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Masked Robbers Beat, Zip-Tie PA Comic Shop Owner, Steal Pokémon Cards: DA Masked Robbers Beat, Zip-Tie PA Comic Shop Owner, Steal Pokémon Cards: DA
Masked Robbers Beat, Zip-Tie PA Comic Shop Owner, Steal Pokémon Cards: DA Gotta Catch 'Em All? A pair of Michigan truckers who posed as Pokémon and comic book fans before brutally beating and robbing a Feasterville shop owner have admitted to their crimes, authorities said Friday, March 14, 2025. Zackery Maximus Tucker, 23, of Quincy, and Caleb James-Lorenze Simpson, 36, of Clarklake, pleaded guilty to robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and aggravated assault, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Tucker was sentenced to five to 12 years in state prison by Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr. He must also cough up \$20,029.88 in restitution…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist
Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist A Philadelphia woman was caught red-handed swiping merchandise from a Burlington store in Feasterville before officers discovered she had a high-tech tool to disable security tags, police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Lower Southampton Township officers rushed to the Burlington Store on Brownsville Road on Monday, Feb. 17, after receiving reports of a retail theft in progress. Four suspects were allegedly stuffing merchandise into bags and making a break for it, authorities said. As police closed in, one suspect, 35-year-old Yudith Alexandra Suazo, was nabbed with stolen goods, officers re…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Driver Sent To Hospital After Feasterville Crash: Authorities (PHOTOS) Driver Sent To Hospital After Feasterville Crash: Authorities (PHOTOS)
Driver Sent To Hospital After Feasterville Crash: Authorities (Photos) A driver was extricated from their car and sent to an area hospital after a multi-car accident in Feasterville on Wednesday, June 26.  Feasterville fire officials said the crash happened on East Street Road near the ACME at 8 p.m.  Crews were en route to the scene within a minute and were able to remove the driver from their vehicle, officials said. They were treated and transported by Tri-Hampton Rescue Squad and the extent of their injuries was unknown to firefighters.  Photos from the scene showed multiple cars damaged.  Lower Southampton Fire Department No.1 Fa…

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by Mac Bullock
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Michigan Truckers Beat, Tied Up Bucks Comic Store Owner In 2022 Robbery: DA Michigan Truckers Beat, Tied Up Bucks Comic Store Owner In 2022 Robbery: DA
Michigan Truckers Beat, Tied Up Bucks Comic Store Owner In 2022 Robbery: DA A pair of Michigan truck drivers are in custody for violently robbing a Feasterville comic book store in 2022, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  Twenty-two-year-old Zackery Maximus Tucker of Quincy, Michigan and 35-year-old Caleb James-Lorenze Simpson of Clarklake, Michigan are each charged with robbery and related counts, prosecutors said.  Investigators believe the pair walked into Comic Collection, 83 Bustleton Pike, on Sept. 18, 2022, and pretended to be customers.  They asked the 61-year-old clerk to get an item from a high shelf, then knocked h…

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Philly Gas Station Shooting Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Philly Gas Station Shooting
Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Philly Gas Station Shooting Authorities have named the 19-year-old who was fatally shot at a Frankford gas station Wednesday night.  Isiah Pagan was shot inside a store on the 5200 block of Oxford Avenue around 6 p.m. on Dec. 20, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice.  One other man sitting in a car outside the gas station was shot in the leg and hospitalized in stable condition, and a woman pumping gas was grazed in the foot, NBC Philadelphia reported.  Rake Baseball and Softball of Feasterville said Pagan played with their organization and offered condolences Thursday morning, Dec. 21.  "Is…

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by Mac Bullock
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Car Crash Closes Restaurant In Lower Bucks County Car Crash Closes Restaurant In Lower Bucks County
Car Crash Closes Restaurant In Lower Bucks County Gusto Ristorante Italiano in Feasterville is temporarily closed after a driver crashed in through the front window over the weekend, say store management and first responders.  Firefighters were called to the restaurant, 430 W. Street Road, early in the afternoon on Saturday, Oct. 21.  Neither the driver nor the restaurant staff were injured in the crash, Gusto's owner said on Facebook.  We want to thank all of you for the prayers and the support! Thanks God, nobody got injured: the driver of the car is... Posted by Gusto Feasterville - Ristorante Italiano BYOB on Sunday, October 22,…

