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Driver Killed, Others Hurt In Head-On Bucks County Crash Driver Killed, Others Hurt In Head-On Bucks County Crash
Driver Killed, Others Hurt In Head-On Bucks County Crash A 55-year-old man was killed and two others were injured after a crash in Nockamixon Township on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7, state police say.  Tjerk J. Post of Lansdale was headed north on Easton Road when a Ram left the southbound lane and hit his Kia Telluride head-on, according to troopers.  Post was taken to Grandview Hospital and pronounced dead, authorities said. His 51-year-old passenger was also hospitalized with serious injuries.  The 28-year-old driver of the Ram received "suspected minor injuries," the police report says.  Easton Road was shut down from bot…

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by Mac Bullock
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Late Caribbean Yacht Pirate Implicated In 1980 Bucks Murder: DA Late Caribbean Yacht Pirate Implicated In 1980 Bucks Murder: DA
Late Caribbean Yacht Pirate Implicated In 1980 Bucks Murder: DA After more than four decades, authorities in Bucks County say they have solved a cold case murder in Nockamixon Township. The 1980 killing of 34-year-old Richard Wheeler was carried out by German national Peter Marschner on the order of Bucks County methamphetamine dealer Leslie Schmidt, claimed District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a release on Friday, March 31.  Both suspects have since died — Marschner in 2006 and Schmidt in 2022, according to Weintraub's office — but prosecutors and state police investigators say they have uncovered evidence that officially closes the case.  Accordin…

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by Mac Bullock
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Victim Of Rt. 611 Crash 'Thought The Best Of People' Victim Of Rt. 611 Crash 'Thought The Best Of People'
Victim Of Rt. 611 Crash 'Thought The Best Of People' Funeral services have been set for the 32-year-old woman who died of injuries sustained in a Ridgelsville crash last weekend. Anna "Anya" Hauber, of Nockamixon Township, was adopted with her sister was born in Russia and adopted by her parents, Charles and Karen Hauber, of Broomall, on Dec. 2, 2005 — along with her younger sister, Kristina, according to her obituary. Anya studied graphic design at Delaware County Community College after graduating from the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School in June 2010, her obituary reads. She enjoyed cooking, ballet in her teen years, p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bucks Woman Killed In Rt. 611 Crash Identified By Coroner Bucks Woman Killed In Rt. 611 Crash Identified By Coroner
Bucks Woman Killed In Rt. 611 Crash Identified By Coroner Authorities have named the victim killed in a single-vehicle crash in Bucks County late on Friday, Feb. 17.  Anna F. Hauber, a 32-year-old Nockamixon Township resident, was driving south on Easton Road through Riegelsville Borough at around 8:30 p.m., state police said in a report.  At the 900 block, her car veered over the westside curb, troopers wrote. She traveled with two wheels off the road for over 200 feet before striking a tree, causing the car to spin and lose control before coming to a rest in the middle of the road, investigators said. Hauber, who was the only person i…

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by Mac Bullock
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Man Arrested For Groping Underage Girls At Suburban Philly High School Football Game Man Arrested For Groping Underage Girls At Suburban Philly High School Football Game
Man Arrested For Groping Underage Girls At Suburban Philly High School Football Game A 69-year-old man was arrested for groping underage girls during a high school football game in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police responded to the Palisades High School in Nockamixon Township around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct 7, they said. Jay Donchez, of Wind Gap, "approached, talked to, and touched in various ways" several juvenile girls at the homecoming game, police said. Donchez was subsequently arrested and charged with indecent assault, harassment, and disorderly conduct, a news release shows. He was released on $25,000 unsecured bai…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Good Samaritans Rescue Pair From Burning House In Bucks County: Report Good Samaritans Rescue Pair From Burning House In Bucks County: Report
Good Samaritans Rescue Pair From Burning House In Bucks County: Report Two people were rescued from a Bucks County home that went up in flames Saturday, July 9, WFMZ reports. A passing driver sprung into action when he spotted the burning house in Nockamixon Township, the outlet says. More than a dozen fire departments flocked to the home on the 8000 block of Easton Road just before 1 p.m. to fight the blaze, local fire companies said. He brought a ladder, but due to the smoke, only one of the trapped occupants could use it. He told the other to jump and caught her safely, according to the outlet. Crews were on scene for nearly three hours extinguishing …

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by Nicole Acosta