Friday, April 12, 2013
Basement dweller William Keith Kane, 23, had the sole felony charge dismissed at a preliminary hearing in Lansdale District Court Thursday. Kane allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his landlord with a knife and tire iron.
Franklin Street basement tenant William Keith Kane, 23, of Lansdale, will not face a felony charge of aggravated assault in Montgomery County court in May for allegedly assaulting and threatening his landlord with a knife and tire iron. The charge was dismissed at a preliminary hearing Thursday morning in Lansdale District Court. All other charges against Kane were held by District Judge Harold Borek: misdemeanor possessing an instrument of crime, three counts of misdemeanor simple assault, misdemeanor reckless endangerment and summary harassment. Kane has been free on 10 percent of $10,000 bail since March 19, according to court records. Kane allegedly assaulted his landlord with a knife one day, and allegedly threatened him with a tire …
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Anthony Hughes, of West Third Street in Lansdale, allegedly disposed of a handgun and a knife owned by one of the men charged in the January robbery and assault at Hen's Coins and Collectibles in Lansdale.
A Lansdale man charged with felony hindering prosecution and apprehension of two of his alleged accomplices in the January robbery and assault at Hen's Coins and Collectibles on West Main Street waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon in Lansdale District Court. Anthony Hughes, 25, of the unit block of West Third Street, had a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance withdrawn by the Commonwealth. The felony charge, a misdemeanor charge of tampering with evidence, and a misdemeanor charge of possession of a small amount of marijuana remain against him. Hughes is also accused of disposing of a handgun and a knife in a Dumpster at Brookside Manor Apartments in the days following the robbery, according to court …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Andrew Sung, 20, of the 100 block of Warwick Way, Montgomery Township, entered a Rose Twig Lane home in June 2011 with accomplice John Yoon, 20, to rob the residents of marijuana stashed in the home
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Friday, February 1
Andrew Sung, 20, of the 100 block of Warwick Way, Montgomery Township, received a maximum 23 months in prison — with credit for one-month served — during a sentencing in Montgomery County Court, according to Peg Gibbons of The Intelligencer. Sung wielded a baseball bat during a residential marijuana robbery on the 100 block of Rose Twig Lane, Montgomery Township, in June 2011, according to the article. Sung’s accomplice in the robbery — John Yoon, 20, of the first block of Whitemarsh Lane, Hatfield Township — is sitting in prison on a 23-month-maximum sentence after pleading guilty to three robberies in Summer 2012, according to the article. Sung and Yoon entered the home on Rose Twig Lane, with the former carrying a bat and the latter was…
Friday, December 14, 2012
Joseph Patrick Walsh, of Blooming Glen, was apprehended by Telford Borough Police who said he allegedly attempted to rob an elderly couple in front of the police station. His girlfriend, Ashley Getz, of Harrisburg, is charged as a conspirator
An 87-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man from Franconia fought off alleged knifepoint robber Joseph Patrick Walsh, 23, after he allegedly conned them into believing his car broke down and forced them to an ATM when they offered him a ride home on June 19. His girlfriend, Ashley Getz, 26, of Harrisburg, also faces charges in the alleged robbery for allegedly conspiring with Walsh, police said. Walsh, of the 1300 block of N. Main Street in Blooming Glen, Bucks County, faces the following charges after a preliminary hearing at Souderton District Court Tuesday: Two counts of unlawful restraint and two counts of terroristic threats were withdrawn at his preliminary hearing. The robbery charges were increased from second-degree to first-…
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Towamencin man is accused of pulling a knife on a Lansdale resident, running from police and being Tasered after resisting arrest
Towamencin reident Airen Kevin Emfinger, 22, of the 700 block of Weikel Road, had two misdemeanor offenses related to brandishing a weapon dropped by Lansdale Police at his preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon before District Judge Albert Augustine in Skippack. Emfinger was tasered by a Lansdale Police officer on June 5 following a foot chase across the west ward of the borough after he allegedly pulled a knife on a Lansdale resident on West Mount Vernon Street near Salford Avenue. A misdemeanor count of use of a prohibited offensive weapon and a misdemeanor count of possessing an instrument of crime were withdrawn by the Commonwealth, represented at the hearing by Lansdale Police Officer Scott Keeler. Keeler was also the arresting …
Friday, June 8, 2012
Airen Emfinger, 22, of Weikel Road, Towamencin, allegedly pulled a knife on a West Mount Vernon Street resident, ran from the police and was subsequently tasered
Airen Kevin Emfinger, 22, of the 700 block of Weikel Road in Towamencin, was tasered by a Lansdale Police officer following a foot chase across the west ward of the borough after he allegedly pulled a knife on a Lansdale resident. Emfinger was arraigned before District Judge James Gallagher on the following misdemeanor charges: Bail was set at $5,000 cash and Emfinger was taken to Montgomery County Correctional Facility after failing to post bail, police said. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 15 at 10 a.m. Emfinger has had four criminal cases filed in Montgomery County District Court since October 2009, according to court records. He got off on robbery and burglary charges in 2010 in Souderton Borough, but pleaded guilty to …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Upper Gwynedd Township Police said the suspect kicked in the door of a home on West Point Pike Monday morning and fled out the rear door after the resident grabbed a knife
He eluded police, but they need your help in finding the suspect. Upper Gwynedd Township Police have released a sketch of the suspect involved in the home invasion Monday morning in West Point. The suspect is described as a black male, 6 feet tall, medium build, with a dark black or blue shirt and dark blue jean, police said. The suspect was also wearing a black-colored stocking over his head. Police said he appeared to be wearing gloves with fingertips exposed. There were no weapons displayed or insinuated, police said. Police said the woman who was home during the home invasion struggled with the suspect in the kitchen and she was able to grab a knife. The suspect then fled out the back door. Police searched the area around the train …
Monday, December 19, 2011
Homeowner confronted an Asian male with a knife in their home at 5 a.m. Monday
Police said a homeowner confronted an intruder with a knife in their home on the unit block of Meadow Lane in Hatfield Township at 5:10 a.m. Monday. The resident was awakened by the family dog barking, police said, and upon checking the home, the resident found an intruder armed with a dull-colored six-inch knife. The resident went to the bedroom and dialed 9-1-1 for help, police said. The intruder left the home prior to police arrival, police said. No one was injured and nothing was taken, police said. The intruder is described as an Asian male, in his early- to mid-20s, 5 feet 5 inches tall to 5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing a faded black-hooded sweatshirt, with a faded design on the front, police said. His face was covered by a gray scarf…
DELIAH ONE
1:55 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013
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