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No-Show NJ Contractor Wanted In Bucks County No-Show NJ Contractor Wanted In Bucks County
No-Show NJ Contractor Wanted In Bucks County Authorities in Bucks County are looking for a New Jersey contractor accused of taking payment for projects he never completed.  Bernard Kanuck of Franklinville, NJ is the owner of Alpha One Construction LLC, said Central Bucks Regional police in a release.  Investigators say Kanuck was contacted by a Doylestown business owner about sidewalk repair. He started the job but stopped showing up, according to police.  Elsewhere in the borough, authorities said a North Hamilton Street homeowner paid the 40-year-old $2,100 for electrical work. He allegedly ripped out the wiring…

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by Mac Bullock
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Police 'Manhunt' Detours Traffic In Doylestown Police 'Manhunt' Detours Traffic In Doylestown
Police 'Manhunt' Detours Traffic In Doylestown Doylestown residents were asked to steer clear of an ongoing police "manhunt" underway on Monday afternoon.  Central Bucks Regional Police said they were searching for a suspect in the borough around 1:30 p.m. on June 26. A "large police presence" combed over the area bound by North Main Street, Font Hill Drive, East Street, and North Street, they added.  Drivers and pedestrians were advised to avoid the area and were told to expect detours or road closures.  About an hour later, around 2:30 p.m., police said the "activity ... (had) ended."  "The area is safe, roa…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say Bucks Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say
Bucks Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say A 19-year-old babysitter in Bucks County is charged with indecently assaulting a child in her care, authorities say.  Camryn L. Taylor of Quakertown surrendered to investigators on an arrest warrant on Friday, June 16, said Central Bucks Regional Police in a release.  Detectives began investigating after they received a tip about sexual abuse involving a "sensitive-aged child," the department said. They later found evidence Taylor instructed the victim to make "inappropriate contact with (her)" in an area home "on several occasions during the past year," police claimed.  "Ta…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail A former Bucks County teacher who was convicted of indecently assaulting two students and secretly recording another will spend the next several years in jail, a Bucks County judge has ruled.  Fifty-eight-year-old Joseph Ohrt of Buckingham was sentenced to 2.5 to 5 years in state prison by Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley on Monday, June 12, the District Attorney's Office said.  Ohrt, the one-time choir director at Central Bucks West High School, was first charged last February, after police investigators said he'd used hidden cameras in his home to record a male stu…

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by Mac Bullock
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Montco Woman Charged In Doylestown Assault Montco Woman Charged In Doylestown Assault
Montco Woman Charged In Doylestown Assault A Montgomery County woman is charged with assault after police say they saw her fighting another in Doylestown over the weekend.  It happened on Saturday, May 20, Central Bucks Regional Police wrote in a statement. Authorities said they approached the scene and saw 21-year-old Morgan Cashman "holding the victim's shirt and striking the victim in the face." Witnesses told police that the victim tried to walk away from Cashman, but that the 21-year-old began "punching and kicking" them. The victim was taken to Doylestown Hospital where they were treated for "several" lacerations to the f…

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by Mac Bullock
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HazMat Scare Evacuates Bucks County Apartment Complex HazMat Scare Evacuates Bucks County Apartment Complex
HazMat Scare Evacuates Bucks County Apartment Complex Residents of a Doylestown apartment complex were evacuated from their homes Saturday afternoon as emergency workers responded to a possible hazardous materials situation, officials say.  Doylestown Fire Company No. 1 received the call at about 12:10 p.m. on April 22, they said in a release. Also on the scene were members of the Bucks County Hazmat Team and "bomb disposal units," the company wrote.  Staff Photos Updated info certificate of uranium and paraphernalia found in apartment in Regency Woods. Stations 19,79,24,hazmat 89 medics 125 124 #MBIP2 WFMZ Katie Katro 6abc Action News P…

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by Mac Bullock
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Shoeless Burglar Sprayed Fire Extinguisher In Bucks Home, Police Claim Shoeless Burglar Sprayed Fire Extinguisher In Bucks Home, Police Claim
Shoeless Burglar Sprayed Fire Extinguisher In Bucks Home, Police Claim A Massachusetts man was arrested in Bucks County over the weekend after police claim he drunkenly entered a stranger's home and made a mess with a fire extinguisher.  It happened in Doylestown on Sunday, April 9, wrote Central Bucks Regional Police in a release. Officers were called to a home on the 100 block of Garden Alley for a reported burglary in progress.  There, the homeowner said he had returned from a short walk to find "fire extinguisher powder" all over the floor of his home, authorities said. He checked downstairs after hearing a noise from the basement and found a str…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Man Swiped Tip Jar From Doylestown Business: Police Bucks Man Swiped Tip Jar From Doylestown Business: Police
Bucks Man Swiped Tip Jar From Doylestown Business: Police A Bucks County man faces several misdemeanor charges after police say he made off with the tip jar from an area business.  Authorities were called to EZ Laundry, 565 N. Main St. in Doylestown, early on Tuesday, March 21, for a report of theft, Central Bucks Regional police said in a statement.  There, staff showed them surveillance video of a man approaching the counter and removing the bills from the tip jar, investigators said. The man is then seen taking the whole jar, placing it under his jacket, and leaving, they continued.  Police later identified the suspect as D…

