Towamencin Hit-and-Run Driver Sentenced to Minimum 15 Days

Repeat traffic offender Mukesh Shah, of West Vine Street, Hatfield, hit Esther Lee with his van in March 2011 on Forty Foot Road in Towamencin. He was not sentenced on a felony charge of accidents involving injury

A Hatfield hit-and-run driver, and eight-time repeat traffic offender, is nearly done completing his minimum prison sentence for hitting and critically-injuring a pedestrian in Towamencin in March 2011. According to Peg Gibbons of PhillyBurbs, Mukesh K. Shah, 56, of the 100 block of West Vine Street, was sentenced Thursday to 15 days to 23 months in Montgomery County Prison. Shah must also complete one-year probation following parole, pay $250 in fines and perform 100 hours of community service. He pleaded guilty in May 2012 to misdemeanor lying to police, misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person, misdemeanor tampering with evidence, failure to stop and render aid, and failure to notify police of an accident, according to the …

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Boy, Woman Injured in Accident After Driver Runs Red Light

A 7-year-old boy was airlifted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a 44-year-old woman from Harleysville was transported to trauma unit at Abington Hospital

A 7-year-old boy was airlifted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a 44-year-old Harleysville woman was transported to the trauma unit of Abington Hospital following a Monday evening accident at Forty Foot and Allentown roads in Towamencin. Police said Joon Hee Park, 27, of Willow Grove drove his 2008 Toyota Camry north on Forty Foot Road and through the intersection at a red light. At around 6:22 p.m., Park's Camry collided with a 1998 Subaru Forester, driven by Denise Mathuthu, 44, police said. The Forester spun counterclockwise, coming to rest facing south in the intersection, police said. The 7-year-old was a passenger in the Forester, police said. The boy was airlifted by PennStar Flight Service to Children's Hospital of …

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10:32 am on Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Thank you, Diane Di Domizio, for sending in the photos from the crash. She was in the parking lot of the Boston Market when it occurred.   more ›

Telford Women Allegedly Caught With Heroin in Wawa

Stephanie Teufel, 23, and Dianna Laird, 33 were found in the Wawa bathroom on Forty Foot Road allegedly in possession of heroin. One had 111 bags in her possession

Two Telford women were caught allegedly with heroin in their possessions in the bathroom of Wawa at 200 Forty Foot Road in Towamencin. Dianna Laird, 33, of the 100 block of Reliance Place, and Stephanie Teufel, 23, of the unit block of Reliance Court, were arrested by Towamencin Police June 30 at around 5:17 p.m. Laird was turned over to Lower Salford Township Police on an active warrant, police said. Drug charges are pending. Teufel was charged with the following, which includes three felonies: Teufel was arraigned before District Judge Robert Sobeck of Blue Bell and released on 10 percent of $10,000 bail, police said. Teufel has a preliminary hearing set for September 18 at 11:30 a.m. before District Judge Harold Borek in Lansdale. It …

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Sellersville Woman Injured in Accident, Ejected From Car

Marissa Moore, 21, failed to negotiate a curve in Allentown Road near North Penn Water Authority in Towamencin. She was flown by PennStar helicopter for treatment of injuries to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

A woman from Sellersville was ejected about 20 feet from the vehicle she was in following an accident Monday night at Allentown and Forty Foot roads in Towamencin. Marissa Moore, 21, of Sellersville, was flown via PennStar MedEvac to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania following the accident. Moore's conditon is unknown, as hospital representatives said her parents could only release her condition. Lt. Jeff Kratz of Towamencin Police said it appeared Moore did not wear a seatbet, based on the ejection. Moore was the sole occupant, Kratz said. Kratz said Moore was traveling eastbound on Allentown Road toward Forty Foot Road, when she failed to negotiate the bend in the roadway near Tennis-Lukens Cemetery and North Penn Water …

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Three Teens Nabbed for Shooting Out Car Windows

Police said five incidents were reported of moving vehicle windows being shot out with BBs

They didn't shoot their eyes out, but these kids instead shot out the windows of five cars. Were you one of the victims of these three youths' shooting spree? Towamencin Police have arrested and charged a 16-year-old Towamencin youth, a 16-year-old Pennsburg youth and a 15-year-old Ambler youth for shooting out the windows of moving vehicles with a BB-type projectile. Each juvenile is charged with propulsion of missiles into occupied vehicles, recklessly endangering another person, possessing instruments of crime, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct through Montgomery County Juvenile Court, police said. Each juvenile was released to the custody of their parents, police said. Police said five incidents were reported on Jan. 15, between…

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Busted

Police: Man Exposes Himself to Girls, Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver

Recent police items from Lansdale Borough and Towamencin Township also include several thefts.

