Friday, December 21, 2012
A list of recent incidents that Middletown Township police reported.
Burglary A home in the 400 block of Orchard Avenue in the Langhorne section of the township was entered between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. The home's bedrooms were ransacked and a laptop was reported missing. Investigators believe the suspect(s) entered through an unlocked door. Retail Theft A 23-year-old Fallsington woman was arrested for attempting to steal $311 worth of tools from the Sears in the Oxford Valley Mall just after 3:30 p.m. Theft From Vehicle Between Saturday and Monday, a GPS system and a $225 radar detection system were taken from a 2011 Ford on Lipton Lane in Langhorne. Over the weekend, a 2011 Toyota was entered and loose change was taken for the vehicle on Deep Dale Drive in Levittown. A. unlocked Chevrolet truck was entered…
Friday, December 14, 2012
Two traffic incident happened late Friday afternoon in Levittown.
Woman Struck by Car A middle-aged woman was struck by a car at Route 413 and Trenton Road in the Levittown section of Middletown at around 3 p.m. Friday, according to reports. Patch reader Drew Sroka said EMS crews put the woman on a stretcher and took her in an ambulance. Emergency reports indicated she was transported to St. Mary Medical Center's trauma ward. No further information on the afternoon crash was available from authorities. Truck Spills Load at Intersection A large truck overturned and spilled its load of dirt and rock at the intersection of Penn Valley Road and Falls Tullytown Road in the Levittown section of Falls on Friday afternoon. The driver of the truck was transported to the hospital with relatively minor injuries, …
Police were centered in the Highland Park section of Middletown Township Friday afternoon for what was a possible shooting.
Staff and students at two schools in the Highland Park section of Levittown in Middletown were "never in any danger" Friday afternoon following an "incident" that spawned a large police response, officials said. Emergency scanner reports at the time stated a "shooting" had been reported, and the schools nearby were taking precautions. The incident happened on the same day when a gunman is reported to have shot and killed 27 people including 18 children at an elementary school in Connecticut. Middletown Township Police appeared to be focusing their attention on a house at the corner of Heartwood Turn and Heartwood Road. The police activity was located at the entrance driveway of Carl Sandburg Middle School. An officer at the scene said the…
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The man wanted in connection with a late November sexual assault in Falls Township is now suspected of groping a girl at a popular store in Middletown.
Police in two townships are keeping their eyes open for a "subject of interest" wanted in connection with two incidents where young girls were touched. Middletown authorities late Wednesday afternoon issued a message that the same suspect from the Nov. 27 incident at the Barnes & Noble in Falls is reported to have "groped" a girl at the Target Tuesday evening in the Langhorne section of the township. Police say the suspect touched the young girl at the store on East Lincoln Highway at around 8:30 p.m. No further information was released. The suspect was described by Falls investigators as a white male between the age of 20-30. He is approximately six feet tall with short blonde hair. Anyone who recognizes the man or has any information is …
A two teenage boys were arrested for burglary Saturday by authorities in Bristol Township. Others in Bristol and Middletown are still under investigation.
Authorities in Bristol and Middletown townships are investigating four burglaries that happened late last week. Bristol police responded to a reported burglary in on North Kenwood Drive in the Levittown section last Thursday at 5:42 p.m. The thieves are believed to have gained entry into the home late in the afternoon through an unlocked window and took jewelry and a DVD. Police report the value of the items at $1,500. On the same day, authorities responded to the Langhorne of Middletown for a burglary on Wyoming Avenue. The unlocked home was entered during the day and suffered the theft of an HP laptop, police said. Two overnight Thursday into Friday burglaries were reported in Bristol Township. According to police, A 47-inch Philips TV …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Justin Levitt, 29, of Middletown waived his preliminary hearing and will face trial in Doylestown.
The aircraft pilot accused of taking drugs and then firing a gun into the wall of his Middletown apartment waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday and will next face trail at county court in Doylestown, court clerks said. Justin Levitt, 29, is set to face trial on a felony charge of discharge of a firearm into occupied structure. He also faces four misdemeanor charges of reckless endangering another person and a single charge of possession of marijuana and use/possession of drug paraphernalia, court records show. Police said Levitt fired a gun last into the wall Thursday night after admitting he snorted heroin. He first told police that a "bad dream" caused incident, PhillyBurbs.com reported. The Associated Press reported …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Justin Levitt, 29, of Middletown was taken into custody after police allege he snorted heroin and fired his gun into neighboring condo units.
An aircraft pilot told police that a bad dream was the reason he fired his gun into the walls of his Middletown condo late Thursday night. Justin Levitt, 29, faces a felony charge of discharge of a firearm into occupied structure. He also faces four misdemeanor charges of reckless endangering another person and a single charge of possession of marijuana and use/possession of drug paraphernalia, court records show. According to PhillyBurbs.com, police responded to the Harper's Crossing complex in the Langhorne section of Middletown after reports of shots fired were called in. They arrived to find several neighbors had damage consistent with a bullet tearing through the building. After using the excuse that a "bad dream" during sleep caused …
Friday, November 2, 2012
A 63-year-old man was hit when a car backed up in Middletown Friday morning. A teen was also reported to be struck in the afternoon.
Police in Middletown were busy Friday dealing with two pedestrian accidents less than two miles apart. At around 5 p.m., officers responded to a report of a person struck by a vehicle in the area of Cobalt Ridge Drive and Candle Road, a county dispatcher confirmed. Police have not released details, but emergency radio reported indicated a 12-year-old boy was hit by a car. His condition is unknown. In the morning, a driver accidentally struck a jogger in the 300 block of Snowball Gate Drive in Middletown, police Sgt. Steve Forman said. The jogger, a 63-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital by the Penndel-Middletown Rescue Squad, Forman told Patch. The driver who struck the man will not be cited as Forman said…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
A 45-year-old Bristol Township man heard his fate in court on Tuesday in Doylestown.
A middle-aged Bristol Township resident convicted of attempted kidnapping was ordered by a judge to serve time in prison in addition to several other conditions during his sentencing hearing Tuesday. John Hardy faced Judge Rea Boylan in Doylestown court Tuesday afternoon. Aside from having to spend between 18 to 36 months in prison, the convict will have to take part in post-release probation, mental health treatment and a medication regimen. He is also not to have contact with the victims, court records show. The 45-year-old pleaded guilty recently to attempted kidnapping, indecent exposure, simple assault and several additional charges related the January 2012 occurrence, according to court records and PhillyBurbs.com. The bizarre …
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
A Bristol Township man turned himself in to police Tuesday and admitted he was driving the car that hit John Rearick, who later died from the injuries.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Jonathan H. Simmons, 27, of Bristol Township, surrendered to police Tuesday, and admitted he drove the Cadillac that struck a Croydon man July 22, according to phillyburbs.com. John Rearick, 23, was struck while crossing New Falls Road in Middletown just after midnight. He died from the injuries July 28. Video surveillance footage shows Simmons’ Cadillac travelling westbound on New Falls Road near the Penn Jersey Auto Store and coming to a stop after the collision. Then the driver steers around Rearick’s body and turns left into the Plumbridge section of Levittown. Simmons said he was picking up a prescription for his pregnant girlfriend and was on his way home. Rearick’s mother, Sharon, posted a message on Patch asking to keep the story …
concerned citizen
1:46 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Tradegy strikes and someone is seriously hurt right before christmas and this gut stands there and takes pictures like its a big joke and has the nerve to brag on a post that he is credited with taking the picture. What a loser! Way to go DREW your a real america hero! Get well to ever was hit by the car! And to the goverment: instead of wasting our tax money on stupid things. How about sidewalks… more ›