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Laptops, Oxycodone Stolen From Buck Road Office

Several items are believed taken from an area business.

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 surveillance video to see if it captured the alleged thieves.

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Over $2,000 Stolen from Bustleton Pike Dunkin' Donuts

The new Dunkin' Donuts in Lower Southampton was burglarized early Thursday morning.

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, show the suspects walking from the Bottom Dollar Foods parking lot and to the rear door of the Dunkin' Donuts. The door was pried open with a small pry …

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Police Investigate Another Burglary

Lower Southampton Police received yet another report of a burglary.

A number of homes were broken into in Lower Southampton just a few days after Christmas, and now the Lower Southampton Police Department is investigating another one on the 800 block of Lantern Lane in Langhorne. On Jan. 3, a Delta Community house manager reported that someone entered the house, took a lock box key from inside a closet, opened the lock box and took $298 from the lock box. The subject also went into the rooms of the consumers and took $40 worth of gift cards, $10 from a wallet and $3 worth of quarters. The house manager told police that she believes that the subject entered through the kitchen window. No one was in the house between 5 - 5:30 p.m. that day. Police checked the exterior of the house and did not find any signs …

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Police Investigate Multiple Burglaries, Attempted Burglaries

The Lower Southampton Police Department is investigating a number of burglaries and attempted burglaries.

Just a few days after Christmas, the Lower Southampton Police Department received reports and began investigating several burglaries and attempted burglaries. Thursday, Dec. 27, police were dispatched to a home on the 500 block of Stream Ridge Lane at about 2:12 p.m. for the report of a residential alarm. Upon arrival, officers found the sliding glass door at the rear of the house damaged -- there were pry marks on the outside of the door. There was also damage to the glass and it appeared that the subject attempted to break the glass with a hard object, but entry was not made into the house. That same day, officers were dispatched to a home on the unit block of Trevose Road for the report of a burglary in process. The complainant reported…

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Burglar Unwraps, Steals Christmas Presents

An unknown subject entered a home and stole gift cards and an Ipad intended to be Christmas presents.

The following information was supplied by the Lower Southampton Police Department. For full details from the police reports, click on the attached PDF file. Lower Southampton Police are investigating a burglary in which the unknown subject stole Christmas presents from an apartment. The complainant reportedly left her Chalet Village apartment on the unit block of Heights Lane around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 21 and returned at 11 a.m. to find some Christmas presents she had wrapped were ripped open and some were missing. She also discovered the lower level back door was unlocked, which she reported was never left open or unlocked. During the investigation, officers determined that once inside the subject saw the pile of wrapped presents and tried to…

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Police Need Help Identifying Burglars

Lower Southampton Township Police Department is investigating an interrupted burglary at Arbor Lane Apartments.

A resident of Arbor Lane Apartments came home from school Monday, Dec. 10, and found a man coming out of his father's bedroom. The man – described by police as a chunky, white man, in his 40s with a thin graying mustache – claimed to be from the maintenance department and was doing work in the apartment.  "I'm with maintenance, seriously," the suspect said. When the father got home, he reported the incident to apartment management and police were called. At the scene, three sets of fingerprints were lifted from the sliding glass door that leads from a balcony into the apartment. The witness said the intruder was not wearing gloves. The man fled the scene and entered a dark colored Pontiac Vibe. Stolen during the burglary was a women’s …

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Cash Taken in Langhorne Doughnut Shop Burglary

The Dunkin' Donuts in the Langhorne section of Middletown was hit be thieves on Thursday night.

Police in Middletown are investigating the burglary of a busy doughnut shop in the Langhorne section of the township. According to authorities, the burglars made entry to the Dunkin' Donuts in the 600 block of West Maple Avenue in Langhorne at 10:16 p.m. Tuesday night. The side door to the building was found pried open. Once inside the store, the thieves made their way to cash register and took two draws filled with an undetermined amount of money, police said. The robbery happened after the shop was closed. The store, which is fairly new, is located on the corner of West Maple Avenue and Old Lincoln Highway. Parking is often hard to find at the busy location during weekday mornings. Get police news delivered to your inbox with Patch's …

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Falls Man Steals $3K of Tools From Neighbor's Shed

Incidents and arrests as reported by the Falls Township Police.

The following arrest information was supplied by the Falls Township Police. It does not indicate a conviction. For full details from the criminal complaints, click on the attached PDF file. Burglary On Oct. 31, 2012 between  10 and 11:55 a.m. on Vermont Lane, a homeowner went out to the store and when they returned they found their rear bedroom window broken. It is unknown what has been taken at this time. Theft On Oct. 26, 2012  at 11:29 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 2200 block Blair Drive to investigate a theft that had taken place within the past 24 hours. The victim reported that several tools including a power washer, air compressor, leaf blower, table saw, tool box, weed wacker and gas can were taken from the shed in his back…

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State Police Investigate Extension Cord Theft, Counterfeit Cash

Trevose troopers are investigating a theft reported in Penndel and a counterfeit $100 bill at Parx Casino.

The following information was provided by the Pennsylvania State Police Trevose station and gaming control troopers stationed at Parx Casino. Where an arrest is listed, it does not indicate a conviction. For full details from the police reports including names, please click on the attached PDF file. State police are investigating a burglary/theft that occurred in the 400 block of Cynthia Avenue, Penndel. According to the victim, between Oct. 17-24 somebody removed a pad lock from his storage shed and stole four electric extension cords. Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at 215-942-3900 and reference M03-1433217. On Oct. 23 at approximately 6:20 p.m., a suspected counterfeit $100 bill was discovered from an attempted …

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Two Bustleton Pike Businesses Burglarized

Two Feasterville businesses located next to each other on Bustleton Pike were burglarized last Thursday, as reported by Lower Southampton Police.

The following information was supplied by the Lower Southampton Police Department. Lower Southampton Police were dispatched Thursday, Oct. 18 at 9:18 a.m. to Bella Nails and Spa on the unit block of Bustleton Pike for the report of a burglary. A nail salon employee told police that she arrived there and entered the business through the locked front door. When she walked into the business, she found the front counter disheveled and all the money, about $200 in cash and change, missing from the cash register. She walked through the business and found the rear door unsecure, which appeared to be pryed open. While checking this area for evidence, officers discovered that Kyoto's rear door had also been pryed open. Officers checked the inside …

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