Monday, May 6, 2013
Police arrest three people for allegedly breaking into cars at cemeteries while the owners visit graves.
Police departments in seven Bucks and Montgomery communities believe Bensalem Police nabbed a trio of alleged thieves who stole from cars in cemetery lots while people visited the graves, according to reports. Phillyburbs.com reported that court records link the three – Pamela Hummel, 30, of Morrisville, Jose Leon, 44, no fixed address, and Nathan Phillips, 29, of Bristol —to thefts at cemeteries in Glenside, Cheltenham, Lower Moreland, and Horsham in Montgomery County and Bensalem, Middletown, and Lower Southampton in Bucks. They mostly targeted women at the cemeteries, Bensalem police sergeant Andy Aninsman told CBSPhilly, stealing purses from unoccupied cars at the cemeteries. About $5,000 was stolen in cash and unauthorized credit card…
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Bensalem Fire Rescue Investigation Unit and Bensalem Police want your help with an arson investigation.
A truck was set on fire April 4 in the 1100 block of Mildred Ave., Bensalem and police and fire investigators want help finding the suspect. On April 4 at 4:15 a.m., the Cornwells Fire Company responded to the vehicle fire where a pick up truck was a totally lost, and officials determined that is was deliberately set, according a police. Attached is video surveillance footage of a suspect vehicle arriving and leaving the area of Rita’s Water Ice on Route 13 and Biddle Lane just before the fire. The vehicle appears to be a late model, dark colored, raised 4-wheel drive Ford F series truck with an extended cab and chrome wheels or hub caps. The truck also has factory installed cab lights and side marker lights in the exterior mirrors …
Friday, March 22, 2013
A Bensalem man is in jail on charges that he repeatedly raped a 13-year-old girl starting when she was 10, police say.
A Bensalem man is in jail on charges that he repeatedly raped a 13-year-old girl starting when she was 10 years old, according to reports. The 40-year-old man is in jail after he was unable to post $10 million bail, the Associated Press reported. "Bensalem police say the girl told them the incidents began three years ago and stopped last year," the article said. But she told school officials that the man wanted the sexual encounters to start up again. PhillyBurbs reported that the school officials then notified Bensalem Police Special Victims Unit on Wednesday, March 20 about the sexual assault allegations. The girl told a forensic interviewer at the Bucks County Children's Advocacy Center that the assaults took place in the man’s home on …
Monday, March 4, 2013
February's two gun buyback events netted 586 firearms.
Nearly 600 firearms, two of which were stolen, were collected at Bensalem Township's anonymous gun buyback events held in February, according to the police department. "Over the course of two days we received 586 firearms at no cost to taxpayers," Sgt. Andrew Aninsman said. Cash was given to those who brought in guns, but the money was supplied by the Federal Drug Forfeiture, Aninsman said. The purpose of the buyback was to get guns off the street and to reduce gun violence, Aninsman told Patch in February. "These 586 firearms will never have a chance to be stolen from a victim or sold on the street and will never get into the hands of criminals," he said. Nine assault rifles, 152 semi-automatic handguns, 134 handguns and 291 rifles were …
The mother of a man who was last seen more than a month ago seeks answers to her sons whereabouts.
The mother of a man who was last seen more than a month ago asks for the community's help in locating her son. Marcian Newman, 35, was last seen on Jan. 27 leaving his residence at 1928 Arrowood Dr. in Bensalem, according to his mother, Sondra Yordy and Bensalem Township Police. Yordy said that it wasn't unusual for her son, who suffers from schizophrenia, to leave the house. He would go out and buy cigarettes, or maybe meet up with friends she said, but he always returned home. "I know he always goes out, but he always come back. And he didn't come back," she said. Yordy first contacted Bensalem Township Police after Newman was missing for 24 hours. She also alerted his case manager who would visit the home three times daily to give …
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Officials said the investigation into the alleged $1.5 million conspiracy included a grand jury, search warrants, investigative work and tips.
A letter from an anonymous tipster is what sparked the investigation that ultimately lead to the arrest of 20 people connected to $1.5 million in thefts from the Bensalem School District, officials said. Bensalem's Superintendent Dr. David Baugh, who took his job in 2011, said he received a letter in February 2012 filled with allegations that school employees were not working. After only an hour and a half of investigating during a break in his schedule, the district head realized something was wrong. The letter appeared to be correct. According to court records, the letter was submitted by a "hard working current employee of the district." More tips on possible corruption in the district came pouring in over next few days, Baugh said. The…
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The former Bensalem School District business administrator is arrested in connection with a massive conspiracy investigation involving thefts from the district.
A year-long corruption investigation culminated in the arrest of 20 people associated with the theft of more than $1.5 million from the Bensalem School District, police announced Tuesday morning. Bensalem investigators made the arrests after they launched two separate investigations into alleged misdoings involving district staff. One investigation focused on “ghost employees,” the other on theft and illegal distribution of vehicles and related parts, township Public Safety Director Fred Harran said. District Attorney David Heckler and Harran both said the investigation is not finished and more arrests are possible. Jack Myers, the retired Bensalem School District business manager, was among those arrested in the corruption probe. He is …
The driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident turned himself in to authorities, Bensalem Police say.
Bensalem Police are announcing the arrests of current and former school district employees in relation to more than $1 million in thefts from Bensalem School District.
Former and current school district employees are being arrested this morning for their involvement in thefts totalling more than $1 million from Bensalem School District, police said. Bensalem Police will hold a press conference to announce the arrests at 10 a.m. at the Bensalem School District office. Those arrested will then be processed at the police department before being arraigned later this morning at the District Court of Judge Leonard J. Brown, at 2404 Byberry Road. Check back to Patch as we will update with more details after the press conference. Read the full story here: 20 Arrested in $1.5M Bensalem Conspiracy Probe
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident turned himself in to authorities, Bensalem Police say.
The man responsible for a Tuesday morning hit-and-run accident that killed at 71-year-old pedestrian turned himself in to authorities, police said. Mario Rodriguez-Morales, 40, of the 2900 block of Knights Road, turned himself in to Bensalem Police after leaving the scene of a hit and run at Knights Road just north of Dunksferry Road that killed a pedestrian, according to police. Bensalem Police reported to the scene at 6:09 a.m. Police identified the victim as Madanago Bakthavatchalu, a 71-year-old resident of the 2500 block of Knight Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Bensalem Police Department. At 6 a.m., police said the striking vehicle—a light-colored pick-up truck—was traveling north on Knights Road at the …
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Andrea405
6:36 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013
If only these a**holes spent as much time WORKING on LEGAL activities as they do in criminality, they may actually be a success. Instead they are SCUM. more ›