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Bristol Township, PA
Bristol, PA
News
Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished; Croydon Parents Sentenced: DA
A Croydon couple has been sentenced for starving their premature newborn twins to the point of life-threatening malnourishment, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Dec. 4. Courtney Soyka, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment and was sentenced to one year less a day to two years less a day in county jail. Marcus Maddela, 45, previously pleaded guilty in late October to child endangerment charges and was sentenced to eight to 23 months in county jail, authorities said. Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished The investigation began in Decem…
Bristol, PA
News
Small Alligator Captured From Magnolia Lake In Bristol By Florida Wildlife Expert
A four-foot alligator spotted in Magnolia Lake was safely captured and removed from the Bristol Township waterway, Bucks County Park Rangers announced on Friday, Aug. 8. The reptile was caught Thursday evening by Kyle Asplundh of Jupiter Alligator and Wildlife Sanctuary, a Florida resident who grew up in Bucks County, according to the Park Rangers. Rangers took custody of the male alligator from Asplundh around 10:30 p.m., officials said. Asplundh told them he planned to house the animal at his sanctuary. The alligator spent the night with Rangers before being returned to Asplundh on Frida…
King of Prussia, PA
News
‘I Deserve Justice’: Girl’s Courtroom Words Help Put King Of Prussia Rapist Behind Bars
A girl who was repeatedly raped by a family acquaintance from the age of 9 told a Bucks County courtroom, “I am not here for pity. I am here because I deserve justice,” as her abuser was sentenced to up to 36 years in prison, authorities said Wednesday, Aug. 6. Powerful Victim Statement Charles J. Sylvester, 39, of King of Prussia, was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in state prison for raping and sexually assaulting the girl over a three-year period in Bristol Township, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced. The girl, who is now a teenager, delivered a powerful impact statement…
Levittown-Fairless Hills, PA
News
Skateboarder Killed In Levittown Hit-And-Run; Driver Learns Fate: DA
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison for a deadly hit-and-run that killed a Bucks County skateboarder, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 18. Tajair Anthony Delbridge, 26, pleaded guilty to accidents involving death or personal injury, hindering apprehension or prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal solicitation to commit false reports, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. The crash happened around 10:16 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, when Joel Steven Moreau, 28, was struck and killed while skateboarding along the 1500 b…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Man Who Lied To Grand Jury In Bristol Murder Probe Gets Years In Prison: DA
A Bristol Township man who lied under oath during the investigation into Shaquille Love’s 2020 murder has been sentenced to up to six years in prison, authorities announced Friday, May 30. Quashaad Rodney James, 29, pleaded guilty to perjury and false swearing during a video hearing before Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr., according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was sentenced to 1½ to 6 years in state prison, along with a concurrent two-year probation term. James falsely identified another man as the shooter while testifying before the Investigating Grand Jury …
Bristol, PA
News
Bristol Man Who Hid Spy Cameras To Record Girls In Bathroom Sentenced: DA
A Bristol Township man who secretly recorded his former girlfriend and her teenage daughters in the bathroom using hidden cameras has been sentenced to jail, prosecutors announced on Friday, May 23. John V. Dutton, 55, was sentenced on Thursday, May 22, 2025, to 6 to 23 months in the Bucks County Correctional Facility, followed by 11 years of consecutive probation, according to authorities. In February, Dutton pled guilty to six counts of invasion of privacy, two counts of interception of oral communications, and one count of possession of a controlled substance before Common Pleas Judge Ch…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Innocent Driver Killed During Rival Feud; Bristol Man Gets Decades In Prison: DA
A man convicted in the 2020 shooting death of Shaquille Love has been sentenced to up to 44 years in state prison, Bucks County prosecutors announced on Wednesday, May 7. Kelvontae Nasheed Perry, 30, of Taft Street in Bristol Township, was sentenced to 21½ to 44 years by Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr., following his conviction in December 2024 after a three-day waiver trial. Perry was found guilty of third-degree murder and multiple related charges, including: Aggravated assault. Firearms not to be carried without a license. Possession of an instrument of crime. Possessio…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
‘I’ll Get My Gun’: Wanted Bristol Man Sparks SWAT Standoff, Sheriff Says
