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Gunpoint Kidnapping Victim Saved By Bank Tellers In Delco: Police Gunpoint Kidnapping Victim Saved By Bank Tellers In Delco: Police
Gunpoint Kidnapping Victim Saved By Bank Tellers In Delco: Police A Delaware County driver who had been kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to drive to the bank was saved when tellers were able to call police, authorities say.  The victim was near Milford Drive and Sundor Circle in Marple picking up a friend when he was boxed in by another car on Monday, July 10, township police said in a release.  Two suspects approached him and demanded his car keys at gunpoint before hopping in the vehicle and forcing him to drive to the nearest bank, authorities said.  At Citizens Bank, 1991 S. Sproul Road, the victim told tellers he was be…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police A man in Bucks County faces felony gun charges after police say he opened fire at a Warminster home on Tuesday, March 21.  Township police were called to the 300 block of Beech Street at about 11:30 p.m. for a report of shots fired, the department wrote in a release.  On the scene, the alleged victim also told police they had received "harassing voicemails" from the suspect in the hours before the shooting, according to the department. Another witness said they heard the shot and immediately looked out the window to see the suspect fleeing in a vehicle, police said.  Investi…

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by Mac Bullock
Schools
Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School
Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School Students were sent home early from a Chester County high school Thursday, Nov. 3 after administrators received a bomb threat, according to authorities.  Kennett High School in Kennett Square Township received the warning at about 9:30 a.m., officials said. School staff evacuated students while township and county police swept the building with K9 units, they added. Students were put on buses and sent home by noon after the school was cleared, police said.  The incident remains under investigation. To submit a tip, visit safe2saypa.org, 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
KNOW THEM? Bethlehem Police Seek Men In $600 Home Depot Theft KNOW THEM? Bethlehem Police Seek Men In $600 Home Depot Theft
Know Them? Bethlehem Police Seek Men In $600 Home Depot Theft Police are seeking the public’s help identifying two men they say stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of wiring from Home Depot in Bethlehem. The men — pictured above — were seen on surveillance footage leaving the Nazareth Pike Home Depot location with approximately $600 of wire around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 18, township police said in a Wednesday release. The men drove away in a green Ford F150, police said. Anyone with information about the men’s identities is asked to contact Ptl. Knouss at 610-419-9689 or email jknouss@bethlehemtwp.com.

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by Valerie Musson