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Suspects Arrested After Assault on Abington Police Officers

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Case #: 20-005298    Hope Brouwer-Ancher On February 6, 2020 at approximately 9:30 PM officers from the Abington Township Police Department responded to a large disturbance in and around the vicinity of the Burger King restaurant for a report of a fight involving a large group of people. Officers attempted to disperse the crowd. While…
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Suspect Arrested for Indecent Assault of a Child

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Case # 20-004360 Joseph Cornelius Richardson, 18, of Philadelphia was arrested on February 6, 2020 for the Indecent Assault of a Child.  The victim reported that in July of 2019 Richardson, who was known to the victim’s family, sexually assaulted her in her home located in Abington Township.  An investigation followed which led to an…
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Chief Molloy Responds to Divisive Comments in an Effort to Bring our Diverse Community Back Together and Promote the “Abington Way”   

Peace Officers all over this country take an oath to protect and serve with honor and integrity, and they are certainly not routinely shooting people. Officers are human beings, who are imperfect, and sometimes make mistakes, especially when having to make a life or death, split-second decision.  During such confrontations in which officers use deadly…
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