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Croydon Carpet Company Fire That Injured Firefighter Lands Arsonist Years In Prison: Bucks DA Croydon Carpet Company Fire That Injured Firefighter Lands Arsonist Years In Prison: Bucks DA
Croydon Carpet Company Fire That Injured Firefighter Lands Arsonist Years In Prison: Bucks DA A Philadelphia man was sentenced to up to six years in state prison for setting a fire that caused over $1 million in damage to a Croydon business and injured a firefighter, officials announced Thursday, Jan. 16. Shayne Holland, 26, pleaded guilty in November to two counts of arson, along with charges of reckless burning, criminal mischief, possession of explosive material, and disorderly conduct, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Common Pleas Judge Gary B. Gilman sentenced Holland to 2½ to six years in state prison, followed by four years of probation, for the Nov. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Philly Purse-Snatching Suspect Pepper-Sprays Woman At Bensalem Motel: PD Philly Purse-Snatching Suspect Pepper-Sprays Woman At Bensalem Motel: PD
Philly Purse-Snatching Suspect Pepper-Sprays Woman At Bensalem Motel: PD A 44-year-old purse-snatching suspect from Philadelphia was arrested after he allegedly pepper-sprayed his victim at a Bucks County motel, announced in a release on Monday, Sept. 16. Horace Clay was later arrested and charged with the robbery, Bensalem Township police said. Bensalem Township police were called shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 to the Comfort Inn at 2779 Lincoln Highway. A woman told police, that while in the parking lot she was approached by a man in a hooded sweatshirt. He took her purse with ID, credit cards and cash, and then fled in a white sedan, accord…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Stalker Cut Ex's Power, Disconnected Internet, Put GPS On Car: Bensalem PD Stalker Cut Ex's Power, Disconnected Internet, Put GPS On Car: Bensalem PD
Stalker Cut Ex's Power, Disconnected Internet, Put GPS On Car: Bensalem PD A King of Prussia man is accused of stalking a woman he met on a dating app "on at least 9 occasions," and broke into her home in Bensalem, according to a township police release on June 3, 2024. The woman he is accused of stalking went on several dates with 33-year-old Matthew Bustin but "felt uncomfortable after odd behavior arose," the police stated in the release. She ended the relationship and blocked him on social media but he continued to text her and show up unexpectedly," investigators said.  In April, while the victim was on vacation, police said Bustin went into her hom…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Negotiated Deal Lands Bensalem Drug Dealer, Fatal Hit-Run Christmas Driver In PA State Prison Negotiated Deal Lands Bensalem Drug Dealer, Fatal Hit-Run Christmas Driver In PA State Prison
Negotiated Deal Lands Bensalem Drug Dealer, Fatal Hit-Run Christmas Driver In PA State Prison A 21-year-old man whose drug dealing scheme came to light while out on bail in a 2021 fatal hit-and-run Christmas crash has been sentenced to several years in Pennsylvania State Prison. Kevin Michael Baker Jr., 21, of Bensalem, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the crash that killed 65-year-old John Dugan as he crossed State Road in Bristol Township to go to a Christmas party on Christmas Eve in 2021, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced. While out on bail, Baker was arrested by Bensalem Township Police for a series of illegal narcotics purchases, particular…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Delivery Truck Driver Kidnapped, Robbed In Bucks County: Police Delivery Truck Driver Kidnapped, Robbed In Bucks County: Police
Delivery Truck Driver Kidnapped, Robbed In Bucks County: Police One man is in custody and several others are sought after a truck driver was kidnapped and robbed in Bensalem, said township police.  Dikenson Joshua Noel, 25, of Philadelphia, is charged with multiple felonies related to the Oct. 23 incident, authorities said.  The victim was getting in his delivery truck at KMC Distributor on Byberry Road when two men approached and demanded money at gunpoint, according to investigators.  When the trucker said he didn't have any cash, the robbers forced them into their vehicle, police said.  The victim was blindfolded and forced…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Triple Halloween Shooting Kills Teen In Bensalem Triple Halloween Shooting Kills Teen In Bensalem
Triple Halloween Shooting Kills Teen In Bensalem A 14-year-old was killed was two other people hurt when gunfire rang out on a Bensalem street Tuesday night, Oct. 31, according to officials.  Township police said they were called to the area of Bristol Pike and Woodbine Avenue near Holy Ghost Preparatory School around 7:30 p.m. for a report of teens fighting.  They arrived to find three victims with gunshot wounds, the department said.  All three were rushed to the hospital when the 14-year-old victim was pronounced dead, said police. The surviving victims were shot in their "lower extremities," with one having been discha…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Employee Embezzled $2.4 Million From Bucks Gaming Company, DA Charges Employee Embezzled $2.4 Million From Bucks Gaming Company, DA Charges
