt continues for an armed man wanted for firing four shots at or near Mamajuana Kitchen along County Line Road near Hatboro (http://goo.gl/maps/VcdPG), according to police.

There are no reports of injuries.

Police describe him as a bald, Hispanic man wearing a green, wool cap and carrying a handgun. He was last seen near Newtown Road in Warminster (http://goo.gl/maps/OF9oA).

William Tennent High School in Warminster was put on lock down as a precaution during the chase, but the school was opened again at about 11 a.m. when it was determined there was no immediate threat. Police believe he has now fled the area.

The incident occurred at about 10:15 a.m. Police will hold a press conference on the event soon.

Come back for updates.

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Tired of Hypocrisy

10:51 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

That is In Warminster, not Hatboro.

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Pure ignorance

11:11 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Hatboro is right across the street from where he let off gunshots...Does it really matter Warminster or Hatboro??? Someone is shooting and there is a high school right down the street! Pure ignorance!!

samantha Talbot

10:52 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Which direction was he running on Countyline Rd? That would be a really good thing to know...

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Part of the Solution

11:02 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Tired- the restaurant is in Hatbor, he was last seen in Warminster

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Tired of Hypocrisy

11:46 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

With due respect, mailing address may be Hatboro, but the restaurant is definitely in Warminster. The opposite side of County Line is Hatboro but the side the restaurant is on, is Warminster.There is no 'Strip Center' or restaurant on the Hatboro side of County Line.

World Peace

11:02 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

The mailing address is Hatboro

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wheezer96

11:59 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

A lot of businesses on County Line Road don't want to be associated with Warminster so they list themselves with a Hatboro address. However when something happens they have to call either the Warminster police or Warminster Township.

Love25

11:03 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Actually those shoping centers on the opposite side of county line road are actually Hatboro mailing addresses.

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Part of the Solution

11:04 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

sorry - typed to fast and left the "o" off the end of Hatboro.
Just found out the police have the guy in custody

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World Peace

11:05 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Did he actually shoot someone, does anyone know?? I see the helicopter flying around and around.

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World Peace

11:09 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Thank God.... Good job men in blue.... good job

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Peace World

1:29 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

mmmm yeah. nice add in ya ole goat

Joan Shade Bangert

11:16 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Every day a shooting or person with weapon very scary.

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Sean Patrowich

11:20 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Thanks for the interesting debate and clarification on the mailing address of the location.

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heather polin

11:31 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

it's so sad that people are so immature and petty! we should be concerned that this awful thing is going on and not be bickering back and forth as to where it occurred when it's a difference of a mile ! grow up!

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Dave C

11:38 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

These are times where we as a community need to band together and look out for eachother. Doesn't matter where or when. I know its easier to say then to do but in strong communities we can lookout for these kinds of assholes and protect ourselves and our children.

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Kevin Quinn

11:45 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Exactly Dave. The solution is not pointing at places like Bucks Landing and Lacey Park. It's the community stepping up collectively to make it known we will not tolerate criminals in our community.

TomInPA

11:47 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Good job by the police departments involved!

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Tired of Hypocrisy

11:47 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Thank you to the officers who arrested the man. Hoping no one was injured.

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Tori

11:54 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

See what happens when you keep buildling apartments and allowing illegals to live in them Warminster!

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Kevin Quinn

12:00 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

If you think all of Warminster's issues are related to illegal immigrants you may want look deeper. Race has nothing to do with criminal activity. White, black, asian, or latino...Criminals are criminals.

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ElleWaller

3:29 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Tori, WHUCK?!?!?! this guy was the former OWNER of this business. Where do you live princess? And do you know your ancestors were illegal?

keepeace.onelove.

11:58 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

What does it matter the town
Have respect. Look out for one another. Stop arguing over something that is irrelevant.
Thank you to the law enforcement.

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Sam

12:02 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

It is called Warminster Heights, not Lacey Park..hasn't been Lacey Park in a very long time. And just because its right there doesn't mean anything.

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Rush Limbo

7:56 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I will always call it Lacy Park..... Park, Parker, Park

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ElleWaller

3:30 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Hey, Rush, I'm Parker...this guy is not from our community. My name is my screen name. Why don't you stop hiding behind a fat pig's & say who you really are?

