Facebook Fraud, Egged Homes Top Lower Makefield Twp. Crimes

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —Some are getting a jump on Mischief Night by egging houses in the township as police received three reports of such incidents. Meanwhile,

The Lower Makefield Township Police Department Friday released its blotter of criminal incidents for the past week.

These are the criminal incidents:

Aug. 24

FRAUD —1100 block of Edgewood Road, reported at 2:15 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) intercepted a mailed check, altered it, and cashed it.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF —700 block of Sumter Drive, reported at 9:01 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) egged their residence.

Aug. 23

DRUG ARREST —100 block of Oxford Valley Road, reported at 2:01 p.m. Police on patrol stopped a vehicle for violations. Further investigation led to the discovery of drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. The 37-year-old male driver from Philadelphia was taken into police custody.

Aug. 22

CRIMINAL TRESPASS —1700 block of Quarry Road at Grey Nun Academy, reported at 6:21 p.m. Police responded to an alarm activation at the location. Video surveillance showed a juvenile male in the building, who was gone on arrival by police.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF —100 block of Pine Lane, reported at 10:18 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) egged their residence.

Aug. 21

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF —500 block of Aspen Woods Drive, reported at 8:37 a.m. The complainant reported unknown person(s) egged their residence on Aug. 19 and Aug. 20.

FRAUD —1700 block of Partridge Road, reported at 12:08 p.m. The complainant reported fraudulent charges on their airline account.

FRAUD —600 block of Tomlinson Lane, reported at 12:35 p.m. The complainant reported receiving an email from someone they believed to know, offering them a job. A check for $1,500 was sent to the victim and they were advised to cash the check and send donations. The check
was fraudulent and the sender of the email was not the person they claimed to be.

IDENTITY THEFT —1100 block of Daffodil Drive, reported at 5:18 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) opened a credit card in their name.

Aug. 20

FRAUD —1500 block of Bramble Court, reported at 2:05 p.m. The complainant reported selling
an item on Facebook Marketplace for $1,500. The buyer sent a check for $4,500 and asked the seller to return $3,000. The fraudulent transaction was stopped before the victim lost money.

Aug. 17

THEFT —1200 block of Barclay Crescent, reported at 5:33 p.m. The complainant reported that their bank account has been charged approximately $800 by a church they are not familiar with since March.