Sunday, April 7, 2013
Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre said police are monitoring parking problems at both areas of the borough.
Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre updated the public safety committee last Wednesday on the current statuses of two parking issues in the borough. A Penn Street resident who lives directly across from Penndale Middle School had complained of being parked in by school staff. McDyre said the driveway is narrow, and not real well marked. When he visited the location, there were no parking violations. McDyre said he would work with the homeowner on the issue. “We will monitor it,” he said. “We will watch for violations. When there’s something like a Back to School Night, it’s dark and you don’t see it well at night.” Nearly five blocks away, at Ridge and East Main streets, there was another parking congestion issue at the intersection. …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Councilman Jason Van Dame reported to the Lansdale Public Safety Committee of a resident complaint about their driveway being blocked by Penndale Middle School teachers and faculty, according to Van Dame.
Lansdale Police will investigate what they can do to ease parking problems being faced by a resident on the 500 block of Penn Street, near Penndale Middle School. "Regularly, his driveway is blocked by cars parking along there," said Councilman Jason Van Dame during this month's public safety committee meeting. "He called the department many times to come out and ticket the cars blocking him. But is there any signage to recommend?" Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre said the police could recommend painting of the curb yellow to help those situations. "It is not marked well," Van Dame said. "There's a telephone pole (in front of the house). You go during the school day and you can see cars parked up close to the driveway." Van Dame told…
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Elias Castro-Martinez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, is headed to Montgomery County trial on felony aggravated assault and additional charges stemming from a confrontation in Hatfield Township
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Tuesday, January 8
Illegal immigrant Elias Castro-Martinez, 38, of Honduras, is headed to trial on aggravated assault, terroristic threats and identify theft charges in Hatfield Township, following a Tuesday preliminary hearing at Souderton district court. According to PhillyBurbs.com, the suspect was using a false name and Social Security Card belonging to a woman from another state. According to the article, Castro-Martinez allegedly assaulted Orlando Alvarado Castro in their Penn Street apartment on Nov. 17. When Castro refused to go to the bar with Castro-Martinez at 5:30 p.m., Castro-Martinez allegedly punched him in the head, according to police. Castro-Martinez then left the room and returned allegedly holding a Rambo-like knife, the article said. …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Jennifer Crawford, of the 100 block of Penn Street, Lansdale, was being investigated by Souderton Police Department before she moved to Lansdale
A Lansdale resident, who was initially under investigation by Souderton Police for alleged marijuana sales in Souderton, was arrested and charged Dec. 7 by Lansdale Police for allegedly dealing marijuana from her Penn Street residence. Jennifer Victoria Crawford, 22, of the 100 block of Penn Street, is charged with felony manufacture, delivery or possession of marijuana with intent to manufacture or deliver; misdemeanor posession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana, according to court records. Crawford was arraigned Dec. 7 before District Judge Harold Borek and remanded to Montgomery County prison in lieu of $10,000 cash bail, according to court records. Crawford posted bond on Dec. 10, according to court …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Morgan Properties, owner of Main Street Apartments and Forge Gate Apartments in Towamencin, and Brookside Manor in Hatfield, recently acquired the former silk factory at Line and Penn streets in Lansdale
The Silk Factory Lofts in Lansdale, located at Penn and Line streets, was acquired by real estate company Morgan Properties in a sheriff sale, according to Crissa Shoemaker DeBree of The Intelligencer. The property at 200 S. Line Street, and its accompanying neighboring site at 152 Prospect Avenue, went into mortgage foreclosure in July 2010, according to Montgomery County Prothonotary Records. The lender was GE Business Financial Services, Inc. The debt amount for the property was $28,025,457, according to county records. It was sold for costs on Oct. 31, 2012. According to Joseph DiStefano of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the property was turned over to Morgan Properties after no one paid the $19 million asking price by the lender. Morgan …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Courtenay Jernigan, 37, was sentenced to time-served to 23 months in prison afer pleading guilty Thursday to endangering the welfare of a child
Hatfield mother Courtenay L. Jernigan, 37, admitted in Montgomery County Court Thursday to getting drunk, passing out, and leaving her 11-day-old daughter in an unheated car in 28-degree December weather for two hours. According to PhillyBurbs.com, Jernigan pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and was sentenced to time-served to 23 months in prison. Jernigan, a two-time DUI offender, has been in jail since her Dec. 12 arrest, according to court records. Following parole, Jernigan will served a three-year probation, according to the article. Jernigan must have supervised visits with her daughter, unless a family court judge says differently, according to the article. Here's what went down, according to PhillyBurbs.com: On …
Monday, June 11, 2012
Ronald Edward Solomon Jr., 30, of Chestnut Street, Lansdale, allegedly fled from police after a report of prowling around a property posted "No Trespassing"
A Lansdale man convicted in Bucks County Court of Common Pleas in 2010 for theft of movable property has been arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and prowling in the borough. Ronald Edward Solomon Jr., 30, of the 100 block of South Chestnut Street, Lansdale, faces the following charges at his June 27 preliminary hearing at 1:45 p.m. before District Judge Harold Borek: Solomon was arraigned before Borek who set bail at 10 percent of $10,000, police said. Solomon was taken to Montgomery County Correctional Facility after failing to post bail. On June 7, at around 1:24 p.m., Lansdale Police were called to the 100 block of Jenkins Avenue on a report from a resident that they had heard glass breaking and observed a suspicious male in…
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Lafonsa Perry, 22, is accused of having sex with an 11-year-old girl in his Penn Street home
The 12-year-old girl that Lafonsa Perry, 22, of Lansdale, is accused of raping last year testified at a preliminary hearing in the court of District Judge Harold Borek Thursday that the sex was consensual, according to The Reporter Online. Regardless, the state considers the incident statutory rape by law. Charges of child rape, statutory sexual assault, indecent assault of a child under 16 and of a child under 13, corruption of a minor, unlawful contact with a minor, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia have been held for county court against Perry, 22, according to The Reporter Online. Perry will be arraigned at the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on June 20. According to the article, the …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Police said Lafonsa Perry, 22, had a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl
Police have charged a Lafonsa Perry, 22, who lives near Penndale Middle School, with child rape, statutory sexual assault, indecent assault under 13, indecent assault under 16, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia. The 12-year-old female victim told Mission Kids and police that she smoked weed with, and engaged in intercourse with, 22-year-old Lafonsa Perry, police said. Perry was arrested on April 23. Charges were filed March 29, according to court documents. On Jan. 19, 2012, Lansdale Police began an investigation as a result of a complaint file by a concerned adult relative of a 12-year-old female, police said. The relative reported finding disturbing …
Borough Resident
11:55 am on Monday, April 8, 2013
I am very thankful Police Chief Robert McDyre and the police are monitoring the parking situation on Ridge and Main Street. It is very difficult to make a turn onto Ridge Street from Main Street because of the parking and oncoming traffic. I have thought Ridge Street should be made into a one way street. The auto-body shop does contribute heavily to the congestion. It does take a resident to … more ›