Belinda

12:08 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

It does matter because it's news. They need to get their facts straight if they're reporting a story. When Sandy Hook happened, every news outlet put out erroneous information in an attempt to one-up each other. Fact-checking stories is important.

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Mary Baxter Carmona

12:09 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

It saddens me to hear of this happening in my hometown of Warminster. I agree...Warminster, Hatboro...doesn't matter. What matters is the safety of the communities!!! Kudos to law enforcement!!

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Hatboro or Warminsiter

12:09 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Its very important to find out if this was in Warminster or Hatboro. There has never been an issue of greater concern for me. The fact that a shooting was involved is secondary to its location. o and the food at that palce is ok, wait, it thatt place in warminster or hatboro?? Someone help, Is thios warmminster or hatboro, Im so confused..help!!

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keepeace.onelove.

12:17 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Your all stuck on the fact of the place. If its a mile or two steps apart. Were ALL human. Man up! Help anyone whos around you. Whether you.know them or not. YOU ALL sound CRAZY. Funny bc its probably most of adults on here arguing over a minor slip. And @hatboro or warminster its not a.joking matter.

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World Peace

12:17 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I hope everyone can enjoy their day safely

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mick1

12:22 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

This is the reason these things happen because people are so quick to point fingers and shift blame. Instead of blaming others and pointing out the wrong we should look at ourselves and see what can personally do better to help these things not happen.

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ryan

12:23 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

the local news say the suspect is still at large

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PA Mom

12:24 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I am so happy they caught this guy. To me weither it was in Hatboro or Warminster it's still too close to home. Now I can leave my house! yay!

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qdogPa

12:25 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Why did Action News just report the shooter was in a Red SUV heading maybe towards New York, if the shooter was apprehended as this article states?

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momsSerenity

1:48 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Cause They lied, so people would stop calling and worrying,so they just said he was in custody even though he was not !! also Yes it Does Matter if it is WARMINSTER OR HATBORO, Considering, Hatboro is Montgomery county and Warminster is Bucks County!!! Would you want The police and all the Authorities going to the wrong County In A Emergency ??? please people use common sense.

Charles Pagano

12:44 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

This is happening EVERYWHERE; today it just so happens to be Warminster (business has a Hatboro mailing address) Does it really matter? No one was injured or killed. Thank you to the Men and WOMEN of Warminster PD.

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amanda

12:46 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Somebody u people are crazy an immature. I live right near where this happened. And for Tori it doesn't matter the race it matters how crazy these damn people are that are walking around in both Warminster /Hatboro communities...grow the hell up people seriously. Its pathetic reading half of these comments.

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Jen

12:46 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Are the schools on lockdown again if he wasn't caught?

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Jerry Brahm

12:50 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Apparently, early reports were wrong; the Chief of Police confirmed the alleged gunman is still at large; we're waiting for a press conference to get more details.

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World Peace

12:51 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I just called warminster non emergency number and he WAS NOT caught yet

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amanda jenkins

1:20 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

i cant believe you people i used to live up there that area has always had a hatboro address and whose to say if the guy is from hatboro or warminster let alone assume hes from lacey park just hope the heck everyone is ok

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Peace World

1:32 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

and went to william tennent. we can tell. from the grammar and lack of punctuation.

franklistner

1:28 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

We should all say a prayer to whomever you believe in..... No one was injured in the shooting. It doesn't matter what color your skin is, what nationality you are or what your heritage is. It doesn't matter what religion you practice or even if you don't. The most important thing here is that no innocent children or adults were injured during the shooting. With that having been said details about the suspect being reported by the media are critical in apprehending the criminal, if he is indeed still at large. To those of you still debating the location...In a perfect world County Line Rd would purposefully divide Hatboro from Warminster but unfortunately it doesn't. The name of the location where the shooting took place is all that is important. To those throwing crap back and forth about Warminster and Hatboro... An important man once said... Let thee without sin cast the first stone. Neither Hatboro nor Warminster is without criminal activity and both have their own fair share of a diverse population. Another great man once said... Even rats travel aboard with regular cargo. There is no way of avoiding it. Obviously even here in this forum, there are those of us who are deeply concerned citizens and scattered in… are "rats". I remember seeing a sign hung up that might be relevant to those here bickering back and forth...... I see stupid people.... they're everywhere..... and they don't even know that they are stupid!!!!!!!

