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OMG PD: 500 Stolen Acupuncture Needles
Check out these unusual police stories from around Eastern Pennsylvania.
Police Looking in Jelly Stone for the Perp: Yogi Bear’s people denied comment after a picnic basket was stolen off the front porch of a woman’s house in the 100 block of Dupont Street in Philadelphia. Get the full story here.
Telemarketers Aren’t Kidding Around Anymore, I Guess: A Breinigsville man told police that he received a phone call telling him to buy nearly $3,000 worth of gift cards or he’d be deported, according to a report from Upper Macungie Patch. Get the full story here.
You Can Keep the Needles, I’ll Take the Pizza: A Pottstown woman was stopped by police for allegedly walking door to door and asking for money while carrying a pizza box that contained a syringe and a single slice of pizza. Yeah, I don’t really know, either. Make sense of it here.
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About this column: OMG PD reviews the surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported by Eastern Pennsylvania Patch sites over the last week. All people mentioned in these stories are innocent until proven guilty. Charges and arrests do not indicate guilt. Reach out to Nate at nathana@patch.com with questions about this column.
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