Pennsylvania State Police released crash and arrest statistics Monday that detail the extent of motor vehicle accidents that occurred during the just-ended, three-day New Year holiday period.
A Pottstown driver was arrested on U.S. Route 422 on drug-related charges, state police reported Monday. They also are investigating separate and unrelated thefts by deception in Red Hill, Upper Frederick, and Skippack.
Reading-based state police are looking to put a name with the face of a woman who allegedly used a stolen benefits card to buy groceries from the Redner's Market in Douglassville. Know her?
Skippack-based state police are continuing their investigation into a Gravel Pike, Perkiomen Township, residential burglary that occurred during early morning hours on Christmas Day.
State Police have issued four citations to a Schwenksville man who crashed his car into a telephone pole on Schwenksville Road near Lawson Road, and then left the scene without notifying them.
Separate and unrelated traffic incidents that occurred only minutes apart, at opposite ends of James Road in Upper Hanover Township, were investigated by Pennsylvania State Police, they said Monday.
The winter holiday season that starts just before Thanksgiving and ends just after New Year's Day is Pennsylvania's worst period for crashes and fatalities. Law enforcers hope to limit unsafe and impaired driving as 2022 begins.
Pennsylvania State Police, in reports distributed Sunday on separate and unrelated incidents, said they charged an Perkiomenville man with simple assault, and a Pottstown man with driving under the influence.