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Plumstead-Pipersville, PA
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$2.5 Million Bail For PA Man Charged With Statutory Sexual Assault Of Teen: Police $2.5 Million Bail For PA Man Charged With Statutory Sexual Assault Of Teen: Police
$2.5 Million Bail For PA Man Charged With Statutory Sexual Assault Of Teen: Police A Bucks County man is accused of having sexual intercourse with a teen, Plumstead Township police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fernando Santos Tzij-Noriega, 24, also known as Santos Tzub Alfaro, was charged with felonies for Statutory Sexual Assault and Corruption of Minors following an investigation that began on Monday, Nov. 18, police said. The allegations stem from a report of a 24-year-old man engaging in sexual acts with a juvenile female in Pipersville, according to the release. Tzij-Noriega was taken into custody without incident on Friday, Nov. 22, arraigned by Magisterial D…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bristol, PA
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Arrest Made In OD Death Nearly 2 Years Later, Police In Bucks County Say Arrest Made In OD Death Nearly 2 Years Later, Police In Bucks County Say
Arrest Made In OD Death Nearly 2 Years Later, Police In Bucks County Say Authorities have announced an arrest made in an overdose death nearly two years later in Bucks County. Following an "extremely lengthy" investigation with Springfield police and Bucks County detectives, William Wright, 38, was arrested on Tuesday, June 18, Springfield police said. Police said only that the arrest stems from a death investigation at the Scenic View Apartments nearly two years ago. Wright was charged with drug delivery resulting in death, criminal use of a communication facility, manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or delivery, involuntary manslau…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Teen Charged For Attacking Employees At Bucks Pizzeria Teen Charged For Attacking Employees At Bucks Pizzeria
Teen Charged For Attacking Employees At Bucks Pizzeria An 18-year-old Doylestown man is accused of pulling a knife during a fight with pizza store employees on Sunday, April 14, according to police.  Authorities said Panajotis Tafa and a 16-year-old suspect walked into Deliza Pizza at 460 E. Butler Avenue in New Britain around 2:30 p.m.  When the 16-year-old got into an argument with an employee, police said he went around the counter and punched the worker in the face. The employee shoved the 16-year-old to the ground before Tafa "rushed over and pulled a knife," according to investigators.  Tafa then stabbed a second…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
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'Partially Dressed' Burglar Raided Bucks Tailor Shop, Cops Say 'Partially Dressed' Burglar Raided Bucks Tailor Shop, Cops Say
'Partially Dressed' Burglar Raided Bucks Tailor Shop, Cops Say An accused burglar was caught with his pants down at a Bucks County tailor shop early on Sunday, Jan. 15, authorities say.  Central Bucks police were called Ventresca's Tailoring at 145 West State Street in Doylestown when a security alarm was tripped at about 1:30 a.m., the department said in a statement.  On arrival, officers said they found 23-year-old Jean Carlos Ortega-Garrido "partially undressed" with merchandise strewn across the store. Ortega-Garrido's own clothes were found in a dressing room, they added.  Investigators believe the 23-year-old forced entry through …

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Accused Stalker Put Tracking Device On Victim's Car: Bucks Police Accused Stalker Put Tracking Device On Victim's Car: Bucks Police
Accused Stalker Put Tracking Device On Victim's Car: Bucks Police A Chester County man is accused of stalking a victim in Bucks County by placing a tracking device on their car, authorities say.  Michael John Kennedy, 53, of Phoenixville, surrendered to Central Bucks police on Wednesday, Nov. 9 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.  In August, investigators say Kennedy sent the victim multiple emails and voicemails in a "harassing manner."  Eventually, detectives said the stalking escalated to Kennedy placing a magnetic tracking device on the rear bumper of the victim's car.  A neighbor described seeing Kennedy set up the tracke…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
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Smug Arrestee Spits In PA Officer's Face And Seems Happy About It Smug Arrestee Spits In PA Officer's Face And Seems Happy About It
Smug Arrestee Spits In PA Officer's Face And Seems Happy About It An arrestee is facing additional charges after spitting on an officer in Bucks County, authorities said. Kristen M. Most, 30, of no fixed address, was being processed on charges from the surrounding area when she became "irate" and "confrontational" after a judge remanded her to prison on Tuesday, June 21, according to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. She then spits on an officer's face while being led to a patrol vehicle, police said. Most was subsequently charged with aggravated assault and assault by a prisoner. She was arraigned on June 27, where a judge set bail at $15,0…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
