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Man Who Arranged Arson Of PA Warehouse Convicted: Police
A New Jersey man was convicted for arranging the 2022 arson of a Bensalem warehouse on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, according to police. Ramiz Duka, 61, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was convicted in federal court for conspiring to set fire to a warehouse located at 1388 Bridgewater Road in Bensalem on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, the Bensalem Police Department said. Duka recruited two men to set fire to the warehouse, paying them $15,000 to do so, according to police. Over the course of several weeks, the three men met and planned the arson, ultimately leading to the fire. While fighting the blaze,…
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An "AK-style" rifle, ammunition, and drugs were seized during a traffic stop in Bucks County on Saturday, Oct. 26, according to police. Victor Miles, 33, of Flourtown, was observed driving a dark-colored Mazda south on Hulmeville Road near Byberry Road, the Bensalem Police Department said on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The windows of the Mazda were heavily tinted, and as the officer got behind the vehicle, it sped up, committed a traffic violation, and almost crashed into another vehicle, according to police. After pulling the Mazda over, the officer told Miles to roll down the vehicle's windo…
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Federal Parolee, Sex Offender Busted Downloading Child Porn At PA Auto Repair Shop: DA
A convicted sex offender and federal parolee from Bucks and Montgomery counties has been arrested on accusations he downloaded child pornography at the auto repair shop where he worked, police paperwork shows. A Bensalem police detective was running an undercover computer program trying to identify devices within the county that were using the BitTorrent Peer2Peer (P2P) file-sharing protocol to download and share child porn, when he connected with a device at 749 Butler Ave., in New Britain on June 20, according to a criminal complaint filed within the Bucks County DA's office. Dozens of fi…
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PA Woman Robbed Of Jewelry She Was Wearing In Front Of Home: Police
A 79-year-old Bensalem woman was robbed of the jewelry she was wearing while she was in front of her home, according to police. One suspect has been arrested and charged. Two people, a man and a woman, pulled into a parking lot in front of the residence in a black Ford Explorer on Monday, Sept. 9, the Bensalem Police Department said. A man, later identified as Paul Miclescu, 28, of Baltimore, stayed in the driver's side of the vehicle while the unidentified woman got out and approached the Bensalem woman on her porch, according to police. The Bensalem woman doesn't speak E…
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Bensalem Police Won't Ask You For Money: Department Warns Of Scam Callers
Police in Bensalem are advising area residents to be on the lookout for scam phone calls. BPD says multiple residents have reported fraudulent phone calls from scammers impersonating officers, sometimes using the names of real policemen. The fraudsters "often state that someone in the home has missed a grand jury date or hearing and owes money to avoid criminal or civil penalties," the department says. No Bensalem police officer of any rank will call to ask for money, authorities warn. Residents should be weary of any callers who ask them to pay through gift cards,…
Police & Fire
'Person Of Interest' In Bensalem Shooting Found Dead By Suicide: Police
A person of interest in the fatal Bensalem Halloween shooting was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 2, say authorities. Fourteen-year-old Peter Romano and two others were struck by gunfire near Woodbine Avenue and Bristol Pike on Oct. 31, Daily Voice reported. Romano died at the scene while the others, ages 17 and 19, were hospitalized. Police said previously that the shots were fired from a car parked at the intersection. That vehicle was a stolen 2014 Hyundai Elantra, investigators now say, and authorities were able to tr…
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Dirt Bike Rider Who Intentionally Ran Over Firefighter In Bucks County Surrenders: Report, PD
A dirt bike rider who police say intentionally struck a pedestrian identified by NBC10 as a 64-year-old firefighter has surrendered to authorities in Pennsylvania. Brian Barlow is believed to have knocked the firefighter to the ground on his bike around 7:50 p.m. on Neshaminy Valley Drive in Bensalem on Aug. 5, police said at the time. The 64-year-old victim was knocked to the ground around 7:50 p.m. on Neshaminy Valley Drive in Bensalem, and then run over by the dirt bike operator, police said.Bensalem Police Department Barlow, then unidentified, proceeded to run over the victim, leavi…
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NJ Ride-Share Driver Charged In Bucks County Hit-Run Crash That Left Pedestrian Critical
A 38-year-old ride share driver from New Jersey has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian critical in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Jacques Mamy, of Trenton, NJ, surrendered to authorities in Bucks County in connection with the Saturday, June 10 crash on Route 1in Bensalem, PA, Bensalem police said. Police are trying to track down the pictured vehicle.Bensalem Police Department After hitting 42-year-old Jason Jacobs in front of the Lincoln Motel, Mamy got out of his Hyundai Sonata, looked at Jacobs lying in the roadway, then got back in the car and drove away, police…
