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Bear spotted in Solebury

The Solebury Township Police Department received a report of a large black bear roaming the area of Aquetong Road and Upper Mountain Road Upper / York Road.

Raccoon kits rescued from truck bed in Hilltown

A volunteer from Wildlife in Need (WIN) PA rescued four orphaned raccoon kits from the back of a pickup truck in Hilltown yesterday. The four kits were discovered by someone who walked by the truck …

Scirrotto to lead Buckingham police; supervisors settle former officer’s complaint

At the outset of the May 15 Buckingham Township Board of Supervisors meeting David J. Scirrotto was sworn in as chief of police. Before Scirrotto took the oath, Lieutenant William Moffett gave a …

Bedminster honors first responders’ life-saving actions

Bedminster Township, long known to residents as a great place to live, is now also known as a great place to work, to a man from another county and his family.

911 calls, doorbell videos, body camera footage detail Falls killings

On the morning of March 16, Andre Gordon Jr. went to his father’s Levittown home and then to the nearby home of the mother of his children intent on murder, said a Bucks County detective.

Man charged in Bristol Township crash that killed Connecticut couple

A 31-year-old man was charged Wednesday with two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI for the fatal Bristol Township crash that claimed the lives of a couple from Connecticut earlier this …

Charges against man accused of triple homicides in Falls will move to Bucks County court

Andre Gordon, Jr. refused to leave his prison cell Wednesday to attend his preliminary hearing, however District Judge Terrence Hughes allowed the proceeding to continue without him.

Conservative activist receives probation for serving underage teens

Clarice Schillinger, a conservative parents’ rights advocate and former GOP candidate for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, entered a plea of no contest Wednesday in Bucks County, to a charge of furnishing alcohol to minors attending her 17-year-old daughter’s birthday party last fall; she was sentenced to 12 months of probation.

Central Bucks South students lauded for helping at crash scene

Warrington Township police said two Central Bucks South students showed noteworthy behavior when they didn’t hesitate to offer assistance at the scene of a recent “significant” crash.

PSP set “Click it or Ticket” and car seat installations

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Troop M will participate in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) “Click it or Ticket” campaign from Monday, May 13, through …

Bedminster couple sentenced for $118,000 theft from customers of furniture business

A Bedminster Township man was recently sentenced to three to seven years in state prison for operating a custom furniture business and ripping off 40 customers of nearly $118,000, the Bucks County …

Morrisville man sentenced for impersonating attorney, taking thousands from clients

A 58-year-old man was sentenced Friday, May 3, to 9 to 23 months in the Bucks County Correctional Facility for practicing law without a law license and taking thousands of dollars in legal fees from …

Man sentenced for providing drugs that led to overdose death in Falls

A Tullytown man was sentenced Monday, April 29, to state prison for providing the drugs that led to a woman’s overdose death in Falls Township in November 2021.

Caller impersonating Perkasie Police

The Perkasie Police Department said Wednesday it has recently received several reports that someone is using the Perkasie Police Department phone number and spoofing it on caller ID.

Second brother sentenced for role in 2021 Richland killing

A New Jersey man was sentenced Wednesday, May 1, in Bucks County, to five to 10 years in state prison for robbery related to the June 2021 killing of Kevin Rosero in Richland Township.

$190,000 stolen from car in Bensalem; police arrest suspect

Bensalem police have arrested a man in connection with the theft Monday, of $190,000 in cash from a Tesla parked at a gas station on Knights Road. Police said they used surveillance video and …

Woman dies after tree falls on her camper in Milford

A woman was killed Saturday night after a tree fell on her camper in a Milford Township campground, officials said. Cynthia Cousins, 69, was in her family’s camper with her husband, Robert, when a …

Man convicted of first-degree murder for killing Northampton Township mother

A 37-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted Tuesday, April 16, of first-degree murder for killing Samantha Jean Rementer two years ago in the Holland section of Northampton Township.

Former Doylestown Hospital director pleads guilty, sentenced for embezzling

The former medical staff director at Doylestown Hospital pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $600,000 from a charitable account at the health care facility over a dozen years.

Vehicle hits PECO pole

Carversville Road and Street Road are completely closed at the intersection due to a single-vehicle crash resulting in Peco lines and a PECO pole down …

Woman admits killing partner, co-owner of pizzeria

Anna Maria Tolomello entered a guilty plea today to third degree murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse in the death of her longtime partner, with whom she co-owned Pina’s Pizza in …

Grand Jury: Two charged in 2016 Bristol Township murder

Two Philadelphia men were charged Thursday, April 4, for the July 2016 killing of a 38-year-old man in Bristol Township. George Javon Clark, 33, and John Marquis Wilson, 43, were arraigned by District …

Man sentenced to 7-14 years in prison for selling deadly drugs

A 43-year-old man who provided the fentanyl-laced pills that led to a man’s overdose death in Bristol Township in 2022 has been sentenced to serve up to 14 years in a state correctional …

Andre Gordon Jr. arraigned on charges of murdering three in Falls

The man who, authorities said, went on a murderous rampage in Falls Township last month was extradited from New Jersey to Bucks County Wednesday and arraigned for killing three of his family members, …
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