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Bucks Man Led Friend Into Woods To Rape Her, Police Say Bucks Man Led Friend Into Woods To Rape Her, Police Say
Bucks Man Led Friend Into Woods To Rape Her, Police Say A Bucks County man is accused of leading a woman into the woods and raping her, authorities say.  James M. Helms, 23, of Perkasie, is charged with rape by threat of forcible compulsion, felony sexual assault, and related offenses, according to Pennridge Regional Police Department.  Investigators say Helms led a female friend down the walking path at Moods Bridge Park in East Rockhill Township to "skip rocks" on the creek in January 2019. When they were in the woods, the victim told police that Helms raped her.  He's currently held in Bucks County Correctional Facility i…

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by Mac Bullock
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Montco Man Sent Sexual Photo To Bucks Co. Child On Snapchat, Asked For Nudes, Police Say Montco Man Sent Sexual Photo To Bucks Co. Child On Snapchat, Asked For Nudes, Police Say
Montco Man Sent Sexual Photo To Bucks Co. Child On Snapchat, Asked For Nudes, Police Say A 20-year-old man was arrested after sending a sexual photo to a minor on a social media app, and then asking that child to do the same, authorities said. An investigation into River T. Stauch, of Hatboro, began after the underage victim allegedly told Warrington Township police that they received a sexually explicit image from a male Snapchat user. Stauch told the child his age and asked for naked photos, police said. The juvenile apparently said that when he refused, Stauch threatened him. Officers were later able to identify the user as Stauch, they said. Stauch was arrested on T…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Repeat Walmart Thief Nabbed In Philly: Police Repeat Walmart Thief Nabbed In Philly: Police
Repeat Walmart Thief Nabbed In Philly: Police A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man accused in a string of Walmart robberies was arrested in Philadelphia after a recent incident, authorities said. Jamell A. Oglesby was nabbed Wednesday, June 29 after he was spotted in the black Lexus ES 250 that Bensalem police say was involved in the robberies. Oglesby and one other person who has yet to be identified, are believed to have committed robberies at Walmart stores in Bensalem, Warminster, Philadelphia,  Deptford, NJ, and Delaware, Bensalem police said. The first incident happened around 7:45 p.m on Friday, May 20 when a man …

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by Nicole Acosta
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40K Fentanyl Pills, 11 Pounds Of Meth Seized In Suburban Philly Drug Bust: PD 40K Fentanyl Pills, 11 Pounds Of Meth Seized In Suburban Philly Drug Bust: PD
40K Fentanyl Pills, 11 Pounds Of Meth Seized In Suburban Philly Drug Bust: PD Approximately 40,000 fentanyl pills, 11 pounds of methamphetamine, and $5,000 in cash were seized during a drug bust in Bensalem, authorities said. Four people were arrested as a result of the joint investigation: Arturo Avila, 37, Anthony Gonzales, 26, Alex Zaragoza, 22, and Ramon Caro, 19, all of Riverside, CA, according to the Bensalem Police Department and the Philadelphia DEA HIDTA Task Force. The drugs, worth over $1 million, were seized during a raid on the 3300 block of Street Road on Wednesday, June 8, police said. All four men were arraigned on charges of possession wit…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police Nab Man Accused In PA Turnpike Road Rage Shootings Police Nab Man Accused In PA Turnpike Road Rage Shootings
Police Nab Man Accused In PA Turnpike Road Rage Shootings Pennsylvania State Police has arrested a 29-year-old Montgomery County man accused of shooting at two vehicles on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last month. Andre Kenny Mark Green, of Fort Washington, was arrested Friday, April 1 at his job in Fairless Hills, PA State Police said. The first incident occurred around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, when troopers were called to the Bensalem Turnpike Interchange on a report of a man driving a gray sedan who had shot at a Ford F-150 pickup truck, they said. Police found two shell casings on the westbound side. Then, on Monday, March 21 around 3…

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by Nicole Acosta
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FAMILY AFFAIR: Parents, Grandma Charged In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Infant In Philly Suburbs FAMILY AFFAIR: Parents, Grandma Charged In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Infant In Philly Suburbs
Family Affair: Parents, Grandma Charged In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Infant In Philly Suburbs Three family members have been charged in the death of an infant who had fentanyl in his system, authorities in Bucks County said. Donna Westmoreland, who was was previously appointed as the four-month-old baby's foster mother, violated a court order on Friday, Jan. 7, when she left her grandson unsupervised with his parents, Felicity Westmoreland and Daniel Howarth, Bensalem police said. Bensalem police officers responding to a report of an infant in cardiac arrest found the baby unresponsive in the living room of an Oak Avenue home in Trevose around 12:35 p.m., police said. The…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced For Role In Drug Smuggling Ring Inside Jail Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced For Role In Drug Smuggling Ring Inside Jail
Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced For Role In Drug Smuggling Ring Inside Jail A corrections officer was sentenced to two to four years in state prison for his role in a drug-smuggling ring inside the Bucks County Correctional Facility, authorities announced Friday. Joseph J. Jennings, 33, of Warminster, entered guilty pleas to contraband and criminal conspiracy on Wednesday, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. He was among nine men charged in June 2020 with the scheme to smuggle Suboxone strips into the jail to distribute among inmates, authorities said. Investigators found that Jennings smuggled Suboxone into the jail on multiple occasion…

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by Nicole Acosta