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Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Developing
: Police Extricate Driver In Fiery Levittown Crash
Police extricated the driver of a vehicle who hit a tree in Levittown late Friday night, fire officials said. The crash occurred just before midnight at Appletree Drive in Bristol Township, Levittown Fire Co. 2 said. The driver had been removed by police as fire crews arrived to put out a small fire in the engine compartment, which apparently had also been extinguished, the station said. Photos from the scene show a damaged tree. Circumstances around the crash were not immediately known.
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
DA: Bucks Caregiver Steals $17K From Bristol Twp. Cancer Patient, Gives It To Inmate Boyfriend
A Bucks County caregiver is facing up to two years in jail for stealing nearly $17,000 from a Bristol Township cancer patient and putting some of the money into her boyfriend’s inmate account at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, authorities said. As part of the victim's treatment of tongue cancer, she had part of her tongue removed, making it difficult for her to speak and run errands. She hired Kelly Sharkey, 30, in late May or early June 2019 to assist her, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The woman gave Sharkey her debit and credit card to make househo…
Bristol, PA
Obituaries
Bristol Twp. Native, Neshaminy HS Grad Cameron Harth Dies At 21
Bristol Township native and Neshaminy High School graduate Cameron Harth died March 20, 2021. He was 21. Born in Bristol Township, and most recently residing in Feasterville, Harth graduated from Neshaminy High School in 2018, according to his obituary. He worked as a warehouseman with OMB Warehouse in Levittown before his death, his obituary says. Harth's obituary remembered him as someone who "enjoyed skateboarding and music." He is survived by his parents, Rachel Harth (Mick Pirolli) and Matthew Tomasulo (Nicole); his siblings, Mila and Lincoln Tomasulo; his pa…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
DA: $120K Worth Of Fentanyl Found In Bristol Man's Home
A 29-year-old Bristol Township man was arrested after a multi-agency search turned up more than $120,000 worth of fentanyl in his home Tuesday, authorities said. Authorities served a search warrant at 724 Hidden Forest Court in Bristol Township, which is also the home of Lawrence W. Priester, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. There, four sandwich bags containing suspected drugs were found inside a black “Thank You” bag in a living room closet. The substance tested positive for fentanyl and confirmed that the drugs weighed two pounds, which is valued at $120,00…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman
A man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 58-year-old woman in her Bristol Township apartment in 1990, will appear Thursday morning before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons seeking clemency -- a motion strongly opposed Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. John Brookins has professed his innocence for nearly three decades, despite authorities linking overwhelming amounts of evidence to him in the Dec. 20, 1990 murder of Sheila Ginsberg, Bucks County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jill Graziano said in a letter to the Board of Pardons. Authorities …
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
2 Dead Weeks After Bristol Township Fire
Two people who had been airlifted to a Philadelphia hospital with serious burns in last month's Bristol Township fire have died of their injuries, LevittownNow reports. An elderly man was confirmed dead on Jan. 29, and an elderly woman died this week, the outlet reports. Both had suffered serious burns and were being treated at Temple University Hospital’s burn center. Flames consumed a 2.5-story home on the 4900 block of Beaver Dam Road when fire crews arrived around 4 a.m. on Jan. 23, the Levittown Fire Company said. "E-14 first arriving, securing own water supply, leading off with 1 3…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police: Bucks County Driver Leads Pursuit Into Oncoming Traffic, Crashes, Jumps Into Lake
A Bucks County driver who led police on a pursuit through oncoming traffic crashed and then jumped into a lake and tried swimming away, LevittownNow reports. Pennsylvania state troopers tried to stop a black Acura TL last Wednesday for "violating traffic laws" on I-95 and Veterans Highway (Route 413) in Bristol Township when the driver -- identified as Shiree John Wilson 34, of Philadelphia -- sped up, authorities told the news outlet. The Acura hit another vehicle head-on during the pursuit. Wilson and his passenger fled the crash site, a trooper following on foot close behi…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bristol PD: Shooter Charged In Incident That Struck 7- & 9-Year-Olds
Charges were filed against a Bristol Township teen for his connection to a shooting that bypassed an 18-year-old intended victim, and a group of children, authorities announced. Troy Keys, 19, got out of his car at the intersection of Mulberry and Wood Street and began shooting gunshot rounds at a group of people around 5:40 p.m. on Sept. 20 of last year, the Bristol Borough Police Department said. Within that group was an 18-year-old target whom Keys was intending to shoot, but missed. The rounds also bypassed a 7 and 9-year-old in the group, police said. He also struck a nearby home…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police ID Bucks Driver Shot, Killed Through Car Window
Authorities have identified the young man who was shot and killed while behind the wheel of a car last Wednesday night in Bucks County. Bristol Township police responded to Edgely Road and Marion Avenue on reports of a shooting around 7:05 p.m. Dec. 23, Bucks County spokesperson Manuel Gamiz said. There, they found a Chrysler 200 stopped in the northbound lane of Edgely Road. Shaquille Love, 21 of Bristol Township was still inside the car after having been shot through the driver's side window, local authorities said in a press release. An autopsy determined Love died of a single gunsho…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police ID Bucks Driver Shot, Killed Through Car Window
Authorities have identified the young man who was shot and killed while behind the wheel of a car last Wednesday night in Bucks County. Bristol Township police responded to Edgely Road and Marion Avenue on reports of a shooting around 7:05 p.m. Dec. 23, Bucks County spokesperson Manuel Gamiz said. There, they found a Chrysler 200 stopped in the northbound lane of Edgely Road. Shaquille Love, 21 of Bristol Township was still inside the car after having been shot through the driver's side window, local authorities said in a press release. An autopsy determined Love died of a single gunsho…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
ICE: Accused WNY Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting May Be In US Illegally
Federal authorities slapped a detainer on a West New York resident accused of shooting a man in the back in Cliffside Park two weeks ago. Josue Orellana, 18, was brought Thursday to the Bergen County Jail following extradition proceedings in Pennsylvania, where he was captured on Sept. 11 by a strike force led by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. The Salvadoran national is charged with attempted murder and a pair of weapons counts. The day after his arrest, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed a detainer on Orellana, which asks that he remain in cust…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Nabbed
! Accused WNY Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting Captured In PA
A West New York resident accused of shooting a man in the back in Cliffside Park last month was captured Wednesday in Pennsylvania by a strike force led by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Josue Orellana, 18, was nabbed around 8 a.m. Wednesday in an apartment above a tattoo parlor in a Bucks County strip mall a little over seven miles outside Trenton and 82 miles from Cliffside Park, authorities said. A judge ordered Orellana held on $500,000 bail pending extradition to New Jersey to face charges of attempted murder and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark …
