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Bucks Man, 21, Arrested For Harassing Woman At Local Wawa
A 21-year-old man was arrested for harassing a female victim at a Wawa store in Bucks County Thursday, authorities said.
The victim told police she got to the Farragut Avenue store and was immediately accosted by the man, later identified as Cristian Samuel Gil Aponte, 21, around 1 p.m., Bristol Borough police said.
The woman dropped her phone and Aponte wouldn't give it back, nor would he allow her to get into her car, authorities said.
"The altercation continued until the victim was able to enter her vehicle at which time police were notified," police said.
Officers responded to t…
Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say
A 70-year-old Glen Rock man straddled the line between free speech and harassment, police said, when he stood behind an Asian-American woman at a CVS checkout counter and shouted that the Chinese Communist Party "caused COVID."
"That’s why we’re wearing these masks,” the man reportedly yelled, bringing police to the Rock Road store.
He yelled this several times, said the woman, who “felt threatened [because] she was the only Asian individual in the immediate area,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
A witness corroborated her account, he added.
Interviewed by police, the man said that he …
PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say
A man with a history of abuse was charged with harassment after calling a woman 45 times in one day, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Cumberland County.
Brian Knouse, 44 of Mechanicsburg, PA, was arrested in South Middletown Township on April 26 after attempting to contact a woman 45 times in a 24-hour period, police say.
Knouse went to the woman’s home even after she told him to stop contacting her, says PSP.
Knouse has a pattern criminal behavior, having previously plead guilty to charges in York and Cumberland counties for public intoxication, DUIs, harassment and assaults st…
