Updates on Bensalem crime and public safety news, reports, announcements, and community policing efforts.
The program which launched its two-year pilot initiative in December 2020 alongside the Bensalem Township Police Department has appointed two additional social workers to work with police in Lower Bucks to help divert people in need of social services away…
The Bensalem Police Department today announced the arrest of Jamell Oglesby, 30 years old from Philadelphia. Oglesby was suspected along with another unidentified male, in a spree of robberies that included Walmart stores in Bensalem and Warminster as well as…
Bensalem Police are reporting that at approximately 11:20 am, 71-year-old Shakuntalaben Patel has been located in good health and has been brought home to her family. Police had been called to Pintail Court last night for the report of a…
Bensalem Township Fire Investigators are working with the Bensalem Police Department to determine the cause of a fatal fire, which took the life of one person on the morning of Wednesday, June 22, 2022. FATAL FIRE INVESTIGATION- Bensalem Township Fire…
The Bensalem Police Department is reporting that on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, their Special Investigations Unit in conjunction with the Philadelphia DEA HIDTA Task Force seized approximately 40,000 fentanyl pills, 11 pounds of methamphetamine and $5,000.00 is cash. Effectively taking…
Director McVey along with Mayor DiGirolamo announce the hiring of the Bensalem Township Police Department’s newest officer, Mark Wildsmith at his swearing-in ceremony. Officer Wildsmith, an Army veteran of 5 years with numerous awards and a Purple Heart recipient comes…
Joseph O’Boyle, 23 of Bensalem has been sentenced to 37 to 74 years in prison for the killing of Bensalem chiropractor Dr. James Sowa. O’Boyle was convicted on June 10, 2022, of third-degree murder after entering an open guilty plea…
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, at approximately 4:20 am Bensalem Police responded to 911 calls of shots fired in the vicinity of the 2100 block of Duncksferry Road where officers immediately established a cordon and began evacuating residents from their…
The Bensalem Police Department welcomes back Officer George Litvinenko back to work after a nine-month-long battle with Covid-19. Officer Litvinenko was given only a 1% chance of survival when placed on a ventilator almost a year ago. George's will, tenacity,…
The Bensalem Township Police Department has announced the passing of Deputy Director David Richardson, a 24-year veteran of the department, losing a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Deputy Director Richardson is survived by his wife Johanna and daughters Ella and…