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'Give Me Your Money Or I'll Kill You': Gunpoint Bicycle Robbery Suspect Caught In Eastern PA
A suspect is in custody after robbing a Bensalem bicyclist at gunpoint, township police say. Antwan Clayton Jones, 42, of Ellenville, New York, is charged with robbery, terroristic threats, and related counts, the department wrote in a release. It happened on Monday, July 31 in the parking lot of the Street Road Kohl's, police said. The victim had just withdrawn cash from an ATM and was beginning to ride away on his bike when a man pulled up in a car and hopped out brandishing a gun, investigators wrote. "Give me your money or I'll kill you," the robber said while pointi…
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Suspect Drove To Bensalem For Sex With Minor, Police Say
A Bucks County man is accused of driving nearly 40 miles to Bensalem to meet an underage victim for sex, according to authorities. Eliseo Caraballo, 35, of Kintnersville, is charged with attempted rape of a child and nine other related felonies, said Bensalem police in a release. Investigators said Caraballo made contact with a victim he believed to be 12 years old on a social media app and "asked the juvenile numerous sexually-charged questions and began indicating that he wanted to engage in sexual acts with her" over a period of days. Detectives said Caraballo sent and…
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Dad Hit Daughter In Head With Beer Bottle, Bensalem Police Say
Authorities in Bucks County are seeking a man who they say hit his daughter over the head with a beer bottle. Juan Vega Figueroa, 35, of Chester, is charged with simple assault, child endangerment, and related counts, said Bensalem Police Department in a release. Authorities say they were called to the Red Roof Inn on Street Road around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12 for reports of a domestic assault. They arrived and spoke with Vega Figueroa's 15-year-old daughter, who said she was arguing with her dad when he struck her over the head with the bottle, according to the rele…
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NJ Man Killed Brother-In-Law During Fight At PA Family Member's Apartment: Authorities
A New Jersey man surrendered to Bensalem police on Friday after he was indicted for causing his brother-in-law's death during a 2022 fistfight, authorities say. Antwan McKoy, 37, of Maple Shade, NJ, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment, said Bensalem police in a release. According to investigators, McKoy and his wife were visiting her mother at the Bucks Meadow Apartments on June 19 of last year. Michael Whispell, McKoy's brother-in-law, was staying at the apartment at the time. At some point during the visit,…
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'That Baby Never Had A Chance': Bucks Dad Sentenced In Infant Son's Overdose Death
A Bensalem father will spend up to two years behind bars for the fatal overdose of his 4-month-old son, a Bucks County judge has ruled. Daniel S. Howarth was convicted of child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia by Judge Gary B. Gilman after a two-day waiver trial that began on Monday, May 8, said District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a release. Gilman heard testimony from Bensalem police officers who responded to an Oak Avenue home on Jan. 7, 2022 for a call about an infant in cardiac arrest. Body came…
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Bensalem Student Charged For Sending 'Threatening Photo' To Classmates: Police
A Bensalem High School student will face criminal charges for allegedly sending classmates a picture of a firearm, which prompted a police presence at the school early on Tuesday, April 25. Authorities were called to the school, 4319 Hulmeville Road, after administrators learned that a "photograph of a gun" was being shared "via cell phone," township police previously said. Upon investigation, police learned that no gun was displayed or found on campus and determined there was "no active threat," the department said. Students were not dismissed, police noted, though au…
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Police Investigate Threat At Bensalem High School
Police responded to Bensalem High School Tuesday morning to investigate a reported threat, authorities say. Bensalem police were called to the school, 4319 Hulmeville Road, on April 25 after administrators learned that a "photograph of a gun" was being shared "via cell phone," they wrote in a release. Upon investigation, police learned that no gun was displayed or found on campus and determined there was "no active threat," the department said. Students were not dismissed, police noted, though authorities remained on the scene. "Do not go to the high school to pick up your chil…
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30-Year-Old Alum Threatened Bucks Prep School In Instagram Video: Police
