Penndel News

Levittown - A financially strapped man who police say tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and her daughter by pumping poisonous fumes into their apartment while they slept was sentenced Monday in Bucks County Court in Doylestown.Paul Hurlock, 39, will serve five to 10 years in a state prison followed by 12 years of probation.

Three men scammed Xerox out of $90,000 worth of printing supplies by ordering the goods through shell companies based in Bensalem and paying with fraudulent bank accounts, according to court documents.The supplies in question - boxes of ink sticks for the Phaser 7500 color printer - have not been recovered, police said.

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. - November 23, 2009 -- When the Salvation Army Thrift stores in Levittown and Penndel closed their doors, shoppers were at a loss.

PENNDEL, Pa. - November 22, 2009 -- A woman is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Penndel Officials say the victim was struck by the vehicle at the intersection of Neshaminy Street and Dehaven Avenue at around 1:00 p.m. Medics transported the female to a local hospital.

Sunday service was over, choir practice had just ended and Elizabeth G. Reinas was walking the hundreds of feet from Redeemer Lutheran Church to her home.

Local pantries can't keep their shelves stocked high enough, as a growing number of families struggle to afford basics like food.

Six agencies have been recommended to receive at least $100,000 as part of the $2.5 million Bucks County will divvy up from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program.

Penndel hoped to receive a portion of the $2.6 million in gaming money for the upcoming distribution cycle in Bucks County, but that's unlikely since the borough submitted its application 15 minutes late.

Penndel officials seem to be backpedaling when it comes to campaign sign enforcement.

Share + Oct 14, 2009 9:37 pm US/Eastern PENNDEL, Pa. The owner of a suburban Philadelphia day care center has been ordered to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter and other charges for the death of a toddler left in a hot minivan for hours.

The Bristol Township Council said it will petition the state court to intercede in a growing number of casino impact grants sought by communities that do not border Philadelphia Park Casino.

A go-it-alone consolidation plan would mean a joint police force of part-timers under a single chief.

A Penndel man has been jailed on charges of having 1,000 images of child pornography on his computer.

Mike Buben, who joined the department in 1977, died instantly after his 2006 Corvette flipped over and landed on top of him.

A 67-year-old Middletown man has been charged with attacking with a golf club a 16-year-old whom he believed hit a golf ball through a window in his home.

County Commissioner Chairman James R. Matthews on Thursday announced that the county will dip into its cash reserves to pay agencies that are providing human services to county clients.

The co-owner of a Bucks County daycare center was charged with involuntary manslaughter today for the July 1 hyperthermia death of a 2-year-old boy whom she had forgotten in her van outside the center for seven hours.

Drag Specialties has named Andy Simon Jr., formerly a road rep in the Northeast U.S. region, as the distributor's new regional sales manager in the Southeast.

Avoiding a dead battery is apparently more important than avoiding cooking a baby to death.

Share + Aug 7, 2009 12:02 pm US/Eastern PENNDEL A Bucks County day care center co-owner has been charged in the death of a young boy left inside hot vehicle last month.