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Delco Teacher Seen 'Touching Himself' At Perkasie Park: Police Affidavit
A Lynnewood Elementary School teacher is accused of masturbating in Perkasie's Lenape Park, according to a criminal complaint filed in a Bucks County court. Matthew P. Gagat, 47, is charged with open lewdness, court records show. A witness called police to the park late on June 27 and described seeing a man who "appeared to be touching himself," police wrote in the affidavit. In a written statement, the witness said the man was "masturbating as he stared at her across the river," according to the documents. Gagat was found in the same area of the park and matched the witn…
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Bucks German Shepherd Owner Charged After Letting Dog Run Loose —
Again
: Police
A 52-year-old Bucks County woman has been charged after her dog was found running loose, again. A white German Shepherd belonging to Heather M. Fitzgerald, of Passer Road in Coopersburg, was found off her property and "not under reasonable control," Springfield police said. "Under PA State Law - Enforcement and Penalties, a Confinement violation increases to a Misdemeanor of the Third Degree if the owner has been convicted of the same offense within one year, which was the case with Fitzgerald," local police said. Authorities did not say when the earlier event happened. A prel…
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Life In Prison For Makefield Mom Who Murdered Her Two Young Sons: DA
The Upper Makefield mom who shot her sons dead in their beds last year before attempting suicide "will die within the four walls of a correctional facility," prosecutors say. Trinh Nguyen pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and related counts in a Bucks County court on Wednesday, Dec. 20, the DA's Office announced. Nguyen was set to be evicted from the Timber Ridge Road home she shared with her sons 13-year-old Jeffrey and 9-year-old Nelson Tini when she shot them in the head on May 2, authorities have said. After, she went outside and pointed the same blac…
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Bucks Straw Purchaser Had Been Putting Guns On Streets For Years: DA
A Bucks County man had been making straw purchases of firearms before illegally reselling the guns on the streets for over a decade, authorities say. Frederick Cornelius Brown Jr., 63, of Croydon, was convicted in a Bucks County court on 34 counts of illegal firearm transferring and knowingly falsifying documents, said state Attorney General Michelle Henry in a release. As far back as 2011, Henry said Brown purchased as many as 17 guns which he then illegally transferred to others. Not a single one of the weapons had been reported missing, stolen, or legally transferred to anoth…
Police & Fire
Bucks Kidnapper Who Threatened To Kill Teen's Family Gets 40-Year Sentence
A Philadelphia man who kidnapped a Bucks County teen at knifepoint and threatened to kill his family will spend decades behind bars, officials say. Pavel Belous, 37, was sentenced to four consecutive 10-to-20-year sentences for a total of 40 to 80 years in prison, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 9. Belous had previously pleaded guilty to terrorizing a Bucks County teen on March 11, 2021. According to the DA, Belous spotted his then-18-year-old victim at a Philadelphia convenience store before stalking him all the way to…
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