Crime & Safety
Police Cite 11 People with Retail Theft
Bensalem Township Police Department released a recent blotter that included seven incidents of retail theft, which resulted in 11 arrests.
Police responded to seven incidents of retail theft between Friday, Jan. 4 and Sunday, Jan. 6, according to a recent Bensalem Township Police blotter. 11 people were arrested and charged.
On Friday, Jan. 4 just before 1:30 p.m., a 51-year-old woman from the 3200 block of Fairhill Road was arrested and charged with retail theft. She was issued a citation at the 2300 block of Street Rd.
Later, Bensalem police arrested two people with retail theft from Macy's Department Store at Neshaminy Mall. Just before 7 p.m., a 25-year-old and a 34-year-old, both who had no fixed address, were arrested and charged with retail theft and sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail each.
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On Saturday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m., police arrested and charged two people with retail theft at the 3400 block of Horizon Boulevard. in Trevose. The 30-year-old from the 3500 block of Corn Crib Lane in Huntingdon Valley and the 29-year-old from the 600 block of Coventry Lane in Croydon will receive a summons.
Then at 2:24 p.m., a 60-year-old man from Philadelphia was arrested and charged with retail theft at the Sears Department Store in Neshaminy Mall. He was issued a citation.
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Two hours later, at 4:12 p.m., two other men were arrested at the Sears Department Store in Neshaminy Mall. A 33-year-old man from Dushore, Pa., was sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail, and a 30-year-old male from Mildred, Pa., was sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail, the police report said.
At 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, two men were arrested and charged with retail theft on the 2300 block of Street Road in Bensalem. The 32-year-old from the 2500 block of Belleview Drive in Bensalem and then 26-year-old of the 400 block of New Road in Southampton were sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail each.
Bensalem Police then arrested and charged a 33-year-old male from Philadelphia on the 3400 block of Horizon Boulevard in Trevose on Sunday, Jan. 6. The man was arrested at 1:25 p.m. and was sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail.
To read the full police blotter—including names—click on the PDF in the media section of this article.