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Doylestown Suspect Assaults Victim, Gets Combative With Police: Authorities Doylestown Suspect Assaults Victim, Gets Combative With Police: Authorities
Doylestown Suspect Assaults Victim, Gets Combative With Police: Authorities A Bucks County man was arrested for assault and resisting arrest in connection with a weekend incident, authorities said.. On Sunday, May 1, at about 9 a.m., police responded to a domestic disturbance on the 200 block of Mechanics Street in Doylestown Borough.  An assault victim was outside the home upon police arrival with Jesse Daniel Baum and another party inside the home.  Baum allegedly physically assaulted the victim who sustained injury to his face after being struck numerous times, police said. Police approached Baum, inside the home, while he was verbally arguing with a…

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by Jon Craig
Bristol, PA
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Bucks Sex Offender Gave Police Fake Address, Arrested For Violating Megan's Law: Authorities Bucks Sex Offender Gave Police Fake Address, Arrested For Violating Megan's Law: Authorities
Bucks Sex Offender Gave Police Fake Address, Arrested For Violating Megan's Law: Authorities A convicted sex offender was arrested for failing to register his home address under Megan's Law, authorities in Bucks County announced. Epifano Riberas had given police a completely made up address, Penndel police said. A search for Riberas began March 3, ahead of an upcoming trial for an unrelated incident, while authorities tried to verify his home address, Penndel police said. The Bucks County Park Rangers asked for help from Penndel police in verifying his address on a separate criminal charge, but attempts indicated the address did not exist at all, police said.  Ribe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
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Suburban Philly HS Choir Teacher Secretly Filmed Former Student Undressing, DA Says Suburban Philly HS Choir Teacher Secretly Filmed Former Student Undressing, DA Says
Suburban Philly HS Choir Teacher Secretly Filmed Former Student Undressing, DA Says A suburban Philadelphia high school choir teacher has been accused of using a hidden camera to record a former student undressing at his home, authorities in Bucks County said. Joseph Ohrt, 56, of Buckingham Township, on Tuesday, was charged with one felony count of intercepting oral communications and four felony counts of possessing a device for intercepting communications, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Ohrt was also charged with misdemeanor offenses of invasion of privacy and attempting to have the recording devices destroyed last October. He w…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police Bust Man Stalking Young Girl, Authorities In Bucks Say Police Bust Man Stalking Young Girl, Authorities In Bucks Say
Police Bust Man Stalking Young Girl, Authorities In Bucks Say Police in Bucks County busted a man they say was stalking a young girl on Friday. Officers responded around 5 p.m. to the 2500 block of Wellington Way in West Rockhill Township on a report of a suspicious man who had been following a young girl, Pennridge police said. They were initially unable to locate him but found him when they were called back to the area. The man, identified as 43-year-old Chance Jackson, had followed the young girl to her home and onto her porch, police said. He was wanted out of Montgomery County on drug-related charges, according to police. Jackson was char…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
MA Woman Pulling Car Door Handles Busted With Firearm, Police In Bucks County Say MA Woman Pulling Car Door Handles Busted With Firearm, Police In Bucks County Say
MA Woman Pulling Car Door Handles Busted With Firearm, Police In Bucks County Say A 39-year-old Massachusetts woman accused of pulling on car door handles was arrested after she was found with a firearm in Bucks County, authorities said. Officers responding to the Planet Fitness on North Main Street in Doylestown on Aug. 23 found a woman matching the description of a suspect pulling on car door handles, according to Central Bucks police. Jennifer L. Darosa, of East Falmouth, was driving towards police in a Honda Civic when she was stopped by officers and gave them a false name, police said.  She reportedly could not tell officers the name of the car seller or the s…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Became 'Belligerent,' With 7-11 Photoshoot Crew, Police Say Bucks Man Became 'Belligerent,' With 7-11 Photoshoot Crew, Police Say
Bucks Man Became 'Belligerent,' With 7-11 Photoshoot Crew, Police Say A Bucks County man was arrested after police say he had become belligerent with photoshoot crew members at a local 7-11 last month. Officers were initially called to 7-11 on East Street in Doylestown on July 23 for a report of a suspicious man -- later identified as 57-year-old Joseph (Joel) Placid Harrison -- loitering around a commercial photo/video production of teenage cast members in the parking lot, Central Bucks police said. Harrison was told to leave as the store was closed and he "had no business being there," police said. Not long after, a production member told notifie…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Driver Drags Victim 100 Feet With Car During Argument In Bucks, Police Say Philadelphia Driver Drags Victim 100 Feet With Car During Argument In Bucks, Police Say
