October 23: Shortly before 8 a.m., police were dispatched to a Wrightstown Township home for the report of a disturbance. As a result of the investigation, a woman was charged with ethnic intimidation and criminal mischief (damage to property).
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johnmacknewtown
October 30, 2023 7:52 AM
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October 23: Shortly before 8 a.m., police were dispatched to a Wrightstown Township home for the report of a disturbance. As a result of the investigation, a woman was charged with ethnic intimidation and criminal mischief (damage to property).
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johnmacknewtown
June 13, 2022 8:16 AM
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[from NTPD Weekly Activity Summary 06-03 thru 06-09 2022]
While on routine patrol at approximately 10:45 pm, an officer observed a tire tread in the middle of the roadway in the northbound lane of Durham Road in the area of Five Points. The officer removed the tire tread to prevent a road hazard and further observed scrape marks continuing up the highway.
During this time, Bucks County Dispatch received the report of a speeding, reckless driver in the area of Durham Road and Pine Lane. Dispatch relayed that the vehicle was traveling with no front tire, had no lights on, and was creating a public safety issue amidst traffic.
As a result of the investigation, the officer conducted a traffic stop on the operator on Durham Road in the area of Buckingham Winery (Buckingham Township). Upon contact with the operator, the officer detected the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage. The operator was unable to satisfactorily perform field sobriety tests and was placed under arrest by Newtown Township Police and Buckingham Township Police for suspicion of driving under the influence. Charges are pending blood evidence results.
Could it be possible that the tire was damaged hitting one of those potholes on Durham road that a resident recently complained about at the 8 June 2022 BOS meeting?
NOTE: Durham Rd is a STATE road maintained by PennDOT, NOT Newtown Township. To report any problem with state roads, please visit the PennDOT Customer Care Center.
The resident sent me the following in an email prior to the meeting:
"I'm sure you have noticed the bad and unsafe condition of Durham Rd from the Village to Stoopville Rd. The enormous amount of pot holes and actual crumbling of the pavement is in the worst condition ever. I was informed back in 2013 by State Senator Santarsiero and State Congressman Chuck McIlhinery that Durham Rd was on the list to be repaved within 3 years and it's still not done. At this unsafe point, we have to at least fix the pot holes and crumbling pavements before we have serious accidents. I know of two people who have had tire blowouts on Durham road."
These potholes are not only unsafe for drivers who hit them, but for other drivers when they may lead to incidents like the one in this report.
UPDATE (6/16/22): Newtown Twp PW Director, Joe Schiavoni, informed me that "PennDOT was actually filling potholes yesterday along Durham Rd corridor, so while the road still needs to be repaved in my opinion the potholes have been filled."
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johnmacknewtown
June 24, 2021 11:08 AM
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I've been noticing that arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) account for a majority or large portion of incidents in recent weekly Newtown Township Police incident reports.
In the June 11 to 17, 2021, Incident Blotter, for example, 5 of the 12 incidents involved a DUI arrest. One involved a vehicle crashing into a tree and overturning! Most (4) of these incidents occurred between the hours of 10 PM and 2 AM, one was at 4:30 PM.
I wondered if there was a trend related to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on serving alcohol in restaurants and bars. So I plotted the data for a 2-year period from July 2019 through May 2021.
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johnmacknewtown
July 16, 2018 12:57 PM
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On Saturday July 7, 2018, the Bucks County DUI Task Force held a static DUI detail on the Newtown Bypass, in the area of Sycamore Street. During the detail, which occurred from 10:00 pm to 3:00 am, contact was made with approximately 600 vehicles and resulted in 12 motorists being stopped for further field testing. Of those 12, 7 drivers, one of whom had a child who was age 5 in their vehicle, were unable to satisfactorily perform field sobriety testing and were ultimately placed under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence. They were then processed at Northampton Township Police Department, and charges are pending lab results. One driver, who showed signs of impairment but not sufficiently to be charged with DUI, was stopped from driving and was allowed to arrange for an alternate ride home. The remaining four drivers were able to pass field sobriety testing and allowed to continue on their way. One additional arrest was made of a passenger who had consumed alcohol while being under the age of 21, and one motorist was issued traffic citations for careless driving and driving with a suspended license when he drove over a median in an attempt to avoid the checkpoint.
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johnmacknewtown
July 13, 2018 7:21 AM
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Eight people were arrested during a DUI checkpoint last weekend on the Newtown Bypass, authorities with the Bucks County District Attorney's office said. According to law enforcement officials, the arrests were made for driving under the influence, drug and paraphernalia possession, and underage drinking.
During the checkpoint, which was held Saturday from 10 p.m. to Sunday at 3 a.m., police made contact with about 600 motorists.
According to the DA's office:
A total of 28 officers from nine municipal police departments and the Pennsylvania State Police participated, with Northampton Township handling the processing of defendants, authorities said.
Previously: A jeweler was robbed at gunpoint hours after he posted a $150,000 Patek Philippe watch for sale on Instagram.