1166 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001
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Extortion Scam

Community Alerts
The Abington Township Police Department has received reports from several individuals who have received extortion scam letters through the mail.  The letter threatens to expose, allegedly, embarrassing family information unless the victim sends $2,000 in Bitcoin.  Bitcoin is a virtual currency that provides a high degree of anonymity to the transactions.  The recipients are given…
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Burglary, 600 Block of Montgomery Avenue

Press Releases
Case 16-044511 At approximately 12:41 PM on October 26, 2016, a female resident was home and heard someone loudly banging on her front door.  The resident then saw the same man who she was able to describe walk down the side of her house and start banging loudly (kicking) on her rear, sliding glass doors. …
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Possible 911 Service Interruption

Community Alerts
The Department of Public Safety has been alerted that a cable providing phone service in this area has been cut and that is causing degraded service for 9-1-1 calls coming into Montgomery County’s Emergency Communications Center. Callers using landlines to call 9-1-1 could receive a busy signal. If that happens, the caller should use a…
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Bank Robbery – B B & T Bank, 990 Old York Road, Abington

Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE Case 16-043668 At 9:03 AM on October 20, 2016 the male whose picture appears below walked into the bank just after it had opened.  The man walked directly to a teller and opened a small book which displayed a note that demanded money.  The clerk handed the man an undisclosed amount of assorted…
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