The threatening video posted to Instagram that briefly locked down Holy Ghost Preparatory in Bensalem on Tuesday was posted by a one-time student, authorities say. Bensalem police were alerted to the post by an anonymous tipster on April 18, the department said in a release. Officers notified school administrators, who issued a shelter-in-place order "out of an abundance of caution," police wrote. The order was later lifted with no interruptions to school activities, they added. Investigators said they "quickly identified" the author of the post as 30-year-old Christian D…
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Bucks Mom And Daughter Missing, Car Found Abandoned In Philly: Police
Detectives are investigating the disappearance of a Bucks County mom and her daughter, whose car was found abandoned in Philadelphia Saturday morning, according to authorities. Bridget Hennigan and her daughter Danielle Hennigan were reported missing on Friday, April 14 by husband and dad Daniel Hennigan, Bensalem police said in a release. "His wife Bridget suffers from anxiety and depression and his daughter is developmentally challenged," the department wrote. They were last seen at 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 13. Then on Saturday, April 15, police in Philadelphia …
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NJ Man Sold Drugs At Bensalem Businesses For Months, Police Believe
A New Jersey man faces multiple felony charges in Bucks County after authorities say he sold them drugs. Desean D. Howard, a 35-year-old Trenton resident, was arrested after Bensalem police conducted a "controlled buy" on the 3600 block of Street Road on Tuesday, March 28, the department said. Detectives with the department's Special Investigations Unit said they received information that Howard was selling heroin and fentanyl at businesses along Street Road "over the past few months." At the time of his arrest, officers claimed the 35-year-old had 160 baggies of suspected drugs…
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Duo In Country Illegally Ran 'Open-Air' Drug Market In Bucks, Police Claim
Cocaine, methamphetamine, and psychedelic mushrooms were seized from a Bensalem apartment where police say two men ran an “open-air” drug market. Township police executed a search warrant at the Bucks Meadows Apartments, 3131 Knights Road, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, the department said in a statement. Detectives had received an anonymous tip about drug sales in a unit at the complex and spent weeks staking out the building, authorities wrote. Investigators said they saw "numerous drug transactions" from clients arriving "on foot and by vehicle" from "various neighborhoods in and around Bucks C…
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Suspect Groped, Stalked Teen On SEPTA Bus: Bucks DA
A teenage SEPTA commuter was harassed, stalked, and assaulted by another bus rider in Bucks County last month, prosecutors say. Bensalem police were dispatched to Neshaminy Mall on Jan. 22, where a 17-year-old told them she had been groped and followed, District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a statement. The girl said she had been followed by a man when she boarded a SEPTA bus at 10:30 a.m. that morning at Philadelphia's Frankford Terminal on her way to work. The man then sat down next to her so closely that "his body was touching hers," despite there being other available …
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Scammers Sold Victim Pickup Truck With Phony Papers: Bensalem PD
Bensalem police are looking for three scammers who sold a pickup truck to a victim on a false paper tag and a phony bill of sale, authorities said in a release. The three suspects were caught on security camera at a gas station, and police are asking the public to keep an eye out for the men in the footage. Anyone with information should call the Bensalem Police Department at 215-633-3719, or submit an anonymous tip at the Bucks County Crime Watch webpage.
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'I Just Killed Someone': Teen PA Boy Admits To Murder Over Instagram Video Call, Police Say
A 16-year-old teenage boy is being charged as an adult with murder after police say he told a friend that he had just killed someone and then showed them the victim's bloodied legs and feet of his alleged victim, authorities in Pennsylvania said. Police received a 9-1-1 call on Friday, Nov. 25 saying a teen later identified as Joshua Cooper showed a 16-year-old friend the body and admitted to killing the victim over Instagram video, police in Bensalem said. He then asked the friend to help him dispose of the body. Officers responding to Cooper's trailer home at Top of the Ridge Trailer park…
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NJ Man Wanted For Knocking Elderly Man Unconscious During PA Robbery
Authorities are searching for a New Jersey man who they say assaulted and robbed and an elderly man in Pennsylvania. An arrest warrant was issued for Tyrick Miranda, of New Brunswick, on charges of robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault in the undated incident, Bensalem police said in a Thursday, Oct. 6 news release. Miranda punched the 70-year-old man in the face, knocking him unconscious, police said. He then searched the victim's pockets, stole an unknown amount of money, and kicked him twice in the face before fleeing the scene, according to authorities. The injure…
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Burglar Named Bimbo Told Bucks Homeowner He Was 'Checking The Pipes': Police
A burglar from New Jersey tried to avoid capture by convincing a Pennsylvania homeowner that he was a plumber, authorities in Bucks County said. Lawrence Bimbo, 28, entered the Clover Lane home through an unlocked door in late July and walked inside the house even after being confronted by the owner, Lower Southampton police said. The Cherry Hill, NJ man claimed he was a plumber and was "checking the pipes" before walking out of the house and disappearing across the street, police said. An investigation led police to Bimbo's white Ford pickup truck with a New Jersey registration,…
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40K Fentanyl Pills, 11 Pounds Of Meth Seized In Suburban Philly Drug Bust: PD
Approximately 40,000 fentanyl pills, 11 pounds of methamphetamine, and $5,000 in cash were seized during a drug bust in Bensalem, authorities said. Four people were arrested as a result of the joint investigation: Arturo Avila, 37, Anthony Gonzales, 26, Alex Zaragoza, 22, and Ramon Caro, 19, all of Riverside, CA, according to the Bensalem Police Department and the Philadelphia DEA HIDTA Task Force. The drugs, worth over $1 million, were seized during a raid on the 3300 block of Street Road on Wednesday, June 8, police said. All four men were arraigned on charges of possession wit…
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Obsessed Patient Admits Beating Chiropractor Dead, Assaulting Investigating Detective
A 23-year-old Bucks County man admit beating his chiropractor to death and assaulting a detective investigating the case, authorities announced. Joseph O'Boyle, of Bensalem, took a guilty plea in the fatal Nov. 2, 2020 beating of 64-year-old Dr. James Sowa in his Hulmeville Road home office District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. He ultimately entered an open guilty plea to criminal homicide, criminal trespassing, and possession of an instrument of crime before President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and one count …
Obituaries
Bensalem Police Mourn Loss Of Deputy Director To Cancer
The Bensalem Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. Deputy Director David Richardson died after a battle with pancreatic cancer over the last year, which his department said he fought with unending courage and humility. Richardson was a police officer in Bensalem Township for the past 24 years. He started as a patrol officer and was a member of the K9 unit for 13 years with his two K9 partners, Czar and Prince. He was promoted to sergeant and was the supervisor for the K9 unit, Patrol Division and the Criminal Investigations Division before being promoted to…
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Bensalem Police ID Human Remains In 1995 Cold Case
The human remains found behind a diner in Bensalem over 26 years ago have been identified, authorities announced. The adult skeletal remains, which were found on Sept. 18, 1995, in the woods behind the Club House Diner on Street Road, belong to Merrybeth Hodgkinson, according to the Bensalem Police Department. She was unclothed and wrapped in a plastic tarp, police said. The death was classified as a homicide by unspecified means and investigators said that the body had been there for two to three years. At the time, police only knew the victim was an adult white female between the a…
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'This Is A Robbery': Bensalem Bank Robber Nabbed By Police
UPDATE: Police arrested Maurice E. Ray on Friday in Philadelphia. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $500,000 bail. ** Orginal story below *** Police in Bucks County are asking for the public's help in locating a man who they say handed a bank teller a note announcing a robbery and then fled. Maurice E. Ray, 31, entered a Bank of America on Street Road in Bensalem on Thursday and handed a teller a piece of paper with the words "This is a robbery" written on it, according to police. The teller handed over the money, and Ray fled the scene on a bicycle, …
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Bensalem HS Teacher's Aide Arrested For 'Sexually Inappropriate' Contact With Underage Students
A 27-year-old high school teacher's aide in Bucks County was charged Thursday for having sexually inappropriate contact with underage students, authorities said. Donnie Reed, of Philadelphia, was arraigned on charges of unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and related offenses, according to the Bensalem Police Department. On Oct. 6, police received an anonymous report alleging that a Bensalem High School teacher was sending inappropriate text messages and photos to underage girls, they said. Reed, who was also a basketball and football coach at the…
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HIM? Man Wanted For Slapping Bucks County SEPTA Bus Driver In Face
Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say slapped a SEPTA bus driver in the face in Bensalem, authorities said. The man operating a silver Toyota Hatchback drove around a SEPTA bus, parked in front of it, and got out of the car at the intersection of Rt. 1 South and Bristol Road around 9:20 p.m. on June 28, according to the Bensalem Police Department. When he got out of the car, he began yelling at the SEPTA driver, approached the bus, punched the glass window, and then reached in and slapped the driver in the face, police said. The man went back t…
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