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Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bensalem: 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.…
$50K In Drugs Seized From Bensalem Dealers, Authorities Say
A five-month investigation into a Bucks County drug trafficking scheme culminated Tuesday, March 7 with two arrests and the seizure of more than $50,000 in narcotics, Bensalem police claim.
Keenan Goodman, 31, of Philadelphia, and Naim Ward, 32, of Bensalem, were arrested while emptying out a unit at the Franklin Commons apartments on Cardinal Drive, the department said.
Investigators believe the pair were "involved in a large-scale drug operation" based in Bucks with ties to Philadelphia. Detectives said they seized over two pounds of methamphetamine, heroin, crack cocaine, and Xanax, a…
PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate
A Philadelphia man who sex-trafficked a 15-year-old girl was sentenced Monday, June 6 to 17 to 40 years in state prison, authorities said.
Andrew Hall, 29, pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to a slew of charges, including human trafficking of a minor, statutory sexual assault of a minor, promoting prostitution of a minor, and photographing child sex acts, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
Hall was arrested on Aug. 21, 2020, when Bensalem police officers were called around 12:30 a.m. to the Best Western on the 3400 block of Street Road on a report of child prostitut…