Philadelphia Driver Drags Victim 100 Feet With Car During Argument In Bucks, Police Say A Philadelphia man dragged a 45-year-old Bucks County resident with his car more than 100 feet across a parking lot during an argument earlier this week, authorities said. William Connolly, 44, was arguing with the Quakertown man around 5:05 p.m. in the Plumstead Shopping Center on Easton Road on Aug. 2, local police said. That's when Connolly hit the man with his car and dragged him across the lot, according to witness statements and surveillance footage. The victim was rushed to a hospital for his injuries and Connolly taken into custody. Connolly was charged with aggravated assaul…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Argumentative Man Pulls Fire Alarm, Goes On Breaking-Spree In Bucks, Police Say Argumentative Man Pulls Fire Alarm, Goes On Breaking-Spree In Bucks, Police Say
Argumentative Man Pulls Fire Alarm, Goes On Breaking-Spree In Bucks, Police Say An argumentative man was arrested after he pulled a fire alarm and went on a breaking spree in Perkasie last week, authorities said. Officers arrived at a building on South 2nd Street on June 21 to find that the building had evacuated due to the fire alarm pulled by the "disorderly subject," Perkasie police said. Bryan Fowler, who policy say continued to be argumentative with police was taken into custody. Fowler was charged with false alarms to agency of public safety, simple Assault, theft, and criminal mischief. Fowler was arraigned by Judge Falcone and transported to Bucks County…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
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Police: Bucks Woman Lunges At Boyfriend With 8-Inch Knife Police: Bucks Woman Lunges At Boyfriend With 8-Inch Knife
Police: Bucks Woman Lunges At Boyfriend With 8-Inch Knife A Bucks County woman was charged with aggravated assault and more for allegedly lunging towards her boyfriend with a knife, authorities said. Jennifer Myers' boyfriend told police she raised an 8-inch knife over her head and lunged at him around 7:15 p.m. at a Winterberry Drive home in Plumstead Township on June 22, local police said. The man was able to flee safely and call local police, authorities said. He was not injured but the assault was captured on video, police said. Myers was taken into custody and charged with one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, simp…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Man Shoots Metal BBs Through Kitchen Window Of Bucks County Home, Police Say Man Shoots Metal BBs Through Kitchen Window Of Bucks County Home, Police Say
Man Shoots Metal BBs Through Kitchen Window Of Bucks County Home, Police Say A 43-year-old man was taken into custody for firing a BB gun through the window of an area home, the Central Bucks Regional Police Department said. Neighbors told police that a man, later identified as Ronald W. Page, pulled up to an area home, pointed something and shot through the kitchen window then fled on April 22, authorities said. Metal BB's were found on the ground under the shattered window, police said.  Police did not release the exact location of the incident. An arrest warrant was issued for Page and he was taken into custody on April 24, on charges of: Felony Firearms…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Perkasie PD: Man In Custody After Breaking Into Neighbor's Home With Hammer, Damaging Property Perkasie PD: Man In Custody After Breaking Into Neighbor's Home With Hammer, Damaging Property
Perkasie PD: Man In Custody After Breaking Into Neighbor's Home With Hammer, Damaging Property A Perkasie man is in custody after police said he broke into a neighbor's home with a hammer, damaged property, and threatened to harm the owner. Officers arrested James Berner on April 11 and he was charged with burglary, assault, criminal trespassing, possessing instruments of crime, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and harassment, according to Perkasie Borough Police Department. Berner was arraigned by Judge Armitage and transported to Bucks County Prison after failing to post 10 percent of $100,000 bail. No futher informa…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
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Feasterville Man Sent Harassing Messages, Drove Around Neighborhood With Weapon, Police Say Feasterville Man Sent Harassing Messages, Drove Around Neighborhood With Weapon, Police Say
Feasterville Man Sent Harassing Messages, Drove Around Neighborhood With Weapon, Police Say A Feasterville man was arrested after police say he sent harassing messages to a victim and drove around their neighborhood several times with a weapon. The victim told police that Dean E. Toothman Jr., 30, was the man harassing them, which resulted in police issuing an arrest warrant on March 21, according to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. Toothman was taken into custody on April 2, where he was charged with stalking and harassment, police said. Toothman was arraigned with a bail amount set at $25,000 and was subsequently remanded to Bucks County Prison.

