Police & Fire
By TAPINTO DOYLESTOWN
March 24, 2023
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Doylestown man was arrested this week on charges of strangulation, simple assault and harassment for his role in a domestic disturbance in the borough. Police allege that on March 20, 2023, Jesse Michael Krydick, 26, choked and pushed a victim’s head into a wall during the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 57-year-old Doylestown man has been arrested and charged with theft after allegedly taking tips—and then taking the entire tip jar—from a laundromat/dry cleaner in town. David Scott Murphy was charged with stealing a tip jar from EZ Cleaners. The business is located next to the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Several local police departments will be joining an 80-department effort and the Pennsylvania State Police to crack down on aggressive driving. The “enforcement wave” is part of a statewide mobilization that will go through April 23. The initiative will focus on distracted ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns you'll face in the Doylestown area for the week of March 19, 2023. In Doylestown Borough, Main Street at the intersection of State Street/Business U.S. 202 will have lane shifts for work on signal pole construction and ADA curb cutouts ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Doylestown teenager died in an overnight boating accident in a lake in the Poconos. Dominic Testani, 18, was found dead at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 17. Media reports say he was in a rowboat on Lake Henry that capsized at about 1:30 a.m. Lake Henry is located near ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Warrington police last week arrested a Warwick Township man on charges of possessing child pornography. He’s in prison after failing to post $250,000 cash bail. Warrington police began investigating Stephen Louis Sottolano, 56, in October of 2022 on suspicions that he was sharing ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—If you regularly drive on New Galena Road in New Britain Township, prepare for a month-long detour starting next week. New Galena Road between Route 152/Main Street and Barry Road will be closed from 7:00 a.m. through 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The closure is expected to go on ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks Regional police are receiving just over half a million dollars from a state grant to upgrade technology and other programs in the department. The Central Bucks police will use the grant of $509,674 to purchase new mobile data terminals for squad cars; maintain ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—New Britain Township police are looking for a pair of thieves who stole a package from a CVS containing an iPhone by simply impersonating the intended recipient. Police say that the female in the couple impersonated the owner of the iPhone that had been shipped to the store via ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Plumstead Township Police Department is offering owners of vehicles made by Kia and Hyundai steering wheel locks to residents who are concerned by a recent TikTok challenge. Videos on TikTok instruct thieves how to steal these cars without a key or key fob. Thieves are ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns you'll face in the Doylestown area for the week of March 12, 2023. NEW THIS WEEK: In Doylestown Borough and Doylestown Township, U.S. 202/Doylestown Bypass will have a right lane closure between Route 313/Swamp Road and Route 611/Easton ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—With St. Patrick’s Day this year falling on a Friday, law enforcement officials are warning residents that they’ll be out and about looking for impaired drivers. To make that point, a coalition of agencies that included the Warrington Township Police Department and the Bucks ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—New Britain Township police are getting an $80,000 state grant to purchase cameras for police cars and mobile modems. The grant comes from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s Local Law Enforcement Support Grant program. The program gives law enforcement agencies ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Plumstead Township man who is a high school teacher in Council Rock was charged today with trying to meet someone he thought was a teenage boy at a Buckingham park for a sexual encounter last year. Steven Allan Struzinski, 42, was charged with criminal attempt to commit ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—A Plumstead Township police officer has been awarded “Law Enforcement Officer of the Year” by a local American Legion Post. Corp. Michael Johnson received the honor on March 6, 2023, from the Albert R. Atkinson Jr. American Legion Post 210 in Doylestown. Johnson has been ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police have a new K9 officer in their ranks. K9 Officer Abby is a 16-month-old Dutch Shepherd who comes to Warrington from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, which is a national research and development center for detection dogs. The Warrington police ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns you'll face in the Doylestown area for the week of March 5, 2023. In Doylestown Borough, Main Street at the intersection of State Street/Business U.S. 202 will have lane shifts for work on signal pole construction and ADA curb cutouts ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Murder charges were announced today in the case of a Sellersville man who disappeared after leaving his Silverdale job in the fall of 2021. Officials arraigned 49-year-old Michael Allen Stark of Royersford in the murder of Matthew James Branning. The two worked together at ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township police are warning residents of two phone scams that several residents have reported this week. One of the calls involves someone claiming to be from the Bucks County Sherrif’s Department, while the second one involves a call from a “grandchild” involved in an ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns you'll face in the Doylestown area for the week of Feb. 26, 2023. In Doylestown Borough and Buckingham Township, Edison Furlong Road will have a lane closure between Pebble Hill Road and Bridle Drive weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 29-year-old Doylestown man who police say is a registered sex offender was arrested last week on charges of child pornography. Edward Vincent Bacon was arrested at about 6 a.m. on Feb. 17 in Doylestown Borough by Central Bucks Regional Police. They were working with the Bucks ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The day after an 18-year-old from Buckingham was arrested in connection with the Saturday night slaying of a Temple police officer, we have more information. Miles Pfeffer of Quarry Road in Buckingham was arrested a little after 7 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19. While it was originally ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns you'll face in the Doylestown area for the week of Feb. 19, 2023. In Bedminster Township, Route 113/Bedminster Road will have a full closure with flagging and a detour between Route 611/Easton Road and Deer Run Road from 4 a.m. to 10 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Media reports are saying that a Buckingham 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the Saturday night killing of a Temple University police officer. Reports say that 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer was arrested by U.S. Marshalls and local authorities at about 7 a.m. Sunday ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Construction on County Line Road in Warrington and Horsham townships enters a new stage early next month, and it will involve some changes to the flow of traffic. Beginning 9 a.m. on Monday, March 6, eastbound traffic on County Line Road will shift. That traffic will be directed ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Plumstead Township Police Department have been awarded $144,000 from a state grant to upgrade its video technology in the field and in the station. The grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency will allow the department to make the following ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 34-year-old Pottstown man was taken into police custody on Valentine’s Day after being accused of sending “inappropriate” messages to a 13-year-old girl from Plumstead Township. Police accused Louis Tran of harassing the girl on FaceTime and asking her to send nude images of her ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—New Britain Township is looking for five road signs that disappeared over the weekend. The township’s public works department discovered signs are missing from four streets: West Fairwood Drive, Julie Road, Poplar Road and Diana Drive. The township is asking residents to check ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns you'll face in the Doylestown area for the week of Feb. 12, 2023. NEW THIS WEEK: In Bedminster Township, Route 113/Bedminster Road will have a full closure with flagging and a detour between Route 611/Easton Road and Deer Run Road from ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Several Doylestown-area fire departments and ambulance squads are getting a boost from the in the form of grants worth tens of thousands of dollars. Three local fire departments and two local ambulance squads are on a list of 25 departments in the state’s 10th district that ...