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by Mac Bullock
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Fiery Crash Knocks Out Power In Philly Suburbs Fiery Crash Knocks Out Power In Philly Suburbs
Fiery Crash Knocks Out Power In Philly Suburbs A car accident in Feasterville ended in a fiery wreck and caused some area residents to lose power late on Monday, Sept. 25, according to authorities.  The Feasterville Fire Company responded to a crash on Philmont Avenue around 9:30 p.m., officials said.  The driver had escaped the car by the time first responders arrived, but the wreckage was in flames, FFC said.  Two hose lines and firefighting foam were used to knock down the fire. No injuries were reported.  Philmont Avenue remained closed from Street Road to Dolton Avenue while PECO worked to restore power, the d…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Fire Crews Beat Back Early Morning Blaze At Mobile Home Park Bucks Fire Crews Beat Back Early Morning Blaze At Mobile Home Park
Bucks Fire Crews Beat Back Early Morning Blaze At Mobile Home Park Bucks County firefighters spent the early morning hours on Friday, May 12 extinguishing a house fire at a Lower Southampton trailer park.  Crews were called just before 3 a.m. to the Eastern Dawn Mobile Home Park, 2304 Brownsville Road in Feasterville-Trevose, said Lower Southampton Fire Department.  They arrived to find fire coming from the roof of a home. Firefighters from the Feasterville, Trevose, Parkland, Langhorne-Middletown, Newport, and Southampton companies responded to the scene to provide assistance, the department said.  Last night Squrt 44 responded into the 6-05 box for…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Thief Goes Shopping In NJ With Victim's Stolen Cards: Police PA Thief Goes Shopping In NJ With Victim's Stolen Cards: Police
PA Thief Goes Shopping In NJ With Victim's Stolen Cards: Police Police in Bucks County are pressing charges against a Philadelphia woman who they say snatched a wallet from a diner at a Feasterville restaurant.  Diane Doughty, 32, of Philadelphia, is wanted for felony identity theft, said Lower Southampton police in a release.  Investigators believe Doughty swiped the wallet from a customer at an eatery on the 100 block of East Street Road on Feb. 13. After that, detectives say she used the victim's cards at retail stores in Pennsylvania and out-of-state.  Police tracked the debit and credit activity to a business in Deptford, New Jersey…

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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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Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ
Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ A former Pennsylvania mom now living in New Jersey who was once accused of faking her daughter's kidnapping has been charged with embezzling "tens of thousands" of dollars from her employer, authorities said. Bonnie Sweeten, 51, of Delanco, faces two counts of federal wire fraud charges, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced in a release on Monday, Oct. 17.  It's the second time Sweeten, formerly of Feasterville, has been accused of fleecing her employer — in 2012, she was sentenced to 100 months in prison after a federal court convicted her o…

