Foot Chase, Price Tag Swap For Meat Top Lower Makefield Twp. Crimes

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —A man swapped a price tag and walked out of ShopRite paying $2 for meat when it cost $100. And a shoplifting led to a police chase.

Those were some of the incidents the Lower Makefield Township Police Department reported in their police blotter of crimes for the past week.

These are the criminal incidents:

Oct. 12

RETAIL THEFT —Unit block of Oxford Valley Road at the Shell Gas Station, reported at 8:58 a.m. Police responded to a panic alarm for an unwanted subject who was shoplifting. The subject fled upon police arrival. A foot chase ensued and the man was captured by police. The 22-year-old man, with no fixed address, was arrested for retail theft, resisting arrest, and providing false identification to law enforcement. A records check revealed he was wanted out of Ohio. He was arraigned by District Justice Kronnagel and sent to BCCF in lieu of $15,000 bail with 10 percent.

• 600 block of Rose Hollow Drive, reported at 9:31 a.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) used their information to obtain unemployment benefits.
• 1100 block of Gloria Lane, reported at 5 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) used their information to open credit cards.

Oct. 11

RETAIL THEFT —1600 block of Big Oak Road at Shop Rite, reported at 3 p.m. The manager reported that on Sept. 3, a known man entered the store, swapped on a price tag, and left the store after paying $2 for $100 worth of meat. Criminal charges are pending for the 31-year-old Southampton man.

Oct. 10

ATTEMPTED THEFT FROM VEHICLE —1400 block of Oxford Valley Rd. at Yardley Rehab, reported at 7:33 p.m. The complainant reported unknown person(s) smashed their vehicle’s window and rummaged through it. Nothing is reported missing at this time.

Oct. 9

RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY ARREST —900 block of Stony Hill Road, reported at 1:40 p.m. Police on patrol received an LPR hit for a stolen vehicle at the location. Further investigation led to the arrest of a 42-year-old man from Upper Marlboro, MD, for receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana.

Oct. 8

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF —1100 block of Garey Drive, reported at 11:22 a.m. The complainant reported sometime overnight, an unknown person(s) egged the residence.

Oct. 7

CRIMINAL TRESPASS ARREST —1600 block of Bluebird Drive, reported at 2:37 p.m. Police responded to the report of a known subject attempting to break into the residence. Further investigation led to the arrest of a 36-year-old man Aston man for defiant trespass and criminal trespass.

Oct. 6

• 1000 block of Bancroft Lane, reported at 12:14 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) intercepted a mailed check, altered it, and cashed it.
• 1200 block of Knox Drive, reported at 2 p.m. The complainant reported the theft of packages from a mailbox.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF —400 block of Stony Hill Road, reported at 5:40 p.m. The complainant reported an unknown person(s) attempted to break into a shed by cutting the lock.