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Suspect Arrested For Shooting In Abington Home: Police Suspect Arrested For Shooting In Abington Home: Police
Suspect Arrested For Shooting In Abington Home: Police Abington police responded to a domestic shooting in a Roslyn home early on Friday, May 17, the department says.  It happened on the 2500 block of Pershing Avenue around 9 a.m., according to authorities.  An adult victim was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a suspect was "quickly taken into custody," police said.  The investigation is ongoing and there is "no danger to the community," they added. 

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by Mac Bullock
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More Charges For Phony Montco Nurse Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patients: DA More Charges For Phony Montco Nurse Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patients: DA
More Charges For Phony Montco Nurse Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Patients: DA Prosecutors in Montgomery County have filed additional charges against medical assistant Ramon Garcia.  Garcia, 33, of Philadelphia, was previously accused of sexually assaulting patients under the guise of performing medical exams at Carbon Health on The Fairway in Jenkintown.  He is now charged with aggravated indecent assault, invasion of privacy, indecent assault without consent, harassment–lewd/lascivious acts, impersonating a license holder (nurse), wiretap violations for the illegal use of his cellphone, and possessing an instrument of crime, according to the…

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by Mac Bullock
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Police Detail Urgent Care Worker's Alleged Sexual Assaults On Patients In MontCo Police Detail Urgent Care Worker's Alleged Sexual Assaults On Patients In MontCo
Police Detail Urgent Care Worker's Alleged Sexual Assaults On Patients In MontCo A Montgomery County urgent care employee was arrested for sexually assaulting patients, authorities announced. Ramon Garcia, a medical assistant at Carbon Health on The Fairway in Jenkintown, was arrested and charged with aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and invasion of privacy on Monday, March 11 after assaulting two patients at the location, Abington police said. On March 1, a female victim told Abington police that a man identified as Ramon at the Carbon Health Urgent Care told her she had been randomly selected for observation before having her urinate in a cup for a …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say
Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say A brief pursuit of two accused thieves ended when they crashed their getaway car into an Abington police cruiser on Tuesday, Jan. 9, according to officials.  It began when the suspects robbed a bank on the 1300 block of Old York Road around 3:30 p.m., Abington police wrote in a release.  A short time later, officers near the corner of Meetinghouse and Fox Chase roads spotted a car matching the suspect vehicle's description, authorities said.  The suspects sped away when police tried to pull them over, "causing several minor accidents" before crashing into a squad car, accord…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police
Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police A New York man accused of dressing up as a pizza delivery driver to burglarize the Abington home of an Asian-American business owner has been extradited from Riker's Island to the Montgomery County Jail, authorities said. Fredy Alexander Beltran-Ortiz, a 25-year-old Queens, NY resident, was slapped with five felony burglary-related charges on Monday, Aug. 14, Abington police said. Beltran-Ortiz participated in the "disturbing crime trend" of "targeting the homes of Asian-American business owners due to the stereotype that Asian business owners have items of high value in their homes, invest…

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by Mac Bullock
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Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police
Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police When Donte Powell pulled the trigger of a gun that he moments before held to his ex-girlfriend's head, nothing happened, authorities in Bucks County said. The magazine had fallen from the firearm that Powell was pointing up the stairs of his ex's Bensalem home last Saturday May 20, and a safety mechanism wouldn't allow it to fire, police said. Still, he tried again. And again after that. That's when someone pushed Powell out of the home, and he fled. It wasn't long before he was captured with help from a SWAT Team, though, at a home on the 100 Old York Road in Jenkintown, authorities said.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trucker Shot In Apparent Road Rage Incident, Say Abington Police Trucker Shot In Apparent Road Rage Incident, Say Abington Police
Trucker Shot In Apparent Road Rage Incident, Say Abington Police The large police presence that shut down the Fairway in Abington early on Wednesday was in response to an apparent road rage shooting, say township authorities.  It began at 8:20 a.m. on April 5, when police were called to 1575 Fairway in Jenkintown section for reports of shots fired, the department wrote in a release hours later.  The victim, a delivery driver for Pepsi, told officers that a driver in a white van pulled in front of him, stopped abruptly, then exited the vehicle. The suspect approached the truck "in an aggressive manner" before taking out a handgun, police wrote.&…

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by Mac Bullock
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Knife-Wielding Taco Bell Robber Nabbed By Off-Duty Cop In Bucks, Police Say Knife-Wielding Taco Bell Robber Nabbed By Off-Duty Cop In Bucks, Police Say
Knife-Wielding Taco Bell Robber Nabbed By Off-Duty Cop In Bucks, Police Say A man who tried to rob a Bucks County Taco Bell at knifepoint now sits in the county lockup, according to authorities.  Lower Southampton police were dispatched to the restaurant at 265 E. Street Road in Feasterville for a reported armed robbery on Sunday, Jan. 29, the department said in a release. Witnesses described the suspect as a white man wearing a bright green jacket and jeans.  A K9 unit with the Warrington Police Department worked the scene to search for the robber, who was last spotted heading northwest toward Bucks Crossing Shopping Center, officials said.  Meanwh…

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by Mac Bullock
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Willow Grove Mall Robber Fled Into Neighborhood, Arrested In Homeowner's Shed: Police Willow Grove Mall Robber Fled Into Neighborhood, Arrested In Homeowner's Shed: Police
Willow Grove Mall Robber Fled Into Neighborhood, Arrested In Homeowner's Shed: Police A Philadelphia man was caught hiding from police in a resident's shed after fleeing the scene of a robbery at the Willow Grove Mall on Thursday, April 28, authorities said. Abington police officers were called to the mall on a report of someone stealing merchandise from a store, they said. When security officers confronted the suspect, he apparently pulled a knife, threatened them, and then fled on foot. The robber — later identified as 47-year-old Anthony Flego — tried to flee into a mall patron's vehicle but failed, police said. That's when he reportedly jumped over a resid…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Abington Police: Shooting Suspect Who Fled Scene Found Dead In Car Hours Later Abington Police: Shooting Suspect Who Fled Scene Found Dead In Car Hours Later
Abington Police: Shooting Suspect Who Fled Scene Found Dead In Car Hours Later A man wanted for shooting a woman over the weekend was found dead possibly by suicide in a car hours after the incident in Montgomery County, authorities said. Police found a woman inside a house on the 1500 block of Arline Avenue in the Roslyn section of Abington Township with multiple gunshot wounds around 4:10 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Abington Police Department. She was taken to Abington-Jefferson Health for treatment and is deemed stable, police said. The male suspect, who is known to the woman, allegedly fled the scene prior to police arrival, police said. He was fo…

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by Nicole Acosta