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by Mac Bullock
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Resident Hit By Ricocheting Bullet After Man Fires Shots Outside Bucks County Home: Police Resident Hit By Ricocheting Bullet After Man Fires Shots Outside Bucks County Home: Police
Resident Hit By Ricocheting Bullet After Man Fires Shots Outside Bucks County Home: Police A resident was injured after accidentally being struck by a bullet in a Bucks County neighborhood, authorities said. David Crean, 37, had fired two shots from a Beretta 9mm handgun during a "disturbance" in front of his Hilltop Road home in Feasterville around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 24, Lower Southampton Township police said. One of the rounds ricocheted and hit a local resident in the foot, police said. Responding officers found two spent shell casings and one unfired bullet on the road outside Crean's house, they said. Crean has been charged with recklessly endangering another person…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Unruly Drunk At PA Bowlero Punches Arresting Officer: Police Unruly Drunk At PA Bowlero Punches Arresting Officer: Police
Unruly Drunk At PA Bowlero Punches Arresting Officer: Police An "unruly" drunk man punched an officer during his arrest at a bowling alley in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Officers were called to the Bowlero on East Street Road in Feasterville on a report of a disorderly person who assaulted an employee around 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, Lower Southampton police said. When officers tried to get an intoxicated Carlos Rodriguez to leave, he punched one of the officers in the face and verbally threatened the staff, they said. A struggle ensued, and the 43-year-old Cheltenham man was eventually arrested, police said. Rodriguez was arraigned on charg…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway
Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two suspects accused of carjacking a homeowner at gunpoint in their own Bucks County driveway. The victim was entering his personal driveway on Bowman Drive in Feasterville when he was approached by a masked suspect armed with a black handgun around 3:15 a.m. Thursday, according to the Lower Southampton Township Police Department. Soon after, a second masked suspect appeared brandishing a silver handgun, police said. The second suspect searched the victim's pockets and stole his wallet, cash, cell phone, car keys, and house keys…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Search For Bucks Woman Who Disappeared From Philadelphia Intensifies Search For Bucks Woman Who Disappeared From Philadelphia Intensifies
Search For Bucks Woman Who Disappeared From Philadelphia Intensifies The family of a Bucks County woman who went missing after a trip to Philadelphia earlier this month has hired a private investigator, CBSN Philly reports. The Johnson family has been searching for Cassandra "Casey" Johnston, 26, since July 10, near 12th and Vine streets around 5:30 p.m. Her family has since hired search parties and are urging others to come forward, CBSN says. Johnston, of Feasterville, was driving a silver 2016 Ford Focus sedan with the PA license plate KSA8807 just before she went missing, Lower Southampton police said. A GoFundMe page was launched in an effort to put u…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feasterville Man Sent Harassing Messages, Drove Around Neighborhood With Weapon, Police Say Feasterville Man Sent Harassing Messages, Drove Around Neighborhood With Weapon, Police Say
Feasterville Man Sent Harassing Messages, Drove Around Neighborhood With Weapon, Police Say A Feasterville man was arrested after police say he sent harassing messages to a victim and drove around their neighborhood several times with a weapon. The victim told police that Dean E. Toothman Jr., 30, was the man harassing them, which resulted in police issuing an arrest warrant on March 21, according to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. Toothman was taken into custody on April 2, where he was charged with stalking and harassment, police said. Toothman was arraigned with a bail amount set at $25,000 and was subsequently remanded to Bucks County Prison.

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by Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Bristol Twp. Native, Neshaminy HS Grad Cameron Harth Dies At 21 Bristol Twp. Native, Neshaminy HS Grad Cameron Harth Dies At 21
Bristol Twp. Native, Neshaminy HS Grad Cameron Harth Dies At 21 Bristol Township native and Neshaminy High School graduate Cameron Harth died March 20, 2021. He was 21. Born in Bristol Township, and most recently residing in Feasterville, Harth graduated from Neshaminy High School in 2018, according to his obituary. He worked as a warehouseman with OMB Warehouse in Levittown before his death, his obituary says. Harth's obituary remembered him as someone who "enjoyed skateboarding and music." He is survived by his parents, Rachel Harth (Mick Pirolli) and Matthew Tomasulo (Nicole); his siblings, Mila and Lincoln Tomasulo; his pa…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Lower Southampton PD Seek ID For Woman Who Allegedly Cashed In Faulty $400 Lottery Ticket Lower Southampton PD Seek ID For Woman Who Allegedly Cashed In Faulty $400 Lottery Ticket
Lower Southampton PD Seek ID For Woman Who Allegedly Cashed In Faulty $400 Lottery Ticket Police in Lower Southampton are seeking the public's help identifying a woman who they say cashed in a faulty $400 lottery ticket. When a woman entered an unnamed business in Feasterville to try her hand at some lottery machines, she cashed in a $1 ticket and left the store on Feb. 20, Lower Southampton police said. She then went back into the store a short time later, but this time claimed she won $400 and provided the ticket to an "inexperienced employee," police said. After the woman left with her winnings, it was discovered that she provided a counterfeit ticket, police said. Police a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bensalem PD: Trenton Driver's Fatal Shooting Tied To Hookah Lounge Dispute Bensalem PD: Trenton Driver's Fatal Shooting Tied To Hookah Lounge Dispute
Bensalem PD: Trenton Driver's Fatal Shooting Tied To Hookah Lounge Dispute A shooting that left a 31-year-old Trenton driver dead, and his passenger critical in Bucks County on Saturday is connected with a dispute that started earlier at a hookah lounge near the scene, NJ.com reports. Police responded to the 4100  block of Old Lincoln Highway on reports of a shooting around 2 a.m., where they found Johnnie Clark, in the driver's seat of a car with a gunshot wound to his head, Bensalem police said. The only passenger in Clark’s vehicle, whose information is not being released, sustained multiple gunshots to his face and was transported to the hospital for trea…

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by Cecilia Levine