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Alert Issued For Missing Morrisville Teen Alert Issued For Missing Morrisville Teen
Alert Issued For Missing Morrisville Teen Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help in locating a teenager who was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 17. Brandon Lee Ortiz, 17, was last seen around 10:30 a.m. Thursday at his Morrisville home, Falls Township police said. Anyone with information is urged to contact Falls Township Police Department Detective Dennis O’Connell at 215-949-9100 ext: 416 or via email at d.oconnell@fallstwppd.com.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Gunman Sought In Falls Township Road Rage Shooting: Police Gunman Sought In Falls Township Road Rage Shooting: Police
Gunman Sought In Falls Township Road Rage Shooting: Police Police in Falls Township are on the hunt for a gunman who fired shots at a vehicle during what they are calling a road rage incident Monday morning. It all started around 5:55 a.m. on East Bound 295, west of Lincoln Highway in Middletown Township, and continued onto North Bound Route 1 into Falls Township when the driver of a red 2021 Kia K5 opened fire on another driver, local police said. No injuries were reported. According to police, the Kia K5 has a New Jersey temporary license plate number of 030260T. The suspect's vehicle was last seen exiting Route 1 onto South Bound Route 13 at 6…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Suspects Sought In Christmas Weekend Shooting: Falls Township Police Suspects Sought In Christmas Weekend Shooting: Falls Township Police
Suspects Sought In Christmas Weekend Shooting: Falls Township Police Police in Falls Township are seeking the public's help in locating multiple suspects in a shooting that broke out over Christmas weekend. Officers were called between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Sunday to the parking lot of the Pennsbury Racquet Club in the 300 block of West Trenton Avenue, where they learned a man had been shot, according to a news release from the Falls Township Police Department and a Levittown Now report. No fatalities were reported. Investigators say at least two suspects were involved and possibly a third suspect in a black SUV. Anyone with information is urged to c…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced For Role In Drug Smuggling Ring Inside Jail Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced For Role In Drug Smuggling Ring Inside Jail
Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced For Role In Drug Smuggling Ring Inside Jail A corrections officer was sentenced to two to four years in state prison for his role in a drug-smuggling ring inside the Bucks County Correctional Facility, authorities announced Friday. Joseph J. Jennings, 33, of Warminster, entered guilty pleas to contraband and criminal conspiracy on Wednesday, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. He was among nine men charged in June 2020 with the scheme to smuggle Suboxone strips into the jail to distribute among inmates, authorities said. Investigators found that Jennings smuggled Suboxone into the jail on multiple occasion…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says
Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says A police officer was justified in fatally shooting a knife-wielding man earlier this year during a domestic dispute in Falls Township, authorities announced Wednesday. “I have concluded that [the officers] were reasonable in their individual beliefs that both of their lives were placed in clear and present danger by Mr. Jorge Perez at the time that [the officer] shot him," Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said in a letter to Falls Township police chief Nelson Whitney. "I, therefore, conclude that [the officer] was justified in discharging his weapon and shooting Jorge…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Langhorne Man Sentenced In Falls Township Shooting Of Former Friend Langhorne Man Sentenced In Falls Township Shooting Of Former Friend
Langhorne Man Sentenced In Falls Township Shooting Of Former Friend A Langhorne man was sentenced Tuesday to 7 ½ to 20 years in state prison for shooting a former friend in Falls Township over a year ago, authorities said. Jason Brennan, 26, was convicted in June by a Bucks County jury on two counts of aggravated assault and one count of carrying a firearm without a license, and two counts of misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person and possession of an instrument of crime, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. In July, he pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance for possessing PCP, possession of drug par…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bucks Man Gets State Prison Time For 3 Violent Attacks Of Ex-GF Bucks Man Gets State Prison Time For 3 Violent Attacks Of Ex-GF
Bucks Man Gets State Prison Time For 3 Violent Attacks Of Ex-GF A Bucks County man who beat and choked his ex-girlfriend three different times in a seven-month period was sentenced to two to four years in state prison, authorities sad. Patrick Dando, 35, of Bensalem, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated assault, strangulation, and theft by unlawful taking in the most recent attack, which he committed while he was out on bail for the first two, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. He pleaded guilty to strangulation and simple assault for each of the first two attacks on the victim. The first attack was on Aug. 7, 2020, in…

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by Nicole Acosta
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'Worst Case I've Ever Seen,' Doctor Says Of Pennsylvania Parents' Neglect Of Children 'Worst Case I've Ever Seen,' Doctor Says Of Pennsylvania Parents' Neglect Of Children
'Worst Case I've Ever Seen,' Doctor Says Of Pennsylvania Parents' Neglect Of Children The parents of six children in Pennsylvania were convicted on Wednesday in a case of child neglect described by one doctor as the worst he's ever seen, authorities said. Albert Dunkowski, 54, and Christine Dunkowski, 47, were convicted in absentia by a Bucks County jury of three counts each of endangering the welfare of a child, local authorities said. Middletown police took the six children into protective custody two years ago after four were discovered malnourished and ill sleeping in a car at the Woodbourne train station, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Offic…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Man Shot Dead By Police In Bucks County, DA Says Man Shot Dead By Police In Bucks County, DA Says
Man Shot Dead By Police In Bucks County, DA Says One male was shot and killed by police Sunday in Falls Township, the District Attorney's office said in announcing the investigation. Falls Township police were called to a home on the 400 block of Federal Lane around noon for a domestic disturbance, the DA's office said. A male at the home was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers, or anyone else at the residence, were injured.  Further details were not released. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and their Detectives were notified and responded and are now leading the investigation.  The investigation is ong…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Falls Township Teacher's Aide Out On Bail For Having Relationship With Boy, 14, Shoots Self Falls Township Teacher's Aide Out On Bail For Having Relationship With Boy, 14, Shoots Self
Falls Township Teacher's Aide Out On Bail For Having Relationship With Boy, 14, Shoots Self A Falls Township teacher's aide out on bail for sexually assaulting her 14-year-old student shot herself over the weekend, authorities said. Jennilynne M. Derolf, 38, was charged on July 15 with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and related charges, according to the Falls Township Police Department and Bucks County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Derolf began on July 13 when the victim's grandmother told Falls Township officers that she discovered her grandson was having a sexual relations…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: Bucks Man Gets Up To 7 Years In State Prison For Disseminating Child Porn DA: Bucks Man Gets Up To 7 Years In State Prison For Disseminating Child Porn
DA: Bucks Man Gets Up To 7 Years In State Prison For Disseminating Child Porn A Bucks County man was sentenced Wednesday to 3.5 to 7 years in state prison for dissemination of child pornography, authorities said. Kenneth Richard Roberts III, 26, of Falls Township, pleaded guilty in the case on April 22. As a condition of his sentence, he will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. When Roberts was charged in August 2020, he was already serving time on another child pornography case from July 2019, authorities said. He was later sentenced to three months to 23 months in j…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Falls Township Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexual Assault Of 14-Year-Old Student Falls Township Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexual Assault Of 14-Year-Old Student
Falls Township Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexual Assault Of 14-Year-Old Student A Falls Township teacher's aide was hit with multiple sexual assault charges Thursday for having a relationship with a 14-year-old student, authorities said. Jennilynne M. Derolf, 38, was charged with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault and institutional sexual assault, and misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and corruption of minors, according to the Falls Township Police Department and Bucks County District Attorney's office. An investigation into Derolf began on July 13 …

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by Nicole Acosta