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laura m

1:29 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Why wasnt the kindercare on newtown rd notified by police about this? We have many young children there and are closer than the other two schools that were put on lock down!

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Pete Krenshaw

1:56 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Upper Moreland has a couple of schools in the neighborhood too (down Orangemans Road)

World Peace

2:51 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

OMG lol I thought you were talking to me, and I thought, wait I love Warminster Heights... lol I'm here now, and just applied to live here. It's a great community. My husband was born and raised here. I can't wait for the day I have an address here.

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Lavender Green

2:56 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

shooting people because your pissed is not the answer, sad that so many find the need to resort to this. Our world our own community needs to stop this, it begins at home, with raising the kids to not be like this, it starts with people not teaching hate, just because someone is not the same color, race, and so on. it wont change over night but it can change, but its a group effort, everyone not just a few... I am very happy no children got hurt, I have grandkids in McDonald and its sad that these small children have to go through this

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HarleyGirl04

2:56 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I can't seem to find the update where they're saying they caught the guy, and it's a little scary because the kids are getting out of school shortly.

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regularjoe

3:00 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I have a son who is a Senior at Tennent. It's a good school. I also have Two girls who graduated from there. They are smart and successful. I don't know how Warminster Heights came into the comments, when there's nothing in the story about it. Police say the man is from NYC and 6 ABC says he's from Philly. As for the Hatboro comments, even the businesses much further down County Line Rd. on the Warminster side have a Hatboro mailing address. It's always been that way. Laura, yes, they should have been notified and locked down also. Theresa, there are ignorant people everywhere!

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Chuck

3:31 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

http://www.zipmap.net/Pennsylvania/Bucks_County.htm

County line road is not an official boundary. If you zoom in on the map you can see how the township lines are drawn. It is Hatboro, now everyone can stop arguing about it. It makes no real difference. The shooter and the current store owner aren't even from the area.

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European American

4:52 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

county line road IS the boundary. thats pretty obvious. y do u think its called COUNTY LINE RD? it divides the counties.

Pete Krenshaw

3:36 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Not that it matters but zip code boundaries do not follow municipal boundaries. The "zipmap" posted here is the zip code boundary map which correctly shows the business in question with the Hatboro zip code. This fact is what causes confusion because County Line Road is indeed the boundary between Warminster Township and Hatboro. The business is located in Warminster Township but the US Postal Service assigns it the Hatboro zip code. It has always been like this and it is not a big deal.

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Tired of Hypocrisy

3:54 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

It is a big deal when you live on the Warminster side, have a Hatboro phone exchange, call the police and get the Montgomery County dispatcher and have to take the time to explain you want to speak to the Bucks County dispatcher to have a Warminster township police officer respond to whatever it is you are calling about. Has happened more than once to our family and many others that live in Warminster. They've attempted to fix the problem numerous times but computers are what they are. We have to call the direct Warminster police line or else deal with the confusion of Montgomery Township/Hatboro vs Bucks County/Warminster.

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Pete Krenshaw

12:30 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

While I agree with you in regards to phone extensions and a similar confusion of Hatboro vs Warminster, phone extensions did not lead to the confusion in the article. You are absolutely correct, when calling in an emergency location and response is a big deal.

qdogPa

3:59 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Are we discussing the archaic zip coes addresses vis a vie town names, or the unfortunate incident that happened in Warminster or Hatboro...FWIW, manypeople kive in Horsham, but have adresses such as Ambler,Hatboro,North wales,and Horsham....

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Tom potter

4:32 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

you know from what I read is alot of I live here and I live there but I beleave what we all should be concernd about is our kids safe and did they get this asshole.i grow up in warminster

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Jeff

4:42 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Poor reporting by the patch to say he was in custody earlier when he was actually still on the loose. Disappointed.

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Tired of Hypocrisy

3:51 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Agree. Wrong township, wrong county, wrong info all the way around. Not to be rude, but miss Mr. Boyle's accurate and up-to-date reporting.

parkersrscum

4:45 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Whoa! The shooter was not from here? This is our ghetto, go find your town to ruin.

