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Perkasie Man Caught with Child Pornography In Undercover Investigation, Police Say Perkasie Man Caught with Child Pornography In Undercover Investigation, Police Say
Perkasie Man Caught with Child Pornography In Undercover Investigation, Police Say A Perkasie Borough resident faces multiple felony charges for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to Warrington Township police.  Donald Leslie Foster, 57, was released from a Bucks County jail after posting 10 percent of his $100,000 bail, court records show.  Investigators said an IP address linked to Foster came up during an undercover CSAM investigation in November. After obtaining a search warrant for his electronics, police found that one of his computers was used to download or attempt to download CSAM more than 80 times between November and …

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by Mac Bullock
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Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools
Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools Two Delaware County elementary schools were locked down early Wednesday after a prankster with a water gun was mistaken for an armed person, authorities say.  It happened around 8:30 a.m. on May 17, Ridley Township police wrote in a release. Witnesses reported a person with a gun hiding in some bushes near Notre Dame DeLourdes School, 990 Fairview Road, they said.  Ridley and Nether Providence police responded and locked down the school, as well as nearby Grace Park Elementary, 1097 7th Ave, authorities wrote.  Investigators soon found the "gunman," who turned out …

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by Mac Bullock
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Enraged Driver Ran Down Pedestrian In Bucks Plaza, Say Police Enraged Driver Ran Down Pedestrian In Bucks Plaza, Say Police
Enraged Driver Ran Down Pedestrian In Bucks Plaza, Say Police Police in Hilltown Township are searching for a driver who they said ran over another following a road rage incident.  Authorities believe the suspect, who was driving a blue Chevrolet Express van, got into an altercation with another driver at the Hilltown Plaza Shopping Center just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, they said in a statement.  After the victim parked and got out of their car, police said the van driver ran them over and then fled the scene. The van was last spotted heading northbound on Main Street through Telford Borough, they added.  Investi…

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by Mac Bullock
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Suspects At Large After Armed Robbery Of Bucks County Gas Station: Police Suspects At Large After Armed Robbery Of Bucks County Gas Station: Police
Suspects At Large After Armed Robbery Of Bucks County Gas Station: Police Images have been released of two men who robbed a gas station employee at gunpoint in Bucks County, authorities said. The masked suspects walked into the Sunoco A-Plus located at the corner of Route 309 and Hilltown Pike around 3 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, Hilltown Township police said. The armed men then threatened to shoot a worker, who told police that the suspects took an unknown amount of cash from multiple skills machines. The robbers fled the scene in a maroon SUV before police from neighboring departments arrived. The maroon SUV.Hilltown Township Police Department Anyone with i…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Children Airlifted In Bucks County Crash, Police Say Children Airlifted In Bucks County Crash, Police Say
Children Airlifted In Bucks County Crash, Police Say Two children were flown to a nearby hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Bucks County, authorities said. The crash involving a trash truck and SUV happened at the intersection of Route 113 and Minsi Trail in Hilltown Township around 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, local police said. The kids, who were riding in the SUV, were airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital with serious injuries, Hilltown police said. The SUV driver was brought to Grand View Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the trash truck was uninjured. Traffic was diverted from the area for abou…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA
Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA A 48-year-old woman admitted to shooting and killing her longtime partner, the owner of a Pennsylvania pizzeria, then hiding his body in her bedroom for 13 days, authorities said. Anna Maria Tolomello was arraigned Wednesday, March 30, on charges of homicide, abuse of a corpse, evidence tampering, and related offenses in the death of Giovanni Gallina, 65, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. The couple owned Pina’s Pizza in Chalfont. Tolomello wrapped Gallina's body in a blue tarp inside their Limekiln Pike home in the Chalfont section of Hilltown Township after …

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by Nicole Acosta
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NY Man Dead, 2 Hurt In Hilltown Township Crash NY Man Dead, 2 Hurt In Hilltown Township Crash
NY Man Dead, 2 Hurt In Hilltown Township Crash One person died and two others were injured in a Hilltown Township crash Tuesday night, authorities said. Three men were loading items into a parked pick-up truck with a small trailer when a car traveling northbound in the 1600 block of Hilltown Pike struck the back of the trailer around 9:40 p.m., according to Hilltown Township police. The impact killed Leon Ryerson Jr., 69, of Scipio Center, NY, and injured the other two men, police said. The injured men were taken to Grand View Hospital for treatment, authorities said. The roadway was closed for several hours while the police inve…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: Hilltown Police Officer Busted With Child Porn In MontCo DA: Hilltown Police Officer Busted With Child Porn In MontCo
DA: Hilltown Police Officer Busted With Child Porn In MontCo A Hilltown Township police officer is out on bail after investigators found that an email account associated with his cell phone number contained 10 images of child pornography, authorities announced. Matthew Reiss, 47, of Palm., PA in Upper Hanover Township, was arrested and charged with 10 felony counts of child pornography, the Montgomery County District Attorney's office said. An investigation was launched on April 16 when the Montgomery County Detective Bureau received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the upload of two chi…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial
PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial A Pennsylvania mom has been ordered to face trial for harassing three girls on her daughter's cheerleading squad, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Raffaela Spone, 50, of Chalfont, last March was charged with three counts each of cyber harassment of a child and harassment. Following a preliminary hearing on Friday, Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage found enough evidence presented to send all charges to the Court of Common Pleas, District Attorney Matt Weintraub's Office said. Spone was accused of manipulating a photograph of a teen girl on the Vict…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: PA Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls 8, 10 Says He Was Possessed By Devil Police: PA Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls 8, 10 Says He Was Possessed By Devil
Police: PA Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Girls 8, 10 Says He Was Possessed By Devil A Telford man who told authorities he was possessed by the devil was slapped with various assault and abuse charges Tuesday after police say he sexually abused two girls ages 8 and 10, and took upskirt photos of a 16-year-old girl, as first reported by NorthPennNow. Allen Kraus, 39, was identified by police when they received a report from Bucks County Children and Youth on April 12 regarding inappropriate photos found on his phone, the criminal complaint says. An ensuing investigation found he took upskirt photos of a 10-year-old girl and also had "indecent contact" with an 8-year-old girl…

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by Nicole Acosta
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No-Show Pennsylvania Contractor Scammed Client Out Of $19K, Authorities Say No-Show Pennsylvania Contractor Scammed Client Out Of $19K, Authorities Say
No-Show Pennsylvania Contractor Scammed Client Out Of $19K, Authorities Say A 37-year-old Bucks County contractor with an expired license was accused of charging a client more than $19,000 for a home improvement project then failing to complete it, authorities said. A resident on the 100 block of Tall Oaks Drive in Hilltown Township (Bucks County) told police that they entered into an agreement with Jared Frank Hummer, of Veteran's Home Improvements, for a project in October 2019, local police said. Hummer agreed to supply and replace 23 three windows, remodel a bathroom, and make some improvements to a second bathroom, police said. But sometime during the project…

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by Cecilia Levine