Crime & Safety

Woman Used Pruning Shears To Threaten Lower Makefield Neighbor: PD

Lower Makefield Township Police said the incident took place last Saturday morning on Janney Lane.

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — A 45-year-old township woman has been charged after making terroristic threats to a neighbor using pruning shears, police said.

The Lower Makefield Township Police Department charged the unnamed woman with terroristic threats, harassment, and
disorderly conduct.

Police responded at 8:20 a.m. Saturday to the 1700 block of Janney Lane to the report of someone armed with pruning shears making threats to a neighbor.

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The woman was arrested, arraigned, and sent to Bucks County Prison on 10 percent of $25,000 bail.

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