Newtown Borough Hires Part-Time Officer, Hears Police Report

NEWTOWN BOROUGH, PA — The Newtown Borough Council on Tuesday voted to hire a new part-time non-Civil Service police officer.

In a unanimous vote, the council extended a conditional offer of employment to Dylan Maddux.

Maddux is a resident of Bucks County and a 2023 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a BS degree in criminal justice and a minor in sociology.

Maddux also is a graduate of the Montgomery County Municipal Police Academy.

In other police news, Chief James Sabath reported that during the month of November the department responded to 161 calls for service, including three accidents, none with serious injuries.

The Chief said one of the more interesting calls of the month sent police to South State Street where a vehicle had driven off of the roadway and into an empty lot.

Police found the driver semi-conscious behind the wheel of the vehicle.

“When he was awakened, he became combative with the officers,” said the chief. “We eventually got him subdued and he was transported to the hospital where we thought he was going to be DUI.

“He was having a medical emergency and that was why he was combative,” the Chief said.

“Sometimes you go into a diabetic shock type of thing. It has the same appearance as a DUI. We had to get a search warrant to get his hospital records but that’s what it revealed.”

“Sometimes you go into a diabetic shock type of thing. It has the same appearance as a DUI. We had to get a search warrant to get his hospital records but that’s what it revealed.”

Also in November, police responded to two calls through Safe2Say, a program set up by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office to field anonymous tips from students regarding threats against a school or threats against themselves or other students.

“We did respond to two of those calls for a teenager who was said to be suicidal. We were able to stop that from occurring,” said the chief.

The Chief also reported the theft of two “pedestrian safety” sentinels on South State Street.

“Two kids pulled up in a gray pickup truck, got out and stole the sentinels in front of the liquor store. We were unable to get a tag on the car, but that was pretty brazen of them.”

Police also participated in a number of events in November including the holiday events this past weekend including the tree lighting, the house tour and the parade. “They went really well,” the chief reported.