Warminster Woman Nabbed During Burglary In Progress

WARMINSTER TOWNSHIP, PA — A township woman is among two suspects in custody after being charged in an overnight burglary at a Bensalem Township home.

Bensalem Police responded at 12:44 a.m. on Friday for an unoccupied vehicle at the end of Tremont Avenue. While checking the surrounding area, officers discovered a broken window and an unsecured door at 3190 Tremont Avenue.

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After additional officers arrived, including a K9 officer, officers entered the building and located two people inside the home.

Searches of both suspects yielded tools believed to have been used during the burglary, as well as drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Police charged Matthew Guiffrida, 44, of Newtown and Lauren McKenna, 38, of Warminster.

Guiffrida and McKenna were each charged with Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Possessing an Instrument of Crime, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Both were arraigned by Magisterial District Justice Terrence P. Hughes, Sr., who set Guiffrida's bail at 10 percent of $200,000 and McKenna's bail at 10 percent of $25,000.

Both were subsequently remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.