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Cleanup Efforts Begin After Oil Spill Into Bucks County Stream: Officials Cleanup Efforts Begin After Oil Spill Into Bucks County Stream: Officials
Cleanup Efforts Begin After Oil Spill Into Bucks County Stream: Officials Cleanup efforts are underway after motor oil spilled into Mill Creek in lower Bucks County on Sunday, Dec. 10, according to authorities.  Police, firefighters, and hazardous materials crews responded to the scene where the "unintentional release of motor oil" had polluted the small stream in Penndel Borough and parts of Middletown, officials said in a release.  First responders identified the source of the spillage and contacted the property owner, who is now working with the state Department of Environmental Protection to hire contractors and address the cleanup, the release says…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Card-Skimming Devices Found On Bucks Gas Pumps, Authorities Warn Card-Skimming Devices Found On Bucks Gas Pumps, Authorities Warn
Card-Skimming Devices Found On Bucks Gas Pumps, Authorities Warn Card skimming devices that steal sensitive data have been found at two different gas stations in Bucks County, authorities revealed.  The discoveries come just days after five such devices were discovered across Montgomery County. Both skimmers in Bucks were discovered Monday, March 13, and found in Penndel Borough, police said in a statement. One was located at the 7-Eleven at 527 West Lincoln Highway, and the other at Express Gas, 652 Bellevue Avenue, the department added.  Penndel police said they have received "numerous complaints" regarding suspicious devices in th…

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by Mac Bullock
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Domestic Violence Suspect Assaults Nurses, Doctors In Bucks County: Authorities Domestic Violence Suspect Assaults Nurses, Doctors In Bucks County: Authorities
Domestic Violence Suspect Assaults Nurses, Doctors In Bucks County: Authorities A Bucks County inmate who was suspected of assault now faces additional charges, after police say he attacked medical personnel.  Police in Penndel Borough had already issued an arrest warrant for Alexander R. Werts, 39, when he was spotted at an area shopping plaza on Feb. 20, the department said in a release.  He was taken into custody and booked at the Penndel Police Headquarters, authorities said. After some time, Werts allegedly began kicking on the metal cell door and banging his head off the wall, police said.  As a result, police phoned medics to take Werts to a near…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA
Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA A homeless man who shot another man who had given him shelter at a Morrisville trailer park has been sentenced to 18 to 40 years in Pennsylvania State Prison, authorities said. Thomas Zorrer, 39, was convicted on all counts against him by a Bucks County jury in December, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. In addition to an attempted homicide charge, Zorrer was found guilty on two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of felon not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and possession of an instrument of crime, the DA…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Gunman Found Guilty In Bucks Trailer Park Shooting Gunman Found Guilty In Bucks Trailer Park Shooting
Gunman Found Guilty In Bucks Trailer Park Shooting A 38-year-old man was convicted of attempted homicide for the shooting of another man at a Bucks County trailer park, authorities said. Thomas Zorrer was also found guilty Thursday of two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of felon not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and possession of an instrument of crime, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. In 2019, Zorrer, who was homeless, was living with his girlfriend at the Bel Aire Trailer Park in Morrisville, authorities said. The victim, who was not specifi…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Wedding DJ Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting 5 Boys, Authorities Say Pennsylvania Wedding DJ Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting 5 Boys, Authorities Say
Pennsylvania Wedding DJ Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting 5 Boys, Authorities Say A Bucks County wedding DJ was found guilty Wednesday for sexually assaulting five boys between 1993 and 2010, authorities said. Louis Charles Aiello, 58, of Penndel Borough, has been in Bucks County Correctional Facility since his arrest in June 2020 for the repeated sex assaults of two boys between 2001 and 2010, one of whom was the son of one of his friends, and the other whom he met while working as a wedding DJ, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. At the time, the Bucks County District Attorney’s office held a news conference to announce his arrest and to…

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by Nicole Acosta