Crime & Safety

Yardley Man Charged With Stalking After Road Incident

The man followed the woman to a house of worship and, then, even to Yardley Borough Police headquarters.

YARDLEY, PA — A Yardley man is facing criminal charges after police say he stalked a fellow motorist after a roadway incident.

At 6:52 p.m. Thursday, a New Jersey woman came to Yardley Borough Police headquarters and reported that she had been followed and harassed by a man with Pennsylvania license plates. She told officers the man followed her from Interstate 295 to a house of worship in a nearby town then, finally, to police headquarters itself.

Using surveillance cameras at police headquarters, police were able to locate a suspect who, they say, admitted that he had followed the woman due to "an on-road incident" on I-295.

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The man, a 39-year-old from Yardley, is charged with stalking and harassment, police said. Police did not identify the man in a social media post.

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