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European American

4:49 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Kevin Quinn, it is a race issue. Minorities are not only more likely to commit crimes, they do. Look at the numbers. Minorities make up a smaller percentage of the community and commit 90 percent of the crimes. These people love commiting crimes. They come from philly and NY and destroy our suburbs. Look at EVERY major city that has a high number of minorities; it's where all the poverty and crime is. Not coincidental.

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Chuck

5:27 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

@Jared The incarceration rates say otherwise. If you notice that on the past 10 years incarceration rates of whites have increased by 69%. This is data straight from the PA department of crime and delinquency. Race doesn't play a role in violent crimes. It is a myth and as more data comes in each year it is becoming more and more false. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4lTRj0npx0ha0ZBNjlGWEVzc0k/edit

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Arkansas Dave

5:04 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Nail on the head Jared. I mean that says it all!!! But you know how it goes, It's the white people that drive them to it. But hey, they have been jamming up the welfare system and unemployment system for years and yet they still get away with murder, both literally and figuratively.

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ElleWaller

3:35 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jared, every comment you make shows that you are indeed uneducated.

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European American

8:49 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

elle, how am i uneducated if im the one presenting facts and youre arguing with emotions?

Chuck

5:06 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

@parkersrscum sounds to me by your handle and your comment you have a firm unbiased grasp on our community. Growing up in War minster Heights I have seen more scummy people outside of the Warminster Heights community. Expand your world view a bit.

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parkersrscum

5:18 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

@Chuck. Your “community” is a festering sore on the rectum of society. Nothing good has ever come out of Warminster Heights, aka Lacey Park, The Gulch, Hell’s Kitchen, etc. And nothing ever will!

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Chuck

5:27 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I would have to disagree. I've seen the people i grew up with become outstanding citizens of our community. We are nurses, doctors, and business people, and service men/women who would like to see our community and the communities around us become better. Stop living in the past and move forward from your preconceived notions of history. I'll admit, the history of my neighborhood during the 70's and 80's has not been the best but that is not who we are now or strive to be.

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Arkansas Dave

4:58 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

WRONG CHUCKY, that data is so so wrong.you need to check the Federal crime rates and several other data stats to get an accurate number. Nice try to put down white people, as usual.

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ElleWaller

3:36 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

PARKERSRSCUM....grow a set, come visit our "ghetto" hon ;)

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parkersrscum

11:03 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013

@ElleWaller
"PARKERSRSCUM....grow a set, come visit our "ghetto" hon ;)"
Waller rhythms with swaller.....how much for a dollar????????

Jaclyn

5:36 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Wow, the suburbs really shelter people.. to think Warminster is a rough area.. Step out in Kensington or 20th And Berks in North Philly. and then we can talk. .. A person gets shot out.. and people are yelling at eachother because they have nothing better to do then to bitch about something. ..wow..

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Arkansas Dave

5:09 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Who would want to "Step out there"? Bunch of scum bags and dope heads. Who cares about some dope head or hooker from Kensington, F Kensington and all of the ghetto hoods!!! Sounds like your at home there Jac.

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momsSerenity

1:54 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Thank You Jaclyn !!!!! So True!!!!

Jaclyn

5:53 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Chuck * Nice to hear some positive and intelligent words in a whole bad book of ignorance

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Arkansas Dave

5:12 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

I haven't seen anything intelligent written by you Jac. Just get on here and say these people are ignorant. OK give the computer back to who ever you stole it from and get out to the corner and make that little bit of money at K&A. Then go smoke it. I'm sure you and chuck are "Alike"

Lauren

5:58 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I live right up the street from here, literally 5 secs away. I was up in that shopping center a couple days ago. So scary that this happened, and probably will continue to happen. It makes me sick to my stomach. You can't go anywhere these days without worrying what could happen

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European American

7:34 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Chuck read this. In 2008 approximately one in every 31 adults (7.3 million) in the United States was behind bars, or being monitored (probation and parole). In 2008 the breakdown for adults under correctional control was as follows: one out of 18 men, one in 89 women, one in 11 African-Americans (9.2 percent), one in 27 Latinos (3.7 percent), and one in 45 Caucasians (2.2 percent). Crime rates have declined by about 25 percent from 1988-2008.[15] 70% of prisoners in the United States are non-whites.[

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Peace World

7:46 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

are you still eating Subway?