A wanted man threatened to grab a gun during a tense standoff with Bucks County deputies in a quiet Bristol Township neighborhood, authorities announced on Thursday, May 1. John Chambers, 52, had been dodging authorities after failing to appear in court on assault-related charges when deputies finally tracked him to a home on the zero block of Wildflower Road, according to the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies surrounded the house early Thursday morning and spotted Chambers inside. But when they tried to make contact, the situation quickly escalated—Chambers allegedly became combative…
Bensalem, PA
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Killed While Walking On I-95 In Bensalem: PA State Police
A pedestrian was fatally struck while walking on I-95 in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, April 23. Herbert Tramel, 47, of Langhorne, was killed after being hit by a vehicle on I-95 South at Mile Marker 37 around 2:42 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2025, according to PSP Troop M – Trevose Station. State troopers had been dispatched after reports of a person walking on the highway. As they responded, they learned Tramel had been hit by a 2016 Ram 1500 driven by a 45-year-old Philadelphia man. That driver stopped and provided medical aid until police and EMS a…
Middletown-Lower Swatara, PA
News
Middletown Nursing Student Jailed For Faking Attempted Rape, Kidnapping: DA
A 20-year-old nursing student has been sentenced to jail for fabricating an attempted rape and kidnapping that falsely accused an innocent man, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Anjela Borisova Urumova, of Bristol Township, admitted to seven misdemeanor charges, including false alarm to an agency of public safety, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, false reports, and unsworn falsifications to authorities, the DA's office said. Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr sentenced Urumova to 45 days to 23 months in Bucks County Correctional…
Bristol, PA
News
Rapist ‘Took My Childhood Away From Me,’ Now 13-Year-Old Victim Says At Sentencing: Bucks DA
A Bristol Township man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for repeatedly raping a young girl over the course of three years, Bucks County authorities announced on Thursday, Jan. 30. Carlos Navedo, 52, was sentenced to 35 to 70 years in a state correctional facility after being convicted in October of rape of a child, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors, prosecutors said. Navedo began raping the girl in January 2021 when she was just 9 years old and continu…
Bensalem, PA
News
CT Couple Killed In PA Hit-And-Run; Driver Sentenced To Up To 56 Years
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 26 years, nine months to 56 years, 10 months in state prison for causing the high-speed hit-and-run crash that killed a Connecticut couple in Bucks County last February. John Thomas Wadlinger Jr., 32, of Bensalem, received the sentence from Common Pleas Judge C. Theodore Fritsch on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at the Bucks County Justice Center. He was also ordered to pay $14,971.11 in restitution and $8,100 in fines for the crash that killed Rebecca Whiddon, 33, and her husband Richard Whiddon, 37, both of Brooklyn, CT. Crash And Aftermath On Feb. 24, 2024, Wa…
Bristol, PA
News
Malnourished Toddler Weighing 19 Pounds Found In Bristol Township; Mom Charged: DA
A malnourished toddler weighing just 19 pounds — the average weight of a 9-month-old — was found neglected in Bristol Township, authorities said on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Breanna Marie Newman, 27, was arrested on felony child endangerment charges after her 27-month-old son was discovered in an apartment on Dec. 16, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced. The boy was transported to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where medical experts detailed his critical condition, including declining motor skills, a dangerously low heart rate, and severe malnutrition. Investigators…
Bristol, PA
News
PA Kids Club Employee Who Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted Sentenced: DA
A former Neshaminy Kids Club worker was sentenced to 35 to 88 years in state prison for sexually assaulting seven boys and filming some of the abuse, Bucks County authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Gerald William Spoto, 42, of Disk Lane in Bristol Township, pleaded guilty in July to nearly three dozen charges for crimes committed between the late 1990s and 2023. He was also declared a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime sex offender registration and treatment. These assaults of seven boys included "sleepovers" in New Jersey, Detectives with the Middletown Township Pol…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Blaze Causes Severe Damage To Bristol Township Home: Fire Marshal
A fire did severe damage to a Bucks County home on Wednesday morning, Nov. 6, according to the Bristol Township fire marshal. The fire happened in the 600 block of Saxony Drive, according to Levittown Fire Company No. 2 in a Facebook post. A second floor bedroom was destroyed in the blaze, and there was extensive heat and smoke damage throughout the rest of the second floor, Bristol Township Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito told Daily Voice via email. There was also water damage to the first floor. No one was at home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported, Dippolito said. The …
