DUI Arrests, Theft Of Cosmetics Lead Newtown Borough Police Report

NEWTOWN BOROUGH, PA — The Newtown Borough Police Department reported a busy month of April, answering 184 calls for service including nine traffic accidents.

That number of traffic accidents "was a high number for us," reported Chief James Sabath. "A few of those were hit and runs, which we had to track down - people who left the scene of an accident leaving other people behind."

The department also reported two arrests for public drunkenness - a 36-year-old man from Langhorne was arrested. "He needed to be transported to St. Mary Medical Center based on the level of his intoxication. We also arrested a 61-year-old man from Holland on South State Street."

Police also investigated a retail theft at the CVS Pharmacy on Lincoln Avenue.

"A woman walked into the store and walked out with $1500 worth of cosmetics. Video showed her getting on the SEPTA bus. She got off the bus somewhere in the Bensalem area," the chief said.

The department also reported one narcotics investigation. A 26-year-old man from Trevose was arrested for marijuana possession.

"We also had three DUI arrests - a 31-year-old man on Washington Avenue, a 53-year-old woman from Langhorne who was found passed out in her car on Edgeboro Drive in the middle of the lane, and a 30-year-old man from Langhorne who was arrested for going the wrong way on Penn Street," said the chief.