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Arkansas Dave

5:15 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Yeah EAT IT CHUCK!!! Now go knock over a liquor store!!

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Mike

9:14 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Jeff,Read what you just wrote; I'll presume the facts are true. This proves my point that we are living in an ever-growing police-state. I wonder if you have the breakdown of those who are incarcerated and under probation/parole for crimes that involve THC (marijuana) and/or possession of recreational use of controlled substances and other SILLY convictions usually as the result of a plea bargain just so the DA's office "wins" a greater # of cases at the expense of ruining the lives of citizens as the cop(s) and ADA's go home and indulge in some alcoholic drinks? It was NOT that way in the 70s/early 80's. The USA has the greatest percentage of people in jails/prisons than ANY other country. That high % is NOT a compliment to the police. It's a sad representation of this growing police state and abuse of power of the once helpful officers.

European American

8:31 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

You know I've never heard that. Is that new? Did you make that up?

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Melanie Kampfeld

8:41 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

The problem is the shopping center. The landlord is a slum lord - as long as he gets his rent he's happy. Doesn't care who rents or what element they bring into the area as long as he gets his rent on time. The interiors of most of those stores are dilapitated - I can't imagine eating food from any of the businesses, either.

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Sue

9:00 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Wowwww I am amazed and curious as to how old some of you are. To make some of these stereotypical and generalized comments is horrible and very detrimental. Know your facts before you speak or make assumptions based off of socioeconomic status or ethnicity!

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franklistner

12:28 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013

Amen Sue! What scares me most is the very real possibility that the folks writing their opinions here on this forum of the Warminster Patch have children in our schools right now and those individuals are filling their little minds with the very same racism and hatred that they themselves are spouting about. This type of behavior creates bullies. Even though our Constitution of The United States does give us the freedom of speech and it may be everyone's right, including my own to voice their own opinion here; one should reflect long and hard prior to "penning" one's thoughts in an open forum for the world to read because those words reflect your true personality and Big Brother is reading our every word. They know who we are. They know where we live. Now they know what you are thinking. Consider that the next time you place your rant in print. I'm just saying...........

Cindy

9:28 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Just read 6ABC update...shooter turned himself in to police this morning.

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Lauren

9:41 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

I just read that too! Probably because he saw himself on every news channel yesterday as a breaking news story!

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Proud to be an American

12:17 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Yes, this can happen anywhere. This was OBVIOUSLY, an inside job and the 2 men knew each other.
This world is ridiculous, if we could only turn time back to the days when everyone cared and watched out for each other.
Then, they lock down the 2 schools, seriously?Newtown, CT was tragic but: 1) lock down every school on the east coast because he could go to any school 2) shouldn't EVERYONE be on lockdown, because he could go to any house.

Get real people, the only way these things will change if you take away welfare, parents, actually parent their children by teaching them to love one another and not raise their children to a life of entitlement.

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Kevin Mack

4:04 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

In the past year Warminster has had two bank robberies,pharmacy robberies,two fatal stabbings in Bucks Landing and a sexual assault,a sexual assault in Lacey Park,this shooting,home invasions...and thats just this past year. A couple of years ago you had the guy who fired in to the crowd at that bar on York rd. Warminster is not a ghetto like Kensington but it has its share of violent crime in a small radius.

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parkersrscum

6:20 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Defending the Park is part of the problem. Kevin Mack gave a decent run down of crime in Warminster but he missed allot too. Its obvious Warminster needs an enema and the Park is where the hose needs to go. Next…..Trashwood!!!!

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ElleWaller

3:39 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Kevin, have you seen the rest of Warminsters crime statistics? Talk to Lts. Donnelly and Varacallo. Then come talk to us Parkers you fool.

European American

6:36 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Sue, racism and discrimination is NOT an age issue. To think that is to be blind and uneducated. People of all ages, races, rich or poor are racist. Black people are the most racist people alive. They take jabs at white people very blatantly and we somehow have to accept it or we would be racist.

