Central Bucks County

Male Arrested After Bilking Warrington Seniors Out Of $12,000 In Grandparents Scam

by Alex Lloyd Gross The Grandparents scam works like this: You get a phone call from an unfamiliar number and the voice on the other end calls you “grand -mom ( or “grand-pop”.) “I got arrested for fighting in another state, or better yet, I was in a serious accident. I hit a pregnant female,…

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Crime

Electric Scooter Rider Faces Charges After Fleeing And Fighting Police in Lower Chichester

By Dan Doyle | July 28, 2025 LOWER CHICHESTER, PA — What began as a routine warning for a minor traffic violation quickly escalated into a police chase and arrest last Thursday evening in Lower Chichester Township. On July 17, 2025, around 5:06 p.m., a township police officer observed a man riding an electric scooter…

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Center City Philadelphia

Center City Doctor Running For Congress

by Alex Lloyd Gross There is going to be a vacant seat in the US Congress, specifically the 3rd Congressional District in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Dwight Evans currently has that seat. Dr. David Oxman is going to challenge for that seat. Oxman is an intensive care doctor, a bright man who is highly educated. “I have…

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Crime

NJ Man Charged in Series of Distraction Burglaries in Abington and Philadelphia

by Dan Doyle | July 27, 2025 ABINGTON, PA — A New Jersey man is facing burglary charges in Montgomery County following a pair of distraction-style home burglaries, including one in Abington Township that involved an elderly resident being lured outside while another suspect ransacked her home. On April 8, 2025, Abington Police responded to…

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Community

Gaming Board To Hold Hearing For LIVE Casino License Renewal

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Board) will hold a hearing on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 to receive public comment on the renewal of the Category 2 Slot Machine Operator License for Stadium Casino RE, LLC, operator of Live! Casino Philadelphia. The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m. and be held at the: Philadelphia State…

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Arts & Entertainment

John Lodge Show Was A Delight In Collingswood

by Alex Lloyd Gross There was a cello on stage and there was also a legend, live and in person. July 23 , 2025 John Lodge from the Moody Blues played a show at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood. This small intimate theater was a phenomenal place to see a show like this. Lodge…

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Fire & Accident

Intoxicated Ride Share Driver Smashes Car With Customer Inside

by Alex Lloyd Gross Just after 11:00 PM July 26, 2025, a customer hired a Lyft vehicle to take them to a destination. What happened next is unclear, but the driver crashed into a parked car, at Frankford and Torresdale Aves. The customer was in the rear seat and went to Frankford Hospital, Frankford Division…

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Bensalem

Drugs and Guns Found On Bensalem Police Traffic Stop

by Alex Lloyd Gross Robert Cleary, 22 from Bingham Street in Northeast Philadelphia was driving a blue Buick on Street Road in Bensalem on July 19, 2025. His windows were tinted and police stopped him for that. When they talked with him, they saw drug paraphernalia in plain view and police said the car smelled…

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Arts & Entertainment

Legacy Band Sweet Comes To Sellersville Theater Monday

by Alex Lloyd Gross The band Sweet, famous for hits like “Fox On the Run, Ball Room Blitz and Love Is Like Oxegyn is going to be playing a show at the Sellersville Thater Monday, July 28, 2025. There are no original band members left, so why go? “We are a legacy of the band…

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Community

Community Safety Expo Event Held In Lower Southampton

by Alex Lloyd Gross There was plenty of free information given out to people about scams, scammers and how Artificial Intelligence is used to hurt children and take money from adults. This event was held at the ball fields behind the Lower Southampton Township Building. It is similar to a National Night Out, but it…

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Central Bucks County

Two Males Wanted In Connection With Skimmers In Warminster

by Alex Lloyd Gross A skimmer sits in a credit card machine. It gathers all of your information and stores it. A thief can then take the skimmer and download all information stored on it, and then sell it on the black market. This includes identity theft, new credit cards are made without permission, banking…

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Crime

Delco Woman Guilty Of Carjacking and Shooting Family In Philly

by Alex Lloyd Gross Phillis Fugah, 24, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty in federal court to charges relating to an armed carjacking last August 29 on West Chester Pike. It was there that a father sat in a parked car with his two young children, waiting for his wife to return. Fugah…

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Bensalem

Child Predator Busted By NJ Authorities and Bensalem Police

by Alex Lloyd Gross Things are not looking well for Steven Patras, 65, of Hainesport, NJ. He keeps getting arrested for trying to meet underage girls for sex. Back in April of this year, he was chatting on a social media app, he came across what he thought was a 13 year old girl. Police…

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