Employee Embezzled $2.4 Million From Bucks Gaming Company, DA Charges An employee at a Bensalem-based casino supply company is accused of writing hundreds of phony checks to pay himself millions of dollars, say prosecutors.  Michael Bull, 47, of Emmaus, surrendered to police on Monday, March 27, and was charged with multiple felonies related to theft, forgery, and identity theft, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a release.  In 2014, Bull began working at KGM Gaming in Bensalem, a firm that sells specialized seating, signage, and indoor fixtures for casinos, the DA said. He first came under scrutiny during a December 2022 audi…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bensalem Burglar Broke Into 9-Year-Old's Bed, Police Say Bensalem Burglar Broke Into 9-Year-Old's Bed, Police Say
Bensalem Burglar Broke Into 9-Year-Old's Bed, Police Say A Bensalem man is in police custody after authorities say he was found in a child's bed in the middle of the night.  Paddy Purcell, 32, was arrested early Sunday, March 12 and charged with burglary, criminal trespassing, and indecent assault of a child under 13, Bensalem Township police said in a statement.  The department was called to the 300 block of Thunder Circle at about 1 a.m. Sunday for a reported burglary in progress, authorities said. On the scene, police were told that the 9-year-old victim woke up to find a strange man with an Irish accent wearing only underwear in her…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (UPDATE) Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (UPDATE)
Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (Update) UPDATE: Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was found safe. ***Original story below*** Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help in locating a missing woman with dementia. Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was last seen walking away from her Pintail Court home in Bensalem just before 9 a.m. on Monday, June 28, local police said. She needs to take daily medication for her dementia, police said.  Patel also has family in Trenton and Edison, NJ, and may have gotten on a SEPTA bus, they added. Patel stands 5'0" tall and weighs 70 pounds. She has salt and pepper hair pulled back in a ponyta…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PA Man Had 'Hit List' Of Family Members He Wanted To Kill Ahead Of Stepfather's Murder: PD PA Man Had 'Hit List' Of Family Members He Wanted To Kill Ahead Of Stepfather's Murder: PD
PA Man Had 'Hit List' Of Family Members He Wanted To Kill Ahead Of Stepfather's Murder: PD A Pennsylvania man who made a "hit list" of family members he wanted to kill, was charged with murdering his 78-year-old stepfather, authorities in Bucks County said. Brian Joseph Carey, 41, was arrested late Wednesday, Feb. 16, hours after detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bristol Township Police Department named him as a person of interest in the death of Joseph Michael Jakimowicz, of Bristol Township. Carey was charged with one count of homicide, possession instrument of crime, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, stalking, and unauthori…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings
Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings A couple was sentenced on Monday for two violent carjackings and an attempted carjacking in Bucks County last year, which resulted in two people being hospitalized, authorities said. Eric Meehan, 29, and Ashley Young, 32, both pleaded guilty on Oct. 12 to two counts each of robbery of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault and one count each of criminal conspiracy to commit robbery of a motor vehicle and attempt to commit robbery of a motor vehicle, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Meehan also pleaded guilty to three counts of terroristic threats and one count of fl…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
DA: 3 PA Men Arrested For Trafficking 37 Firearms Across Philly, Bucks, MontCo DA: 3 PA Men Arrested For Trafficking 37 Firearms Across Philly, Bucks, MontCo
DA: 3 PA Men Arrested For Trafficking 37 Firearms Across Philly, Bucks, MontCo Three Pennsylvania men were arrested for trafficking 37 firearms across Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery counties, authorities announced.Tyron Gresham, 24, purchased the firearms from Dec. 19, 2019, through May 13, 2021, and attempted to buy another one on May 18, 2021, according to Montgomery County District Attorney's office.  Of the 37 firearms purchased by Gresham, 17 were purchased in Bucks County, 16 in Philadelphia, and four in Montgomery County. Nasim Smalls, 24, and Aaron Walker, 20, who are brothers, are not legally allowed to purchase or possess firearms, authorities said…

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by Nicole Acosta