Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Upper Dublin Police say someone turned in an important personal item early today.
Someone lost something while likely picking up his or her coffee early this morning. According to Upper Dublin Police, someone found a wallet at about 5:30 a.m. at the Wawa at 106 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington. The black wallet contains miscellaneous business cards, a U.S. Government-issued Social Security card as well as $20 in cash. If this is your wallet, contact Upper Dublin Police for assistance.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Dresher man struck an SUV at Cumberland Farms on Tuesday night with his Chrysler 300, according to police.
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Thursday, February 14
Robert James Girvin, 54, of Dresher Woods Drive, Dresher, was arrested late Tuesday night after he struck an Oreland resident’s Ford Explorer in the parking lot of Cumberland Farms and fled, police said. According to police, the complainant followed Girvin, who was driving a black Chrysler 300, to the 300 block of Dresher Woods Drive. Police made contact with Girvin at 10:42 p.m. There was a strong smell of alcohol emanating from the vehicle and Girvin seemed confused and could not understand what was going on, police said. The stereo in the car was playing loudly and when police asked Girvin to turn the volume down, it took him five tries to do so. According to police, Girvin actually kept turning the vehicle on and off instead of turning…
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Glenside man allegedly struck a parked car in the Volvo dealership on Bethlehem Pike after striking a vehicle driven by a Plymouth Meeting resident.
A Glenside man faces multiple charges stemming from a Jan. 25 incident in Fort Washington in which he allegedly struck a Volvo in a dealership lot while fleeing from a Pennsylvania Avenue crash, and then tried to escape on foot, according to Upper Dublin Police. Robert Grasty, 42, will be charged with driving while operating privileges are suspended, abandoning a vehicle on private property, careless driving, trespass by motor vehicle, accident involving both attended and unattended vehicles, and duty to give information and render aid. Gregory Bradley, of Plymouth Meeting, was stopped in the left-turn lane on Bethlehem Pike, waiting to go onto Pennsylvania Avenue at 9:15 p.m. when Grasty allegedly drove around Bradley and the vehicles …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Ambler resident charged with DUI and cited for careless driving.
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Wednesday, February 6
Upper Dublin Police arrested Keun Oh, 46, of the 1400 block of Patrick Court, Ambler, early Tuesday morning just before 2 a.m. after Oh was seen traveling northbound on Fort Washington Avenue in the southbound lane near Schirra Drive, police said. According to police, Oh, who was driving a blue GMC van, smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes. Oh failed a field sobriety test and a portable breath test indicated that Oh’s blood alcohol content was 0.183 percent, police said. Two breath tests given at Upper Dublin Police headquarters indicated that Oh’s blood alcohol content was 0.164 percent. Oh was also cited for careless driving.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The latest from the Upper Dublin Police records room
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Wednesday, January 30
Burglary ... On Jan. 28, police said someone stole a laptop from a residence in the 400 block of Bluebird Lane in Dresher. The investigation is ongoing. Hit and run accident … On Jan. 28 at around 1:30 p.m., someone struck a brown Ford F350 pickup truck that was parked at the Wawa store in the corner of Bethlehem Pike and Pennsylvania Avenue, police said. The complainant said she observed yellow paint on the passenger side rear bumper from the striking vehicle. There were no witnesses and no information left regarding the operator of the other vehicle, police said. Identity theft … On Jan. 28 an Upper Dublin resident from the 1000 block of Fort Washington Avenue walked into Upper Dublin Police headquarters to report identity theft. The …
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The crash happened on Fitzwatertown Road early Monday morning.
Upper Dublin Police arrested a Wyncote man for DUI after a crash in the 1300 block of Fitzwatertown Road. According to police, Donald Craig Hinkson Jr., 22, of Gribbel Road, was arrested after he struck a mailbox and a speed limit sign at about 1 a.m. on Monday. Following an investigation, police determined that Hinkson struck a curb at the intersection of Fitzwatertown Road and North Hills Avenue, and then traveled on the front lawn of the first two houses on the Upper Dublin side of the road, hitting the mailbox and the sign. According to police, Hinkson’s vehicle, a maroon Pontiac Grand Prix, then came back onto the roadway and narrowly missed a parked vehicle in the street before coming to rest in the middle of the southbound lane of…
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Friday, January 18, 2013
So far, three people have been arrested by a taskforce that includes the Upper Dublin and Abington Police Departments, as well as the Pennsylvania State Police.
Abington Police announced the arrest of another suspect who they say is involved in a rash of daytime, residential burglaries throughout Montgomery and Delaware counties dating back to December 2011 and continuing through November 2012. According to police, the “ring leader” of the burglaries, Derrick Carter, of the 4600 block of Sheffield Street, Philadelphia, was arrested in November after he was seen committing burglaries in Delaware County and New Castle County, Del. He also tried to strike a Philadelphia Police officer with his vehicle while on a high-speed pursuit. See that story here. The investigation lead police to other suspects and additional arrests, including Akim Harris, of the 1800 block of Widener Place, Philadelphia, …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A stolen iPhone and an honest resident
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Wednesday, January 16
Theft … Someone stole a black, 16-gig Apple iPhone 4S from the women’s locker room at Upper Dublin High School on Jan. 14 between 8:35 and 9:25 a.m., police said. It’s unknown from which locker it was stolen, or whether the locker was locked. The complainant said the phone, which has a case on it, is valued at $600. Found property … On Sunday, Jan. 13 at 1:34 p.m., someone found a brown leather wallet in front of 1713 North Limekiln Pike and brought it to the police station, police said. According to police, the wallet contained a Pennsylvania driver’s license as well as $221. A message was left for the owner. Identity theft … On Jan. 9, a resident of the 3200 block of Shawnee Green Lane walked into police headquarters and said that on …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Upper Dublin Police arrest a Staten Island man after he was seen passed out behind his steering wheel.
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Tuesday, January 15
Upper Dublin Police arrested James Carmine Merrill, 39, of Mohahan Avenue, Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 9 at 1:39 a.m. after he was seen passed out behind the steering wheel of a blue Ford Escape in the Best Western Hotel lot on Commerce Avenue, police said. According to police, an officer knocked on the windows of the small SUV several times to wake Merrill up; when he woke up, he was lethargic and confused. Merrill was unable to work the windows of his vehicle, so the police officer opened the passenger side door to speak with him, police said. There was a strong odor of alcohol coming from the passenger compartment. According to police, Merrill said he was going to, and coming from Newtown, Pa. He had trouble answering simple …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Richard Retallick, of Dresher, was arrested for suspected DUI after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a guard rail.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
According to Upper Dublin Police reports, on Nov. 22, at approximately 12:35 p.m., an Upper Dublin Police Officer responded to a reported vehicle accident, with a vehicle reported into a guard rail, on Dreshertown Rd. near St. George's. While the officer was enroute, according to the report, police radio stated that the driver was intoxicated and that he was potentially trying to leave the scene. The original caller also stated that the driver of the vehicle was coming towards her and that she was afraid and leaving the scene, according to reports. Once on scene, the officers spoke with a witness, who, according to the police report, said he was driving his vehicle northbound on Dreshertown Road when he saw the silver Jaguar come around …
SCOTT ANTHONY
10:12 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
AGREED ! .................. ' A DRUNK DRIVER CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER ' !!!!! .. Hats off to Upper Dublin Police AND OTHER P.D.,S for taking "drunk driving seriously "each and almost EVERY year we lose approx. 16,000 Americans from drunk driving , This is an epideminc !! "WTF " The Courts need to stop giving this guys "work release " and ' RIP ' ( restrictive intermeidatte punishment) " sentencing… more ›