LANSDALE Man exposes himself to teenage girls Police said a man exposed his genitals to two teenage girls May 4 in an alleyway behind Whites Road. On May 4 at 3:57 p.m., police received a report of an incident in the alley behind the 300 block of Whites Road. Two females, aged 13 and 15, told police that a white man, described as about 30 years old, with no facial hair, wearing a dark blue or black baseball cap that covered his hair, a dark blue hoodie, a plaid vest and blue jeans, pulled his genitals through his zipper, police said. The girls then quickly walked away, but turned around and saw the man was gone, police said. Contact Lansdale police at 215-368-1801 with any additional information on this incident. TOWAMENCIN Police search …

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Local Residents React to bin Laden's Death

Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch scoured bars, 24-hour retail stores and convenience stores between midnight and 3 a.m. to gauge how people felt about bin Laden's death.

Within an hour of the announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden, Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch went out to gauge local reaction from people at Third and Walnut Bar, Montella’s Pub, CVS at Allentown and Forty Foot roads, Wawa on Forty Foot Road, Wawa on Route 309 in Colmar, 7-11 on Allentown Road and 7-11 at Cannon Avenue and Main Street. Reaction was mixed, with some reveling in the victory of the United States and demanding we bring home our troops. One resident had a total opposite reaction. “Honestly, I couldn’t care less,” said Keith Hender, of Hatfield. “It never really bothered me in the first place. I’ve lived in this country all my life, but in the general consensus of the world, which I happen to agree with, the United States …

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A Cut Ahead

Dale's Barber Shop is a hometown staple in Hatfield.

You could say that Dale Moyer has the perfect job.  He walks to work from home, which is just a few steps away, sets his own hours, always has Mondays off and, sometimes, his wife even delivers his meals. There are no long commutes, no weather-related travel considerations, and all his work comes to him. The sign for Dale's Barber Shop, with a pole of helix red, white and blue, has been a familiar sight along Forty Foot Road for more than 50 years. Those stopping at the traffic light can oftentimes observe Moyer, busy at his trade, inside his shop, which is attached to his home. Although Moyer isn’t a barber to the stars, he has taken a little off the top of the mayor of Hatfield, local doctors, ministers and generations of families—…

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Busted

POLICE: Repeat Traffic Offender Arrested in Towamencin Hit-and-Run

Mukesh Shah, 54, of Hatfield, is charged with accidents involving death or injury and other violations following a March 23 hit-and-run. He has pleaded guilty to seven traffic violations since 2000.

Towamencin Township Police and Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman have arrested a Hatfield man in connection with a March 23 hit-and-run at Forty Foot Road and Tapestry Way. Mukesh K. Shah, 54, of the 100 block of West Vine Street, Hatfield, was arrested March 28 and charged in the hit-and-run that critically injured a Korean pedestrian, identified as Esther Lee. Lee remains at Abington Hospital in critical condition. Shah is charged with accidents involving death or injury, false reports to law enforcement authorities, unsworn falsification to police, recklessly endangering another person, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, failue to give duty and render aid, and failure to immediately notify an accident to the …

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POLICE: Search is on for Driver Who Hit Pedestrian

Police are on the lookout for a blue-green vehicle with front headlight damage

Towamencin Police and Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman are on the lookout for a blue/green-colored vehicle with front headlight damage, following an early morning hit and run at Tapestry Way and Forty Foot Road in Towamencin Wednesday. A Korean woman remains in critical condition at Abington Hospital Trauma Center, police said. Her identity has not been released. Police said the woman was struck at 6:09 a.m. Wednesday. Witnesses are asked to contact Towamencin Police at (215) 368-7606 or the District Attorney's Office at (610) 278-3368. Upon arrival on the scene Wednesday morning, police were unale to locate the striking vehilce at the scene of the crash. An investigation revealed the color of the vehicle and damage, and …