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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Shots Fired During Police Call in Green Lane

Section of Sumneytown Pike closed for investigation Wednesday night after a neighbor allegedly fired a gun when police arrived to a domestic dispute.

Last updated 5:50 a.m. A man is in custody after shots were reportedly fired on Wednesday evening when a Marlborough Township police officer responded to the scene of a domestic dispute in Green Lane. The incident took place at about 6:45 p.m. on the Main Street section of Sumneytown Pike in the borough. No injuries were reported. Marlborough Police Chief Darren Morgan said police originally responded to a domestic call, but a neighbor fired a gun into the ground as the police officer arrived, according to the Morning Call http://bit.ly/VkQMgy. The woman involved in the domestic dispute went to the neighbor's house to call the police, the article said. Morgan did not know why the neighbor fired the gun, but he is in custody and charges are…

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worldpeace2013

11:38 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013

a lot of people are moving here from Philly and since the expansion move and more gun related crimes as well as robberies have occurred... do not hide the facts from yourself because you were sheltered in a different way.   more ›

Monday, October 22, 2012

Perkiomen Burglar Gets 23 Months in Prison

David Darren Yoder, 27, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court for committing burglaries in Towamencin and Perkiomen townships. In one of the burglaries, Yoder stole a handgun and sold it to a man in Hatfield for $200

A Perkiomen man who committed burglaries in Towamencin and Perkiomen townships to support his oxycodone habit — and who sold a stolen firearm for $200 to a Hatfield Village Apartments resident — will spend up to 23 months in prison. David Darren Yoder, 27, of the 300 block of Maple Avenue, was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to burglary and firearms violations for incidents that occurred in November 2011, according to the Spring-Ford Reporter. Yoder will also complete five years’ probation following imprisonment and pay $800 in restitution, according to the article. During probation, Yoder will be required to undergo random urine tests and complete outpatient drug and alcohol treatment. Yoder’s burglaries grabbed attention of …

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Gunman Surrenders After 10-Hour Armed Standoff in Doylestown

The suspect, an off-duty New Jersey police officer, exchanged sporadic fire with responding officers as mid-afternoon standoff lasts until nearly midnight.

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - In the end, Richard Klementovich had nothing to say. The off-duty police officer from Clifton, NJ, was escorted from the back of a Doylestown Township squad car shortly after midnight Sunday after a 10-hour armed standoff that forced neighbors to evacuate their homes in this affluent suburb of Philadelphia. Klementovich remained silent as officers ushered him into the police department where he would be booked to face at least 13 charges of criminal attempted homicide and reckless endangerment. About a half hour earlier, Klementovich had surrendered without incident to officers on the front lawn of his estranged wife's home at 25 Bittersweet Drive in the Doylestown Lea neighborhood of Doylestown Township. As police began …

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Vern

9:15 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

When you see that kind of police response do not stand there and make it their job to tell you to leave. Be an adult and get your kids to a safe place. The police can not protect the whole world. Stop being a "deer caught in headlights" just because you think it might interesting to see what is going on. Go home and read about it later.   more ›

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Man in Custody After Telford Hostage Incident

A 21-year-old man fired shots with high-powered rifle from inside house on Indian Valley Lane

A 21-year-old Telford man was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon after holding his wife hostage and firing shots through the wall of his house with a high-powered rifle, police said. Telford Borough Chief of Police Randy Floyd declined to identify the man, saying only that he was "known" to local police and that the police department would be discussing charges with the Montgomery County District Attorney's office. "We are investigating to determine what those charges will be," Floyd said. Floyd said police received a domestic dispute call at 1:37 p.m. Tuesday. The man and his 21-year-old wife were in the house at 42 Indian Valley Lane with the man's mother, whom he permitted the leave the house. Floyd said police were not sure where …

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