Crime & Safety
Alleged Middle School Porn Ring / 'Gypsy Scam' / Halloween Candy Hoax: Top Pa. Crime News
Join us as we count down the top ten most bizarre, disturbing, and wild crime stories from around southeastern Pennsylvania the past week.

Join us as we count down the top ten most bizarre, disturbing, and wild crime stories from around southeastern Pennsylvania over the past week.
10. Missing Persons Alert: Police Ask For Help Finding Missing Montco Woman
It’s the second time she’s gone missing this month. Her first disappearance was never explained.
9. Continued ‘Serial’ Vehicle Thefts Plague Tredyffrin
- Police urge residents to take these precautions.
8. Suspect In Armed Robbery At Lansdale-Area Wawa Sought By Cops (VIDEO)
- Do you recognize the man in this footage?
7. Bucks County Resident Reports Tainted Halloween Candy
- A Bensalem resident said she believes she received Halloween candy that was tampered with.
6. BREAKING: One Arrested In Montco Double Homicide Investigation
- Two men were dead with multiple gunshot wounds at the Park Place Apartment complex in Norristown on Wednesday night.
5. Police In Bucks County Warn Of ‘Gypsy Scam’
- Two men from out of state have been seen in Bucks County trying to get money for faulty driveway sealing work, police say.
4. Montco Woman Died Trying To Save Dog In Halloween Fire: Report (VIDEO)
- The blaze reportedly displaced 18 residents from their homes.
3. Lansdale Nurse Allegedly Funded Florida Vacation With Money From Dead Patient: Cops
- One suspect was taken into custody at Philadelphia International Airport as she left the plane. But another is at large.
2. Needles Found In Halloween Candy A Hoax: Police
- Juveniles who reported finding needles in Halloween candy in Chester County will be charged with filing a false report, police said.
1. Tredyffrin Students Allegedly Had Pornographic Images Of Middle School Classmates: Cops
- The suspects are accused of creating and sharing nude images of students at Valley Forge and Tredyffrin Easttown Middle Schools.
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