In its search for applicants to become new Lower Pottsgrove Police Department officers, its Saturday testing strategy deviated a bit from past practices, with what seemed to be satisfying results
Safety
State Police from Reading said Friday they determined a bullet that hit a Douglassville woman inside a home was "accidentally" discharged from a gun nearby. She was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Scammer-related crimes demand an increasing amount of investigative time by Pennsylvania State Police at the Troop K Barracks in Skippack. Latest local examples have arisen in Skippack, Pennsburg, Trappe, East Greenville, Perkiomen, and Worcester.
A Morrisville man is in Montgomery County jail, awaiting a scheduled May 19 preliminary hearing in Pottstown, following his arrest for allegedly attempting to sell the drug fentanyl in the borough.
A 16-year-old driver from Collegeville was ticketed by Pennsylvania State Police, they reported Thursday, following his involvement in a two-car crash that occurred on West Main Street in Trappe.
Lower Pottsgrove township commissioners and its police department are acting on residents stated concerns about public safety in the wake of shots fired in an area south of Gerald Richards Park and along Pebble Beach Lane.
Motorcycle drivers involved in separate and unrelated single-vehicle accidents, on U.S. Route 422 in Limerick and Knight Road in Upper Hanover, both were cited for traffic offenses, troopers said Tuesday.
Pottstown police are asking for public help in finding a Chevrolet Tahoe they allege may be involved in two shootings that occurred April 2 in the borough. A Crime Stoppers cash reward is being offered.