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Arkansas Dave

4:53 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

OMG!!!!! Amen Jared. Exactly!!! Don't forget when a black person does something bad to a white person you don't see it on the news or read about it. For ex: A white cop shooting a black guy, even though the guy was shooting at the cop, it somehow turns into the WHITE COP is racist. But reverse the situation and its normal and never a race issue!!!! That kind of stuff goes on all the time no matter what situation. The white people are always Racist. Makes me SICK!!!! Not to mention they walk around with a chip on their shoulder like everyone owes the something.
I owe them something alright, A 2 piece to the chin and a left hook!!!!

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franklistner

12:38 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013

Jared....Sue's age comment actually was a question as to the maturity level of the people ranting back and forth in this forum. It had nothing to do with their actual chronological age. There are those of us with a deeper and clearer understanding of life and our comments will nearly always be taken literally by those with a limited comprehension.

European American

6:43 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

And let's get this right. Warminster by every definition IS a ghetto. Has been for a long time. High crime, poor market value, higher than average poverty and minorities. Funny how an area with all that poverty and crime is filled with minorities. No, race can't possibly have anything to do with that. It's not racist to point out facts or to agree with them. It's just a cultural observation.

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Irene Lennon

7:13 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Bucks Landing is a Ghetto, that is where all the crimes occur for the most part. Most of the renters are illegals, but a blind eye is given to this fact.

Arkansas Dave

4:44 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Um Kev, your kidding when you said race has nothing to do with criminal activity right?? I think we all know who causes 90% of the crime around here. So don't be so political. And if they keep building these apartments it will keep bringing up the scum from Philly and the NE area. We all know that apartment dwellers don't pay property tax that homeowners pay (Which they should) and they bring their out of control children up here to hog up the schools and ruin them too b/c they are better than the Philly juvie halls, oh I mean schools. They should knock down all apartments and make them parking lots. Oh and "Look out for one another"? Your joking too right? I think I will look after my family rather than a stranger who I have no idea about. Dream on. I have my piece and my concealed permit so i'm good.

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Sue

10:13 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jared - I am a middle aged Caucasian woman who has worked and raised a family in bucks county and still live here. I know all about being on the receiving end of reverse discrimination. My point is simple, ethnicity does not cause crime. We live in the third most densely populated area of the US - you are free to move anywhere you want. Racism in any form is unacceptable and ignorant and does nothing but exacerbate these issues. The problem in my opinion revolves around mental health not ethnicity.

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World Peace

10:30 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

I agree with Sue.
America is the melting pot, as I stated in another article about this case. I say embrace another race. Love people not color. It gets you nowhere. Also I believe there was a threat on here as well and should not be taken lightly by any means. Don't know if everyone is aware but when u comment on something it goes to everyones email that commented too.

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Sue

11:16 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Most welcome World Peace! My husband is a Marine who now owns a very successful construction biz and I just showed him this thread ......he just shook his head he was disgusted..
Well my opinion has been voiced and everyone is entitled so peace out !!

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European American

11:50 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sue I'm not saying you need or should be racist. All I'm saying is you're blind to the facts because of your personal beliefs. I would love to agree with you and harbor no hate. But numbers don't lie. Minorities are more likely and do commit more crimes. You can't possibly argue that every person regardless of race that commits any crime is mentally unstable. These people thrive on violence. Their parents did it and they do it and their kids are gonna do it. I know white people also commit crimes, but nowhere near as many as minorities. Facts are facts regardless of your beliefs or opinions.

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World Peace

3:39 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Thank u to your husband Sue for defending all of us Americans. Land of the Free and the home of the BRAVE!

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ElleWaller

3:42 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

At any time that ANY of you BIGOTS would like to meet me at the Warminster Police station for a criminal statistic breakdown of the different sectors in Warminster Township, I will GLADLY arrange it. It has been done & your heads would spin. And, the flippin' restaurant is in HATBORO if you look at a surveyors map.

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Pete Krenshaw

11:16 am on Monday, January 14, 2013

What surveyor map are you talking about? There is no question the north side of County Line Road is Warminster and the south side is Hatboro.