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by Mac Bullock
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Doylestown Sex Offender Busted With Child Porn: Authorities Doylestown Sex Offender Busted With Child Porn: Authorities
Doylestown Sex Offender Busted With Child Porn: Authorities A registered sex offender in Bucks County is now accused of possessing sexual abuse imagery, authorities say.  Edward Vincent Bacon, 29, was arrested after detectives executed a search warrant at his Doylestown home, Central Bucks Regional Police said in a statement.  Investigators had been tipped off by police in Chesterfield County, Virginia, that Bacon "was in possession of images containing child exploitation," CBRPD wrote. More items removed from his property are still under investigation, they added.  At his arraignment on Friday, Feb. 17, Bacon's bail was set at $1 mi…

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by Mac Bullock
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Accused Stalker Put Tracking Device On Victim's Car: Bucks Police Accused Stalker Put Tracking Device On Victim's Car: Bucks Police
Accused Stalker Put Tracking Device On Victim's Car: Bucks Police A Chester County man is accused of stalking a victim in Bucks County by placing a tracking device on their car, authorities say.  Michael John Kennedy, 53, of Phoenixville, surrendered to Central Bucks police on Wednesday, Nov. 9 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.  In August, investigators say Kennedy sent the victim multiple emails and voicemails in a "harassing manner."  Eventually, detectives said the stalking escalated to Kennedy placing a magnetic tracking device on the rear bumper of the victim's car.  A neighbor described seeing Kennedy set up the tracke…

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by Mac Bullock
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CB West Teacher Pleads No Contest To Assaulting, Filming Student CB West Teacher Pleads No Contest To Assaulting, Filming Student
CB West Teacher Pleads No Contest To Assaulting, Filming Student A former Bucks County music teacher pleaded no contest on Thursday, Oct. 13 to charges that he molested two of his students and secretly filmed another undressing, authorities say.  Joseph G. Ohrt, 57, a Buckingham resident and one-time choir director at Central Bucks West High School, stood accused of two counts of indecent assault,  two counts of corrupting minors, two counts of invading privacy, and one count of evidence tampering, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  Ohrt was first charged on Feb. 8, after police investigators said he'd use…

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by Mac Bullock
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NJ Man Agrees To Sex With Person Posing As PA Girl, 13: Police NJ Man Agrees To Sex With Person Posing As PA Girl, 13: Police
NJ Man Agrees To Sex With Person Posing As PA Girl, 13: Police A 39-year-old New Jersey man who agreed to have sex with a person posing as a juvenile from Pennsylvania has been arrested, authorities said. Dariusz Blaszczyk, of Ewing, was nabbed at the Center Square Towers parking lot on North Broad Street in Doylestown, where he tried to meet the "13-year-old girl" around 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, Central Bucks Regional police said. He initiated the conversation with the "minor" on the Meet Me app and sent multiple text messages requesting sexual acts, police said. Police did not specify who was posing as the young girl. Blaszczyk has…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police: Burglar Leads Officers On Foot Pursuit After Witness Spots Her Entering Doylestown Home Police: Burglar Leads Officers On Foot Pursuit After Witness Spots Her Entering Doylestown Home
Police: Burglar Leads Officers On Foot Pursuit After Witness Spots Her Entering Doylestown Home A burglar led officers on a foot pursuit after a witness spotted her entering a Doylestown home Monday, authorities said. A witness told officers she saw a woman -- later identified as Katherine Aseltine -- climbing an outside staircase and entering a West Oakland Avenue home, Central Bucks Regional police said. Aseltine then led officers on a foot pursuit throughout the neighborhood, which ended when she was spotted in a West State Street parking lot, police said. Aseltine was arraigned by Judge Snow, remanded to Bucks County Prison after failing to post 10% of $25,000 bail.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police: Philadelphia Man Who Stole Wallet From Restaurant Customer, Spent $1,500 Surrenders Police: Philadelphia Man Who Stole Wallet From Restaurant Customer, Spent $1,500 Surrenders
Police: Philadelphia Man Who Stole Wallet From Restaurant Customer, Spent $1,500 Surrenders A 48-year-old Philadelphia man who swiped a wallet from a woman's purse while she was eating at a restaurant surrendered to police, authorities said Monday. Clifton Fleming turned himself in on Dec. 3, on an active warrant stemming from the Oct. 18 incident, Central Bucks Regional police said. Fleming took the wallet containing $250 in cash and credit cards while the woman was dining at Pag's Pub in Doylestown, authorities said. Fleming used the woman's credit cards to make more than $1,500 in purchases, police said. Fleming was arraigned, with bail set at 10 percent $50,000 and rema…

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by Cecilia Levine