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police: Bucks Driver Facing Charges After Striking Pedestrian In Perkasie Police: Bucks Driver Facing Charges After Striking Pedestrian In Perkasie
Police: Bucks Driver Facing Charges After Striking Pedestrian In Perkasie A Bucks County driver is facing charges after she allegedly struck a pedestrian in Perkasie last summer, authorities said. Rebecca Carper, 48, was found to have been driving a car with a suspended license when she struck a pedestrian on South 9th Street on July 31, 2020, according to Perkasie police. The pedestrian was left with several injuries, police said. Following the investigation, a warrant was issued for Carper, but she failed to turn herself in to police, authorities said. U.S Marshals Service in Philadelphia was able to bring Carper into custody on March 16 in Montgomery Co…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks County Man Jailed In Brutal Attack Of Roommate, Authorities Say Bucks County Man Jailed In Brutal Attack Of Roommate, Authorities Say
Bucks County Man Jailed In Brutal Attack Of Roommate, Authorities Say A Bucks County man was arrested after brutally attacking his roommate, authorities said. Donald E. Highland, II told police that he was upset with previous comments his roommate had made, which incited the attack at the Regency Wood Apartments in Doylestown on Wednesday, according to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. The victim was immediately sent to Abington Hospital for trauma treatment and surgery after officers found him with cuts to his head, neck, throat and arms, police said. Highland was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of prohibit…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Central Bucks PD: Philly Fugitive Stole Shopper's Wallet Central Bucks PD: Philly Fugitive Stole Shopper's Wallet
Central Bucks PD: Philly Fugitive Stole Shopper's Wallet A 44-year-old fugitive from Philadelphia has been arrested for stealing a wallet from a shopper in a Bucks County supermarket, authorities said. Djemba A. Goldwire was arrested after a theft at Acme Markets in Doylestown Borough, according to Central Bucks Regional Police Department. According to a police report, Goldwire distracted the victim and stole a wallet from her purse, police said. Police searched the area for Goldwire and found her near Chipolte on North Main Street, they said. Goldwire was taken into custody and processed at which time it was learned there was a felony warrant …

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by Jon Craig
Bristol, PA
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Police: Philadelphia Man Who Stole Wallet From Restaurant Customer, Spent $1,500 Surrenders Police: Philadelphia Man Who Stole Wallet From Restaurant Customer, Spent $1,500 Surrenders
Police: Philadelphia Man Who Stole Wallet From Restaurant Customer, Spent $1,500 Surrenders A 48-year-old Philadelphia man who swiped a wallet from a woman's purse while she was eating at a restaurant surrendered to police, authorities said Monday. Clifton Fleming turned himself in on Dec. 3, on an active warrant stemming from the Oct. 18 incident, Central Bucks Regional police said. Fleming took the wallet containing $250 in cash and credit cards while the woman was dining at Pag's Pub in Doylestown, authorities said. Fleming used the woman's credit cards to make more than $1,500 in purchases, police said. Fleming was arraigned, with bail set at 10 percent $50,000 and rema…

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by Cecilia Levine