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A 33-year-old Feasterville woman has been cited for trespassing after refusing to leave the Sunset Memorial Park cemetery after a lawn care company fired her three hours after hiring her, according to a release from Officer Sean Dougherty. When employees of the lawn care company called police Wednesday morning, they told the officer that a woman had shown up at the cemetery, started acting violent and ran when the Lower Southampton police car arrived. The officers found the woman on County Line Road, and, according to the report, the owner of the lawn care company said she had been hired a …
A Feasterville man was cited by Lower Southampton police on Thursday after his dog, an English bull terrier, got loose from the yard and bit a German Shephard while wandering the neighborhood, according to reports. Police said the dog, which wore neither a collar or tags, was in the neighborhood of Avenue A in Trevose when it charged at a German Shephard and clamped down on its head. The owner struck the terrier with a piece of wood until it let go, police said. When officers arrived, the stray dog was being coralled by neighbors on Front Street, police said. The owner of the dog, Anthony …
A resident walking the track at Russell Elliot Memorial Park reported graffiti vandalism to police on Tuesday. Police said they discovered a "large amount" of graffiti on the rear of the park, near the woods and Turnpike. Yellow and white paint marked a shed, benches, trash cans, dugout, a utility pole and the track, a report from the responding officer said. "Tampa" and "M.O.B." were among the words marked on the township property, police said. Authorities found a yellow spray paint canister cap and took it in to be processed. The regional TAG anti-graffiti unit was notified and called out …
Recently, $41,000 worth of motorcycles and dirt bikes have been stolen from Bromley Motorcycle Sales in Trevose. The first theft happened late last week when it was discovered two disassembled motorcycles worth $17,000 were removed from crated boxes, walked out through a hole cut in a fence, and reassembled outside before being taken, police said. Authorities added that even the manuals to the motorcycles were taken. On Sunday, police responded to find three disassembled GMT dirt bikes had been stolen overnight. The bikes were lifted over quads, reassembled, and taken out through a hole cut …
A gun-owning man who was drinking vodka was arrested Friday night by Lower Southampton police after an argument, authorities said. James Keeney, 53, of Trevose, was arrested at the home he shared with his wife and charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, disorderly conduct, harassment and public drunkenness. He was arraigned and sent to Bucks County prison, where he was later released on 10 percent of $5,000 bail. As part of his release conditions, Kenney turned his handgun over to officials, agreed to not go to his home and not contact his wife, authorities said. Police arrived to …
An alarm at a building lead to the arrest of a man wanted by county authorities, police said. Ryan Schussler, 29, of Creekwood Drive, was arrested by Lower Southampton patrol officers late Wednesday night. Police responded to an alarm in the 400 block of Pennsylvania Boulevard at 11 p.m. and were checking the parking lot of the building when they spotted a man in a Buick sedan duck, according to an incident report. An officer went to see what the man was doing and discovered he was wanted by authorities for a parole violation, police said. Officials searched the Buick and found a hard hat, …
Police cited two 15-year-old boys after they found bags filled with Miller Light cans, Captain Morgan Spice Rum and Four Loko. An officer on patrol noticed the two teens acting strangely after he passed them on Bridgetown Pike at 1:51 a.m. on Saturday, police said. The officer turned around and saw the teens running and stopped them. The teens said they were coming from a friend's house and walking to the Arbor Lane Apartments. The officer made contact with one of the boys' grandmother and she said it was okay for him to be outside past curfew, police said. Before the officer gave the two a …
A man who dropped his car off to have work done reported his wallet missing from the vehicle Wednesday afternoon. The victim told authorities he left his wallet in the glove compartment of his Honda and found it missing later when he went to pick up the vehicle, police said. Employees of the Street Road auto repair shop said they did not take the wallet. A store manager let police search in and around the building. Nothing was found, police said. The victim told police his wallet contained a form of identification and a retired Philadelphia Police Department badge. The value of the wallet is …
A Lower Southampton police officer on patrol came upon an unusual road hazard last Friday just after 4 a.m. The officer discovered hoagie and kaiser rolls strewn across Bridgetown Pike in front of the Village Pantry, police said. It was at first thought the rolls, which came from a bag, were intended for the small store. The bread was cleared from the roadway and the officer began writing a report, police said. As the officer worked on the report, he spotted a bread delivery person dropping off fresh stock at the Village Pantry. The lawman asked the driver about the rolls and the deliveryman …
A man who was bleeding from a swollen eye punched an officer in the face and attempted to resist arrest, Lower Southampton Township police said. On Monday, Feb. 11 just before 1 a.m. police responded to a report of "an armed out of control male bleeding from the head," police said in an affidavit. The man who was later identified as Joseph Franklin Neff, allegedly pulled a knife on a resident of Croftwood Apartment Complex, located at 400 East Street Rd. in Feasterville.  Officer Christian Tracy and Cpl. Raymond Young found Neff standing in the hallway of the apartment complex wearing long …
