A Nockamixon Township, Bucks County woman pleaded guilty May 30 to vehicular homicide charges for causing a head-on crash last summer that killed a 21-year-old driver and seriously injured his 20-year-old girlfriend.
A woman who became infamous for her murder of Hellertown resident Rhonda Smith in an Upper Bucks County church office nearly a decade ago has died in prison at the age of 75, according to published news reports.
The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturer defendants misled the public about the dangers of prescription opioids, and that the defendants responsible for distributing opioids into the community disregarded their obligation to monitor distribution and halt any 'suspicious sales' to protect the community from an exorbitant flood of opioids. It seeks an undetermined amount of compensatory and punitive damages from 17 corporate defendants and one individual.
In addition to local police, federal and state law enforcement agencies are now investigating more than 20 mysterious explosions that have occurred in the early morning hours in the Upper Bucks County area since April 2, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
A 24-year-old Quakertown man is facing theft and receiving stolen property charges after Springfield Township police say he allegedly stole mail from the mailboxes of numerous residents along Rt. 212 Wednesday.
KABOOM! Things have been going bump in the night in Springfield Township and other parts of Upper Bucks County, and the Springfield Township Police Department and other law enforcement authorities want to know why.
A Montgomery County teen who fatally shot a 19-year-old Perkasie man during a 2016 drug robbery in the Upper Bucks borough pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter and three other felonies.
An Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, man, has admitted to being under the influence of drugs--including methamphetamine, crack cocaine and heroin--when he allegedly caused an accident on Rt. 412 in Springfield Township April 2, according to authorities.
The Springfield Township Police Department is urging residents to keep their garages, sheds and other accessory buildings locked after ATVs and dirt bikes were reported stolen from homes along Mine Road and Salem Road east of Rt. 309 Thursday afternoon.
The Springfield Township Police Department in Upper Bucks County late last month said it had already received its first report this year of a 'paving scammer' operating in the township.
