Road closed: for several hours due an investigation into a serious traffic accident in which a vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Ferry Road at approximately 3:20 p.m. March 17. Ferry Road was closed between Limekiln and Chapman roads. Police did not provide details about the crash.
Assault of a police officer: by a 55-year-old woman from Philadelphia, after police were flagged down at 4 p.m. March 13, by a concerned citizen at the New Hope Solebury High School parking lot for a well-being check of a highly intoxicated woman seated on the bench.
While officers were talking with the complainant, the woman opened the back door of the police vehicle, got in, and promptly fell asleep. Officers were familiar with the woman, as she had two previous incidents in the past two days. Officers took her into custody.
Due to the level of her intoxication, officers contacted Lambertville New Hope Rescue Squad. While attempting to get the woman into the ambulance, she struck an officer in the head with her fist. She was transported to a local hospital where she was treated and released back to the officers’ custody. She was arraigned and transferred to the Bucks County Correctional Facility. Police did not identify her.
Charged: a 27-year-old man from Ringoes, N.J., with driving under the influence, after police observed a black Honda Accord traveling on South Main Street at 11:58 p.m. March 19. The vehicle was stopped due to a motor vehicle violation, police said.
Charged: William J. Malfaro Jr., with contempt for violation of order or agreement, after police were called for a possible disturbance at 10:45 p.m. March 19, in Sellersville Borough. Malfaro was arraigned by District Judge Gary Gambardella. He was taken to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $200,000 (10%) bail.
Charged: Luis R. Hernandez, 41, with simple assault, harassment, public drunkenness and resisting arrest after police were called to a domestic incident at 5:30 p.m. March 10. Hernandez left the scene of the assault, police said, and was located by police and taken into police custody. He was arraigned by District Judge Michael Petrucci and transported to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $75,000 (10%) bail.
Arrested: Cortney Lovett, 38, who has no fixed address, at 9:02 p.m. March 17, in the 300 block of West Broad Street, on warrants out of Bucks County Sheriff’s Office, Bucks County Department of Corrections, Northampton, and New Jersey. She was temporarily held at the Quakertown Police Department until she was turned over to the Sheriff’s Department.
Charged: Tanisha Brown, 53, of Waring Avenue, Bronx, N.Y., with identity theft, theft by deception, and tampering with records, after police were dispatched to QNB Bank, 15 N. 3rd St., at 3:11 p.m. March 18, for the report of a woman impersonating customers. She was arraigned by District Judge Lisa Gaier and bail was set at $750,000. Brown was remanded to Bucks County Prison.
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