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Cops: Domestic dispute prompts charges, SWAT response, shelter in place in Newtown Township

A Newtown Township man faces charges of simple assault, making terroristic threats and harassment following a domestic dispute that prompted a shelter-in-place advisory and a Bucks County SWAT Team …

Police activity ends "safely;" Sunday morning Newtown Twp shelter-in-place lifted

For two hours Sunday morning, residents in the Headley development of Newtown Township were asked to shelter in place. Motorists were also asked to avoid the area.

Update: 3 killed in Falls shootings Saturday; suspect arrested in Trenton

Authorities say the man who shot to death three members of his family in Falls Township Saturday morning, carjacked a  motorist and fled Bucks County in a stolen Honda CRV is barricaded, with hostages, inside a home in Trenton.

Bucks DA identifies at-large suspect in Falls shootings

The Bucks County District Attorney's Office Saturday afternoon identified the suspect in the mid-morning shootings in Falls Township as Andre Gordon,  26.

Plumstead officer Thomas J. Rutecki receives award for saving teen

A Plumstead Township Police Officer who brought a teenage girl contemplating suicide from a bridge to safety Jan. 2, received the Police Star March 13, for displaying heroic actions above and beyond …

Bucks resident one of newest class of Virginia State Troopers

Caleb W. Hand, 27 of Sellersville, has become one of Virginia State Police’s newest State Troopers. Graduation took place Feb. 23, at Virgina State Police Headquarters in North Chesterfield. Hand is …

Doylestown man killed in “roll-over crash”

A 23-year-old Doylestown man was killed when his vehicle crashed on the northbound Route 611 Bypass, south of North Easton Road, Friday, March 9. Plumstead Township Police identified the man as …

Man sentenced to 35-70 years for killing stepfather over inheritance

Brian Joseph Carey was sentenced to 35 to 70 years in state prison Friday, March 8, for stabbing his estranged stepfather to death in 2022. Carey, 43, appeared before Bucks County Common Pleas Judge …

More charges filed in Plumstead cockfighting case

Another suspect has been charged in connection with the Feb. 18 cockfight at a residential property on North Easton Road in Plumstead. According to court documents, Mara Guadalupe Duran, 50, of the …

Search for man who jumped off New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge continues

New Jersey State Police said the search continues for a 77-year-old man who jumped off the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge into the Delaware River Tuesday. Troopers responded at 9:46 a.m. March 5, …

Police: Woman killed Wrightstown man then pretended to be his dead wife

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday charged a 45-year-old woman with stabbing to death 72-year-old Richard Scott MacFarland in his Wrightstown home last October.

Bucks man faces nearly 50 felonies in Plumstead cockfight

A Plumstead man has been arrested in connection with a cockfight at a residential property on North Easton Road. Manfid Duran, 49, is out on bail and awaiting a preliminary hearing scheduled for March …

Chalfont father, son charged with selling cocaine, meth

A Chalfont father and son have been charged with working together to buy and sell drugs to people the son knew. Following a months-long investigation …

Fatal fire reported in Newtown Twp. Monday morning

An elderly woman died Monday in an early morning house fire in the Newtown Grant section of Newtown Township, said police. The woman’s name has not been released since family members were still …

Fatal fire reported in Newtown Township Monday morning

An elderly woman died Monday in an early morning house fire in the Newtown Grant section of Newtown Township, said police.The woman was identified as Loretta Catozzi, 77. Police reported on the …

Bensalem launches theft reduction task force to tackle shoplifting, business theft

Bensalem Township has launched a task force aimed at reducing retail shoplifting and business theft. The Bensalem Secure Theft Reduction Task Force is a comprehensive program targeting internal and …

Ex-Council Rock North teacher gets up to 2 years on sex charges

Council Rock North High School teacher Steven Allan Struzinski was sentenced Tuesday to 8 to 23 months in county jail and a concurrent four years of probation for sex crimes.

Nearly 50 roosters and hens rescued from active cockfight in Plumstead

An anonymous tip led to the discovery of an active cockfight with 25 spectators inside a detached garage at a house in Plumstead Township Sunday, Bucks County SPCA officials said today.

Cops: Churchville man who killed ex-girlfriend told police he “lost it”

A Churchville man has been arrested and charged with stabbing to death his former girlfriend at her Lower Makefield home Friday afternoon.

Terrorism charges filed against man accused of killing, beheading father

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office filed additional charges, including three counts of terrorism, today against Justin Mohn, the Middletown Township man accused of murdering and then …

Longtime Falls police officer marks 25 years on SWAT team

Sgt. Raymond Fanelli remembers the night a barricaded man was firing a shotgun out the window, striking a vehicle with SWAT team members positioned on the opposite side. The incident, which occurred …

Falls cop reflects on canine retirement

For the last decade, Falls Township Police Officer Edward Elmore and his partner Monty have been inseparable. “We get up and get ready for work together,” Elmore said of his partner, a 12-year-old …

Ex-Neshaminy Kids Club employee hit with 558 new counts in sex crimes probe

Inspection of two desktop computers, a laptop and an iPhone belonging to Gerald William Spoto have allegedly turned up 274 images of what authorities are calling “child sexual abuse material” all …

Springfield chief says anti-police bias could be hurting cop recruitment

Nine years ago, Springfield Township Police Department had more job candidates than it could handle, with 10 making the shortlist for a vacant position. This year, just seven have applied for the current vacancy.
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