Bristol, PA
News
Girl Repeatedly Raped By Bristol Man For More Than 2 Years: Bucks County DA
A Bristol Township man was convicted of raping a girl multiple times during a period spanning more than two years, authorities said. Carlos Navedo, 52, was convicted on multiple counts of Child Rape and related charges on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Investigators found that Navedo raped the girl several times between January 2021 and December 2023, the district attorney's office said. The girl, who is now 13, testified on the first day of the trial, telling jurors that she was 10 or 11 years old when Navedo first raped her, according …
Bristol, PA
News
Wanted
: Woman Fires Shots At Welfare Window, Bristol Township PD Say
A woman is wanted in Bristol Township for firing shots that shattered a window at the Bucks County Assistance Office, authorities said on Wednesday, Sept. 18. April (Lynette) Campbell Precha, 37, has an active warrant for several felonies including aggravated assault and person not to have a firearm, Bristol Township police said in a press release. Precha is still considered to be armed. Police are asking everyone to use caution and not approach her, they explained. She served prison time in 2011 for theft, according to court records. Bristol Township Police were dispatched to a disorderly…
Bristol, PA
News
Bucks County Man Served Women Drug-Infused Alcohol Before Sexually Assaulting Them: Complaint
A newly obtained criminal complaint details how a 40-year-old Pennsylvania man drugged and sexually assaulted six women during their dates from hell at his home. All of the women, including two from New Jersey, met Andrew Gallo, of Levittown, PA on sugardaddymeet.com. Gallo appeared to have followed the exact same playbook, police papers show: He'd brag about his bartending skills then pour them a drink from open bottles and hop in the shower shower. When he got out, he'd give the women a tour of his home, telling them how he rebuilt it after a fire. It was somewhere around this point …
Bristol, PA
News
Man Drugs, Assaults 6+ Women He Meets On Sugar Daddy Site: Bucks County DA
At least six women are known to have been sexually assaulted after going out with a man they met on an online dating site who ended up drugging them, District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and Bristol Township Police Chief Robert Coulton announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Andrew Gallo, 40, of Copper Beech Lane, Bristol Township, was charged with five counts of rape by causing impairment, six counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, four counts of strangulation, two counts of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverage to minors, and one count each of s…
Bristol, PA
News
Man Convicted Of Raping Girl Under 13: Bucks DA
A 61-year-old Bristol Township man was convicted on Tuesday, Aug. 13 of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a young girl, authorities said. Gerald Lee Roberts was found guilty of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, and indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. He will be sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr on Nov. 22. Roberts posted $5,000 bail, according to court records. The victim testified during the trial that she was sexuall…
Bristol, PA
News
Speakers Filled With Millions In Meth, Cocaine From Cali Found In Bucks Co.: DA
Six men were charged with trafficking millions of dollars in methamphetamine and cocaine by concealing them inside Bluetooth karaoke speakers and shipping them from California to Bucks County, authorities said. This multifaceted investigation by the Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Attorney General’s Office resulted in the dismantling of the Byrne Drug Trafficking Organization, led by Matthew James Byrne, 43, of Broomall in Delaware County, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The Charged Suspects …
Bristol, PA
Weather
Storm Update: Water Rescues As Flooding, Downed Trees, Wires Close Roads In Eastern PA
Downed trees and power lines had closed roads after the storm in Eastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Aug. 7, authorities said. The remnants of now Tropical Storm Debby will move north along the eastern U.S. through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Bucks County first responders reportedly made nine water rescues overnight after up to 5 inches of rain fell. Eight of the rescues were in Bristol Township and one was in Bristol, according to county spokesman James O'Malley. In East Lansdowne, Pembroke Avenue was closed between Hirst and Melrose avenues due to a fallen high-te…
Bristol, PA
News
15-Year-Old Missing In Bucks County: Police (
Updated
)
UPDATE: The subject of this report was located safely, Penndel police said Monday, July 1. Penndel police are looking for a missing teenager. Anyone with information is asked to call Penndel Borough Police Department at 215-757-5151.