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parkersrscum

11:00 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Elle. Take your eighth grade education and go back to geography class. County Line Rd. (look at the name) divides Bucks and Montgomery Counties. It may have a Hatboro mailing address but that means nothing.

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momsSerenity

2:06 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

The Restaurant is not in Hatboro, it is in Warminster,pa. they are just using Hatboro as its postal Address, just like We People who live in Hatboro, are now Recieving our mail from Horsham post office !!!!

ElleWaller

4:05 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Oh. Arkansas Dave. We are NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line. Kindly keep your redneck values & your "piece" to yourself.

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European American

5:09 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

White people are the majority Elle so of course there will be more people commuting crimes by volume. It's a percentage. Minorities make up a smaller number of the community but they commit the most crimes statistically. One in a hundred or more white people commit crimes but its closer to one in ten minorities commit crimes. You're letting your beliefs blind you to the facts. You cannot argue with facts. No matter how equal you want to make us.

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World Peace

6:59 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jared,
Can you post the link from the government website or portal you read about the statistics. I've been searching, but can't seem to find anything. Thank u

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European American

7:49 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=5009270. That's not the one I originally posted. I did a google search for something like prison population by race and I guess I found it on a link off a link.

Race: Black males continue to be incarcerated at an extraordinary rate. Black males make up 35.4 percent of the jail and prison population — even though they make up less than 10 percent of the overall U.S population. Four percent of U.S. black males were in jail or prison last year, compared to 1.7 percent of Hispanic males and .7 percent of white males. In other words, black males were locked up at almost six times the rate of their white counterparts.

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European American

7:54 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

In all honesty, I'm not saying anyone needs to be or should be racist. I'm simply saying you need to put your personal beliefs and views aside and accept the facts. Minorities commit more crimes than white people. It is NOT racist to show someone a fact.

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JAC

7:58 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

actually Dave.. classy guy you are.. im from doylestown.. therefore i know how grateful and lucky and blessed i have been to grow up in bucks county.. since ive lived outside of my little hometown, helped a lot of people in areas that are far more worse then your dreaded warminster .. even lived out of this country... with wow people that aren't white.. wow dave.. can you believe it

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JAC

8:00 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Oh since i am sure you aren't an ex drug addict, or definitely do not get paid for sex.. i am sure you have a hard time getting laid.. i wonder what your flaws are Dave.. you sound so perfect..living in Bucks County.. im sure you have a great job that you love. and a wonderful family.. yea im sure theres nothing wrong with you Dave...
especially since you have no problem insulting people.. god i bet that makes you feel real big ...

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World Peace

10:08 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jared that article is from 2008

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World Peace

10:13 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jac ur awesome! We need more people like you. People that are down to earth and care for people, not color.

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European American

11:57 am on Monday, January 14, 2013

So what if its from 2008. Are you saying minorities stopped commuting crimes in the last 4 years? The numbers don't lie. A fact is a fact and some people don't want to believe it for some reason. All I'm doing is pointing out the FACT that minorities commit more crimes.

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Pete Krenshaw

1:07 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013

I think there is a myriad of reasons for the numbers being reported as they are. It may be as simple as minorities commit more crimes (they are certainly arrested and convicted more often, as indicated by the reports you posted). I think the more important question is "why are these types of crimes being committed?".

I believe it goes beyond race and maybe beyond socioeconomic status. We seem to be living more and more in an entitlement society where everyone is special even before they do anything which can be considered as such. Perhaps lower income people are not afforded the same opportunities, especially if they are of another race. Perhaps it is such a difficult cycle to break that most never due and others may even us it all as an excuse...

More so than anything else, I believe these are the topics worthy of conversation as opposed to the location of the establishment in question in this article or if "Parkers" are to blame. These ideas and comments above have little to no bearing on the real issues and are really just a complete waste of time.

World Peace

2:50 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013

Please you guys. Do this "debate" a little more friendly. Believe me I know it can be tough holding back. I hold back every time I post. Go about it nicer and get better results.

