Year In Review 2024: Top Stories In Lower Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —Crime led the way in 2024 with a fatal shooting of three family members in Falls Township and the beheading of a Middletown Township man allegedly by his son.

Meanwhile, a Warminster bakery closed after 88 years and the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem Township changed ownership.

These were some of the top stories making news in Lower Bucks County this past year:

Suspect In Custody After Killing 3, Barricading Himself In NJ: Police

A man killed two family members and the mother of his two children in a shooting in March. He was taken into custody after a standoff in which he barricaded himself in a Trenton, N.J., home for several hours, authorities said. (Read More)

Man Tried To Rape, Kidnap Woman In Lower Bucks Grocery Store Lot. The Claims Turned Out To Be False

A Lower Makefield Township man was charged with attempting to rape and kidnap a woman in the Redner’s parking lot in Middletown Township in April. Authorities later charged a Bristol Township woman for making false claims of her attack. (Read More)

Burlington-Bristol Bridge Vulnerable For Collapse: Analysis Says

The New York Times analyzed federal data and shipping traffic in the wake of the Baltimore bridge collapse in May, finding dozens of vulnerable bridges spanning waterways that serve as corridors for large vessels nationwide. And a Lower Bucks County bridge was on the list. (Read More)

Lower Bucks Co. Bakery Closes After 88 Years

Rilling's Bucks County Bakery in Warminster in the Davisville Shopping Center at 868 E. Street Rd. closed its doors for good after 88 years in March. (Read More)

Neshaminy Mall Sold To Company With Ties In Lower Bucks

The Neshaminy Mall —a longtime Lower Bucks County shopping mecca —was sold to a company with ties already to Lower Bucks County and the Philadelphia region. (Read More)

Violent Assault Preceded Bucks Co. Beheading: DA

Justin Mohn's father was shot in the head before he was beheaded at his Levittown home. Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said that Michael Mohn, 68, suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and then his head was cut off with a machete in February. (Read More)