Thursday, March 7, 2013
Bristol Borough author Bill Pezza will sign copies of his newest book on Thursday, March 7.
Local author Bill Pezza will sign copies of his newest book tonight at Cesare's Ristorante in Bristol Borough. Pezza, who is a Borough lifer, writes his hometown into his books. In his latest release, "Homegrown," main character Johnny Marzo also lives in the borough. Marzo, who is a recurring character from Pezza's previous books, is home from Iraq. He's living in Bristol with his wife and daughter and works with the FBI, according to a flyer for the signing. Pezza said that books will be available at the signing for $23 and he will gladly write a personal message inside the cover. Cesare's is located at 1407 Radcliffe St. and the signing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. If you can't make it to tonight's signing, no worries. Another signing will …
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Bristol Borough police are looking for a man who stole a woman's purse in the Walmart in Bristol Borough.
Police in Bristol Borough are looking for a man who knocked a woman to the ground and stole her purse Monday night. The strong-arm robbery occurred at the Walmart on Commerce Circle at 7:31 p.m., police said. A suspect knocked the female victim to the ground and stole her purse. He then fled toward Veterans Highway (Route 431) through the Bristol Cemetery, police said. The suspect is described by officials as being a stocky black male between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7. He was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with a green drawn-string, according to a police press release. The purse and wallet was valued at $120 and contained $6 in cash. Let Patch save you time. Get local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone every day …
Monday, February 25, 2013
A Bristol woman fought with officers when they tried to arrest her last week in Bristol Borough.
Bristol Borough officers responding to reports of an intoxicated individual who fell last Wednesday morning were in for quite a surprise. An arriving patrol officer was greeted by a Bristol woman screaming obscenities and threats outside the Food Pantry on Wood Street, court documents said. Police asked her to stop and she did not, according to court documents. As the officer went inside the food store to check on the fall victim, the 23-year-old followed and was asked by police to leave. A person in charge of the store also requested that she leave, according to an affidavit. Despite the warnings, the woman defied orders and kept coming, police said. According to the affidavit, officers eventually removed the woman and told her if she …
Friday, February 15, 2013
A middle-aged man is in critical condition after shooting himself Friday night in Bristol Borough.
A middle-aged Bristol Borough man shot himself and then asked a responding police officer to kill him Friday night. The man, who police have had contact with before, is in critical condition at Aria Hospital after a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head, Detective Sgt. Randy Morris said. According to Morris, arriving officers found the seriously wounded man walking and pleading for them to shoot him dead. Morris commended the officer on how the situation was handled. For more news and updates about Levittown, subscribe to our free newsletter, "like" us on Facebook at or follow @Levittownpatch on Twitter. The shooting happened of Madison Street at 8 p.m. Police and fire police closed down the intersection where Madison Street meets …
Saturday, February 2, 2013
A 35-year-old man was arrested following an incident at Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School where he threatened to "blow" a school employee away.
A 35-year-old man was arrested for an incident at Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School in Bristol Borough. Edwin Landman, of Garfield Street, went to the elementary school Tuesday to pick up his daughter, police said. The father became very angry when a school employee asked to see his identification before he could enter the building, according to a police criminal complaint. "What the f--- for?" courts documents quote Landman as saying to the school employee. According to court documents, Landman eventually produced identification and was let into the school. Once inside, he said, "Now I am in, I can blow you away." The man became "irate" again inside the school when he was asked to fill out of sign-in sheet, police said. Landman…
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A reported armed robbery and police activity all occurred in Bristol Borough Thursday evening.
An armed robbery at the Dollar General on Route 13 and police activity around Cleveland Street made for an interesting evening in Bristol Borough on Thursday. According to emergency radio reports and a county dispatch official, police were summoned to the Dollar General along Route 13 (Bristol Pike) at around 5 p.m. for reports of an armed robbery. An alert from the Breaking News Network, a service that monitors police radio transmissions, reported the robbery suspect was a "stocky white male" armed with a handgun. The suspect made away with $100 in cash, PhillyBurbs.com reported. Local residents told Patch that police from Bensalem, Bristol Township and the state police were at the Dollar General assisting borough authorities. On …
A man concealed his face during an attempt to rob the Burger King in Bristol Borough after dark on Wednesday.
A man with a handgun tried to rob the Burger King at Route 13 and Beaver Dam Road in Bristol Borough at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday. According to Investigations Sgt. Randy Morris, a man entered the fast food joint and jumped the counter. Once behind the counter, he pulled a handgun and confronted the manager about the store's money. The suspect appeared to get "spooked" and ran from the restaurant, Morris said. No customers were in the store and no employees were hurt, police said. Officers from the borough and township responded and searched the woods behind the Burger King, Morris told Patch. He added that investigators are speaking with residents of several nearby homeless encampments to try to garner information that could lead to the suspect…
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Need a job? These Levittown-area businesses are hiring.
Are you or someone you know looking for work? Check out these Levittown-area jobs posted recently around town and online at CareerBuilder, Craigslist.org and more. Click on the job title to view the posting. (Editor's Note: Job listings were posted in the past two weeks; some positions may have been filled.) Levittown-area Family Restaurant: Line Cooks & Servers Online Bicycle Retailer: Shipping Position Chinese Restaurant: Bus Boy or Chef Helper Anytime Fitness: Member Service Associate/ Assistant Manager Easter Seals of SEPA- Buck's County Division: Social Worker T-Mobile Limited Express Store: Retail Sales Associate Manufacturing Company: Administrative/Operations Assistant Lasership Inc.: Box Trucks and/or Cube Truck Drivers Peruzzi …
Bristol Borough Police Department have reported a number of incidents that have occurred in the past few weeks.
Bristol Borough Police cited a 42-year-old man, of Trenton, with retail theft at the Commerce Park Wal-mart Dec. 22, 2012. A vehicle parked on Radcliff Street was keyed Dec. 20 at about 12:50 p.m. There was an unknown amount of damage. A 24-year-old Bristol man was cited for criminal trespassing on 5th Avenue Dec. 23 at about 4:01 a.m. A laptop was stolen from a Nissam Maxima parked at the Commerce Park Dollar Tree Dec. 24 at about 5:05 p.m. Rocks were thrown at a Ford Mustang parked on Garfield Street causing damage to the passenger side window and door as well as the driver's side door and window. Six trailers at Farrugio's Express on Radcliffe Street were spray painted overnight on Dec. 26 causing $5,000 worth of damage. A theft occured…
Thursday, December 27, 2012
A large fire hit Bristol Borough early Thursday morning and left one person injured.
A large fire tore through two homes in the 600 block of Pond Street in Bristol Borough just after 2 a.m. Thursday. The two-alarm fire left one man with injuries, an official said. 6abc reported the man was elderly and being treated for smoke inhalation at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. The county fire marshal and borough firefighters remained at the scene just after sunrise and were seen combing through the debris. The fire is suspected of originating in the basement of the home at the corner of Pond Street and Eagle Lane before spreading to the connected house, fire officials told 6abc. A cell phone photograph taken by early Tuesday morning showed heavy fire and smoke coming from the house where the fire appeared to have …
Arkansas Dave
4:50 am on Sunday, March 17, 2013
Bristol Township needs a nuclear bomb!!! End of story!! more ›