A 24-year-old New York City resident was quite a handful after police arrested him after an alleged DUI accident in Lower Southampton on Friday night. The man was stopped by police after witnesses alerted dispatch late Friday night that a 2012 Ford Fusion struck the mailbox of the Bridgetown Family Medical on Bridgetown Pike, police said. The vehicle was also spotted driving without running lights According to police, the man was slumped in his seat and looked upset when he saw authorities had stopped him. An officer made contact with the driver and saw damage to the front of the Ford. The 24…
A male victim was taken Abington Memorial Hospital's trauma unit late Monday night after an accident at Street and Buck roads. Lower Southampton police say the victim was riding on a two-wheeled moped-like vehicle when he was involved in an accident at the intersection. The small vehicle and an SUV made contact at the intersection and rider was injured, police said. No one in the SUV was seriously hurt. A pair of shoes and bloodied clothing sat in the eastbound lanes of Street Road, just feet away the badly damaged moped. Crews from the Feasterville Fire Company and Upper Southampton Police …
A 24-year-old Philadelphia man was arrested and charged with DUI and several other offenses after an early-morning incident in Lower Southampton on Saturday. Officers were initially dispatched to the the area of Lukens Street and Trevose Road in the township when a woman called dispatchers to report a black 2005 Cadillac SUV was following her and kept "high beaming" her vehicle from behind, police said. When she slowed down due to the blinding lights, the SUV pulled ahead and blocked her vehicle in, according to a police report. At that point, the "highly intoxicated" man driving the SUV got …
Several items from business suites in the 60 block of Buck Road have gone missing recently. A business operator called police on Monday and said several items have gone missing over the past few weeks. According to police, two laptops - a silver Dell netbook and an Acer laptop - were taken recently. An employee’s oxycodone medication was also missing from the office, police said. The oxycodone pills, used often to treat moderate to severe pain, were missing out of a office desk drawer, police said. The total of the theft was over $400. Officers contacted the building owner and hope to inspect…
Margaret Ireland waited on the snowswept corner of Radcliffe Street and Mill Street in Bristol Borough with about 10 other parents and relatives of the teenage victims of Saturday’s charter bus crash in Boston. “I’m just relieved they’re back,” the mother said. “I’ve been sleepless since I found out.” The group waited across the street from the office of the Destined for a Dream Foundation which sponsored the bus trip to New England. Shortly after midnight, a large yellow charter bus arrived and roughly 10 high school-aged students and some adults stepped off the bus and quickly rushed into …
Two suspects broke into Mink Restaurant & Lounge on Bustleton Pike at 2:00 a.m. on Thursday and made off with hundreds of dollars in cash, alcohol and video games. According to police, cash was taken from three cash registers and a deposit bag in an office. Money was also stolen from an amusement game at the bar, police said. The suspects made off with two bottles of Petrone Tequila and video games stored under the bar. An Xbox gaming system and its controllers were taken from a downstairs area, a police incident report stated. Security cameras show the restaurant and bar was entered through …
Police are looking for two men who they say stole money from the Dunkin' Donuts on Bustleton Pike early Thursday. Store employees called police at around 5:15 a.m. to report the newly-opened location had been burglarized, Lower Southampton officials said. The staff was arriving to open for the day, according to a police report. According to police, the suspects gained access to a locked cabinet and snatched $1,900. They also pried open cash registers and got $450. Police also noted that a locked cart with paperwork and additional cash inside was ransacked. Surveillance cameras, police say, …
A 47-year-old woman wanted for a parole violation out of Central Pennsylvania was arrested at the Croftwood Apartment complex Monday afternoon. Jessica Yoder, 43, no fixed address, was arrested Monday afternoon after police received information from Lower Paxton, Dauphin County police and the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Warrant Unit. Police in Lower Paxton were informed that the suspect was picked up by a female Croftwood Apartment complex resident in Pottstown, Montgomery County day prior, Lower Southampton police reported. Township police went to the apartment complex and spoke with staff. The …
A 57-year-old Feasterville man was caught trying to steal several items from the Giant Food Store on Bustleton Pike in Lower Southampton on Sunday. According to township police, the suspect was caught by store loss prevention officials trying swipe 7 bottles of vanilla extract and a can of Clamato juice, which is cocktail made with tomato juice and several added spices. The items were estimated to be worth $48.02, authorities said. An assistant manager for the store indicated that she wanted the 57-year-old charged for the theft. Store employees told police this is not the first time the man …
Lower Southampton Police reported that they caught a man driving a vehicle with registration plates that were stolen out of Bristol Borough. An officer on patrol ran the black Ford Escape's registration and received a stolen license plate hit out of Bristol Borough. Officers caught up with the vehicle parked in the parking lot of 7-Eleven on the 300 block of E. Street Road. Officers removed and detained the 30-year-old Morrisville man in the driver's seat, who was found to have a suspended PA driver's license. The vehicle's VIN was clear and the vehicle belonged to the man.  When police asked…

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