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Bucks Motorcyclist Who Died In Crash Leaves Behind Son, Loved Ones Say Bucks Motorcyclist Who Died In Crash Leaves Behind Son, Loved Ones Say
Bucks Motorcyclist Who Died In Crash Leaves Behind Son, Loved Ones Say Bryce C. Fisher, the Sellersville motorcyclist who died in a crash in Hatfield Township on Saturday, Aug. 26 leaves behind one son, according to loved ones. He was 21.  Fisher and a 66-year-old driver in a Dodge Ram 1500 collided on Bethlehem Pike near Township Line Road, authorities have said. He was airlifted to a nearby trauma center before succumbing to his injuries. A Sellersville native, Fisher was born to Clayton Bryce and Hope M. (Hillyer) Fisher and was a 2020 graduate of Pennridge High School and Upper Bucks Vocational-Technical School, according to his obituary. Fisher would g…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Dies In MontCo Crash: Police 21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Dies In MontCo Crash: Police
21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Dies In MontCo Crash: Police Police are canvassing for witnesses after a 21-year-old Sellersville resident was killed in a motorcycle crash in Hatfield Township on Saturday, Aug. 26, according to authorities.  It happened on the 3500 block of Bethlehem Pike near Township Line Road, Hatfield police said.  The motorcyclist and a 66-year-old Souderton driver in a Dodge Ram 1500 collided just after 8:30 p.m., authorities said. The 21-year-old was airlifted to a nearby trauma center before succumbing to their injuries.  Police did not name the victim, and the 66-year-old's condition was not reported by autho…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Boy Fatally Struck Crossing Street In Hatfield, Police Say Boy Fatally Struck Crossing Street In Hatfield, Police Say
Boy Fatally Struck Crossing Street In Hatfield, Police Say A child succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a car in Hatfield Township late on Wednesday, June 28, authorities say.  It happened around 9:30 p.m. on Bethlehem Pike near the corner with Walnut Street, township police said in a release. The victim, an unnamed "juvenile," was hit by a northbound Hyundai Sonata while crossing the Pike "through traffic," the department wrote.  He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died, they said. Police did not report his age.  The crash remains under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to call Officer An…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Victim In Triple Lansdale Shooting Was Also Shot In June: Report Victim In Triple Lansdale Shooting Was Also Shot In June: Report
Victim In Triple Lansdale Shooting Was Also Shot In June: Report One of three victims wounded in a shooting in Lansdale Thursday, July 7, was previously shot in June, NorthPennNow reports. Nasir Miller, 19, of Hatfield Township, Malicahi Swindell, 21, and Samir Harris, 18, both of Philadelphia, ran from the unit block of West Mt. Vernon Street with gunshot wounds before collapsing on a nearby street around 9:50 p.m., the outlet says. The men were rushed to a local hospital and then airlifted to Philadelphia trauma centers, and are expected to survive. Miller has been through this before as a victim of the June 6 shooting on West Fifth Str…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Police In Hatfield: DA Man Shot By Police In Hatfield: DA
Man Shot By Police In Hatfield: DA A man was shot by police in Montgomery County, authorities said. The 29-year-old man was undergoing surgery at Grandview Hospital after being tased and then shot by police in Hatfield Township around 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 17, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele. Police were called after a resident reported seeing a man run through her backyard and hide in a neighbor's yard. There, they encountered the man between two woodpiles. The man was ordered by police to come out and show his hands, but he refused, they said. In response, the officers tased him, but he ran …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Bear Spotted In Philly Suburbs: Police Bear Spotted In Philly Suburbs: Police
Bear Spotted In Philly Suburbs: Police A bear was spotted in a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, authorities said. Officers received multiple calls about a bear sighting in the area of Woodview Drive and Line Lexington Road on Monday, May 16, Hatfield Township police said on Facebook. * Update- we have had no other spottings of our friend since this post was made. Be mindful of letting your pets outside... Posted by Hatfield Township Police Department on Monday, May 16, 2022 Police say they notified the Pennsylvania Game Commission and haven't received any reports of sightings since around 11 p.m. "Be mindful of letting…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
DA: Philly Man Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Cocktails Caused 4 ODs Including 2 Deaths DA: Philly Man Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Cocktails Caused 4 ODs Including 2 Deaths
DA: Philly Man Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Cocktails Caused 4 ODs Including 2 Deaths A Philadelphia drug dealer was arrested after selling bags of heroin and fentanyl to two people who both survived overdoses on it months before they overdosed and died on it, authorities said. Bags of drugs labeled "BAD BUNNY" sold by Derrick Jackson, 58, were found at the scene of the overdose deaths of Jason Evans last September and Rebecca Ennis in December 2019, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatfield Township Police Chief William Tierney. Jackson was recently charged with drug delivery resulting in death in connection with Evans' fatal overdos…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Lawsuit Filed Against North Penn Schools Says Student Was Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted By Peer Lawsuit Filed Against North Penn Schools Says Student Was Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted By Peer
Lawsuit Filed Against North Penn Schools Says Student Was Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted By Peer A Montgomery County school district is accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a female student who was allegedly sexually assaulted more than 20 times by one of her male peers for five years beginning in elementary school The suit was filed against the North Penn School District with the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania on Oct. 15 by Laura E. Laughlin, Esq., on behalf of the alleged victim identified only as Jane Due (see complaint attached). Doe was sexually assaulted more than 20 times by a classmate identified only as "MP," who was "known with sexual predat…

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by Cecilia Levine