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Police: Double homicide under investigation in Buckingham

Three people were found dead Monday morning in a home in the 3900 block of Charter Club Drive in Buckingham Township, authorities said.

Morrisville police seek former owner of dogs abandoned in dog park

The tattered note taped to the sign at the Morrisville Dog Park explained why six dogs were roaming there unattended early Saturday morning.“I rescued them from an old lady who has too many dogs. …

Richland cop facing child endangerment charges

Bucks County Detectives have charged a Richland Township police officer with endangering the welfare of his 5-year-old son by leaving him home alone.

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L.A. to Bucks County drug trafficking operation dismantled

A large-scale, “bi-coastal” drug trafficking operation has ended with the arrest of six men, said Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn during a press conference Wednesday.

Accident victim’s family cries “injustice” over Wrightstown teen driver’s sentence

Members of Elisabeth Burnett-Martin’s family and her friends submitted victim impact statements asking a Bucks County judge to sentence a Wrightstown teenager to jail for causing the vehicle accident last April that killed her.

Middletown Twp. beheading suspect found competent to stand trial

The Middletown man charged with shooting his father then decapitating him in the family’s home in January is competent to stand trial, said Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr.

Weather turns Bucks County “Night Out” into another night in

Expected bad weather has forced the cancellation of most of Tuesday’s local National Night Out events.

Perkasie man charged in friend Joseph Kay’s death

Colin John Wahlers is facing two homicide by vehicle charges in the death of Joseph Kay who was a passenger in Wahlers’ off-road vehicle that crashed in Hilltown June 2.

Homicide by vehicle charges held for Croydon man

John Thomas Wadlinger Jr., of Croydon, was ordered Tuesday to face trial for a Bristol Township crash that claimed the lives of a couple from Connecticut in February, according to a press release published on Bucks Crimewatch.

Woman ordered to stand trial for murder of Wrightstown man

A woman was ordered to stand trial Thursday, July 18, for the murder of a 72-year-old man in Wrightstown Township in October.

Upper Makefield police look to add new officers

The Upper Makefield Township Police Department is keen to bolsters its ranks. An important step toward doing so occurred at the mid-July public meeting of the township board of supervisors.

Infant rescued from hot car; mother charged

Bystanders removed a 2-month-old infant from an unattended parked vehicle in Quakertown recently, when the outside temperature was approximately 90 degrees, borough police said today.

Bedminster Police Chief Matt Phelan to retire

“Retiring from policing for a career opportunity at Upper Bucks County Technical School,” Bedminster Township Police Chief Matt Phelan is stepping down, effective July 30. Phelan read his …

Solebury swears in new police chief, honors outgoing ones

Solebury saluted its police force — past, present and future — before a crowd of 100-plus officers, their families and friends Tuesday night.

Caregiver who faked having cancer to delay theft case sentenced to jail

A 48-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday in Bucks County for stealing thousands of dollars in money and heirloom jewelry from the families of two elderly women she cared for and then submitting fake medical documents claiming to have stage 4 esophageal cancer so that she could delay her trial.

Arrest made in fatal Saturday shooting at Bucks apartment complex

Abel Mendoza-Ramirez, 31, who lives at Bucks Meadow Apartments in Bensalem, has been arrested in connection with a Saturday evening fatal shooting at the Knights Road complex.

Multiple police departments to target aggressive drivers

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said more than 80 municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties will join the Pennsylvania State Police in a coordinated aggressive driving enforcement wave.

Central Bucks Regional Police officers commended

When a military veteran had an episode of PTSD earlier this year in Doylestown Borough, it was three trained Central Bucks Regional Police Department members who came to the vet’s aid.

Central Bucks Regional PD adds 4 officers, 3 of them women

Four new officers recently joined the Central Bucks Regional Police Department, bringing the total number of “sworn personnel” to 28, officials said.

Perkasie hires two new police officers

Perkasie recently welcomed officers Justin Nyce and Mark Compas to the borough police department, according to a press released posted on the department’s Crimewatch page.

Souderton Community Park vandals frustrate borough officials

Souderton Police Chief Brian Newhall and Borough Council President Tracy Burke are expressing frustration over ongoing vandalism at Souderton Community Park.

Owner of Pina’s Pizza in Chalfont gets up to 40 years for killing partner

Anna Maria Tolomello was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 40 years in state prison for the 2022 murder of longtime partner Giovanni Gallina in their home in Hilltown.

Bucks man charged with killing his mother; abuse of a corpse

William M. Ingram, 49, of Northampton, who admitted to Washington, D.C., police to killing his mother last weekend, was extradited to Bucks County Thursday. He was arraigned on multiple charges Thursday night in District Judge Brian Marriott’s court in Northampton.

First woman to lead Solebury PD starts next month

Solebury Police Chief Dominick Bellizzie retires July 7 after 18 years. His replacement — Kelley Warner, a Buckingham resident — will be the township’s first female police chief.
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