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Tyler State Park Remains Closed As Search Continues For State Park Resources Ranger.

Written by Dan Doyle, May 24, 2025

by Dan Doyle- ARTICLE UPDATE- Today, May 25, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the ranger’s body was recovered from the Neshaminy Creek. Officials confirmed the recovery and expressed their condolences to the ranger’s family, friends, and colleagues. Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and the Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed…

Former Lower Bucks Police Officer Arrested For Theft By Deception Charges

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 14, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross When neighbors saw a Langhorne Borough Officer at the home of a 76 year old woman, even parking his patrol car in her driveway multiple times, they began to get concerned. That officer, Carlito Cortez was doing more than neighborhood checks. He was trying to swindle her out of her estate,…

Accused Bucks County Child Porn Distributor Arrested In West Virginia

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, February 13, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross Bucks County Authorities found that 60 year old Mark Wills was distributing and or allegedly making child sex materials involving children 13 and under. They had no idea of where he was so they enlisted the help of the US Marshals who found Wills at a mall in Bridgeport West Virginia….

Governor Shapiro Pays Visit To Yardley To Sign Flood Insurance Bill

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, December 5, 2023

by Alex Lloyd Gross Alex Lloyd Gross File Photo Yardley was closed from the 1996 flooding. Police and fire crews block the road into town. Yardley Pa. is a beautiful, small town in Bucks County. It sits near the Delaware River, which at times can turn this beautiful town into something ugly. Roads get washed…

Bensalem and Bristol Residents Charged With Stealing Utility Wire.

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 21, 2023

by Alex Lloyd Gross It’s not scrap wire laying around. It is copper wire used by Verizon to place 911 and other call across the globe. It was stolen right off the pole, police said. It was attached to utility poles, Yesterday, authorities kicked down the doors of most of those that were involved in…

Car And Content Thief Wanted By Lower Makefield Police

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 11, 2023

by Alex Lloyd Gross One thief did not get the message that when you use stolen credit cards in a store, you can get tracked. That is exactly what happened to him. Police in Lower Makefield said that on October 5,2023 the male in the below video stole a vehicle from a driveway on Aspen…

Charity Bingo Held Tonight In Yardley

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 7, 2023

by Alex Lloyd Gross The weather tonight is going to be rainy and cold. A perfect night to do something indoors. A charity BINGO game is going to take place tonight from 7-10 PM. This will be held at St.Ignatious Church, 999 Reading Ave. Yardley Pa. Buy in and tickets are $35.00 in advance. This…

Long Prison Sentence Given In Shooting Of Yardley Police Chief

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, February 8, 2023

When Bucks County Adult Probation and Parole Officer Cristina Viviano went on an offender check at the Yardley Common Condominiums on Aug. 18, 2021, something did not feel right, so she radioed dispatchers for a status check if she’s not heard from in five minutes. It was the first time she had ever done that…

Yardley Police Chief Shot By Gunman In Standoff

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, August 19, 2021

by Alex Lloyd Gross Aug 18 2021 Joseph Kelly is the Police Chief of Yardley Borough. He is “Very lucky to be alive,” said Chief Ken Coluzzi of the Lower Makefield Police Department. It was about 11:00 AM when county probation officers called for back up at the Yardley Commons. They were checking on 24…

Arrest Made In Over 1000 Theft From Vehicle Cases, Yardley Male Charged

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, March 7, 2021

by Alex Lloyd Gross Nobody like a thief. Nobody likes to find their vehicle broke into and items missing. Sometimes it’s an expensive laptop, other times it’s $2.00 in loose change. It’s a hassle and you want the thief caught. Buckingham Township Police granted that wish March 5, 2021 with the arrest of 32 year…