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Jake

10:41 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013

I have lived in Warminster my whole life. Every couple years something big happens. A shooting, a murder, a robbery. It happens in other towns too. Lets see I believe a man raped an murdered an eldery woman in Hatboro a couple years ago. A man shot his wife and child in Doylestown a year or two ago. So no town is without it's crime. This was a dispute between the current owner and ex owner of the business. Now that's not to say it wasn't a big deal because it was. The problem is people react without thinking anymore. It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with stupidity and mentality.

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World Peace

8:01 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Yay Jared... I've lived here my whole life too. Almost 37 years. Its definitely NOT what it used to be.

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Mike

9:24 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

I'd like to see how most of these suburban officers would fare working in the real bad lands of Philly where work IS WORK -- not just cruising around looking for a person's car tire to touch a lane marker to begin a DUI witch hunt to destroy lives since there's nothing better to do 90% of the time. It's SICKENING.

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World Peace

9:40 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

I want to help make it better, but how?

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ForAndAgainst

8:45 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

@ Parkersrscum I have lived here for almost 30 years now. You are right there have been some crazy stuff that happens in 'the park'. But guess what? You now get kicked out for having felonies, you can't live there with convictions, they have cracked down on that years ago. Learn about what the hell you are putting down. And @World Peace...I think I know who you are :-) hehehe

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parkersrscum

10:56 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Kicking out the felons will do nothing and changing the mentality of the residents is impossible. Bulldoze the entire place and make the dirt bags move ,with no government assistance. They have leeched off society for too long.

World Peace

2:28 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Wow way to go Americans, I like how were all coming together as a community.
@ "parkersrscum" lol I'm sorry, but that name is so funny. To let a community bother you that bad and control you to the point that you make your screen name "parkersrscum" says a lot about you. I feel bad for you and your misplaced anger. The park, in my eyes, is such a great community. Did you know that Warminster Heights, is a co-op? To move in to Warminster Heights, you have to have the co-op fee, which is currently about $7600.00. It's not a government run community, it's a resident run community. Did you know that? That $7600.00 co-op fee comes out of your pocket, not the government. That must be paid, if you get approved to move in, in full, before you move in. Thats after you pass a criminal background check and credit check. Sounds safe to me. I like knowing for a fact that none of my neighbors are criminals. Warminster Heights also has HUD housing, also known as section 8. They do not except the Section 8 Voucher, so please do not get that confused. You have to go through the same process as regular housing and still have the co-op fee to move in. The HUD housing program in Warminster Heights is based on your income. You pay up to market rent value. Some of those section 8 residents could be paying $1500.00 per month for their unit. That is more than the rent is for regular housing. Hey "parkersrscum" times change.

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parkersrscum

2:49 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

OMG! I’ve been soooo wrong! Time to sell my Toll Brothers stock and buy in the Park. All your efforts are in vain but keep floating out the BS, it makes me laugh.

World Peace

2:31 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

@ ForAndAgainst.... I'm curious as to who you are. Inbox me on facebook

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World Peace

3:49 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

What did you think the process was to move in there?

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parkersrscum

7:12 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Don't know,don't care!
I run a business near the Park and have had no luck with the residents of your “community“. I have found them lazy, uneducated, deceitful, unskilled and addicted to drugs or alcohol. Vandalism and graffiti of the property is a common occurrence. When the police have caught the offenders, guess where they were from? Keep up the good work though……..I’ll get the bulldozer ready!!!!!!

ForAndAgainst

8:49 am on Monday, January 21, 2013

Bahahaha @ Toll Brothers. Bunch of scum bags there as well. You run a business around the Park? You are right though, somewhat. There are some scruffy, disgusting, uneducated, dirty, messed up people in there. Ill agree. But there are some amazing, educated, stand up, law abiding people in there as well. The place you want to bull doze would be the ville. or 'Bucks Landing'...That place is crawling with crime and illegals..Since the park has had enough of the crime and felonies and cleaned up alot, there has been almost ZERO issues there. If all you have to go on is the 'people' you deal with in your business...then you must run a pretty shithole establishment to only get those customers who are the shitty side of the park.

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RDGathers

9:07 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013

I know hundreds of ppl from lacey park and 90percent of them are pos criminals. drug dealers who will rob you when your not looking or worse. right to your face. get rid of the park get rid of crime. simple as that. you can defend them all you want but everybody knows whats the truth.

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