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Nursing Student, 20, Fabricated Attempted PA Parking Lot Rape, Innocent Man Walks Free: DA
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been charged with lying about an attempted rape and kidnapping last month, authorities have announced. Anjela Borisova Urumova, of Bristol Township, admitted to fabricating the April 16 incident that she said happened in the Redner's parking lot, landing Daniel Pierson behind bars, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, May 20. Pierson was freed from the BCCF last week, and charges have been withdrawn. Urumova's LinkedIn page says she worked as a certified nursing assistant and is an aspiring surgeon with a passion for cardiolog…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Woman Hospitalized After Shooting In Bristol, Authorities Say
A 33-year-old woman was taken to the hospital for treatment after shots rang out in Bristol Township on Tuesday night, May 7, police said in a release. Authorities received an anonymous call about gunfire near Norton Avenue and Ellwood Avenue around 10:45 p.m., township police said. They arrived and "provided immediate care" until an ambulance took the woman to St. Mary's Medical Center, authorities said. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday morning and an investigation is ongoing, they added.
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Two Charged For Killing Man On His Birthday In 2016, Says Bucks DA
Eight years after Herbert Lyals was shot and killed on his birthday, two men are charged with his murder, prosecutors say. George Javon Clark, 33, and John Marquis Wilson, 43, were charged with murder and related counts following a grand jury investigation, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said on Friday, April 5. Lyals, 38, was found dead on the 5000 block of Truman Street in Bristol Township on July 27, 2016, according to investigators. Clark is charged with criminal homicide, first- and second-degree murder, robbery, and related counts, the DA's Office said.…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA
A Morrisville man will spend up to 14 years in state prison in connection with a fentanyl death, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Thursday. Joeshae Bussey, 43, previously pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death, possession of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and involuntary manslaughter, according to prosecutors. Authorities said Bussey sold 37-year-old Ryan Dillon the pills that killed him on Dec. 23, 2022. Prosecutors said the pair had previously lived together in a recovery house. Dillon was foun…
Windham-Willimantic, CT
Obituaries
Friends, Family Remember Connecticut Couple Killed In Hit-Run Crash
The man and woman from Connecticut killed in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Pennsylvania over the weekend have been identified as a husband and wife. Windham County residents Richard and Rebecca Whiddon, ages 37 and 33, both of the town of Brooklyn, were passengers in a Nissan that was struck in Bucks County near the corner of Veterans Highway and Ford Road in Bristol Township on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24, Both were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. The driver and another passenger in the Nissan were also hurt. Earlier report - Double-Fatal Hit-Run Crash: Man, Woman Fro…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Connecticut Couple Killed In Pennsylvania Crash, Bucks County DA Says
The pair killed in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Bristol Township over the weekend has been identified as a husband and wife from Brooklyn, Connecticut. Richard and Rebecca Whiddon, 37 and 33, were passengers in a Nissan that was struck near the corner of Veterans Highway and Ford Road on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24, Daily Voice reported. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. The driver and another passenger in the Nissan were also hurt. In tribute posts on Facebook, loved ones said the married couple was visiting Bucks County to see friends. "Our family is distrau…
Windham-Willimantic, CT
News
Double-Fatal Hit-Run Crash: CT Man, Woman ID'd As Victims In Pennsylvania
Two Connecticut residents were killed in a crash involving a stolen dump truck that alleged crashed twice in Pennsylvania. The wreck happened just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 near the corner of Ford Road and Veterans Highway in Bristol Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. A Nissan Sentra was turning left into the southbound lanes of the highway when it was struck by an oncoming Ford Explorer, authorities said. Two passengers in the Nissan, Windham County residents Rebecca Whiddon, age 33, and Richard Whiddon, age 37, of the town of Broo…
Bristol, PA
Traffic
After Fleeing Deadly Hit-Run, Driver Stole Dump Truck And Crashed Again: Bucks DA
A Croydon man is in police custody after prosecutors say he crashed a stolen dump truck while fleeing a deadly accident on Saturday, Feb. 24. The wreck happened just after 1:30 p.m. near the corner of Ford Road and Veterans Highway in Bristol Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. A Nissan Sentra was turning left into the southbound lanes of the highway when it was struck by an oncoming Ford Explorer, authorities said. Two passengers in the Nissan, 33-year-old Rebecca Whiddon and 37-year-old Richard Whiddon, were pronounced dead at the sc…
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