Press Releases

Case # 19-049149  At approximately 5:15 pm on Monday, December 16, 2019 a forty-one-year-old male, who was crossing Old Welsh Road in the vicinity of Cummings Avenue, was struck by a vehicle. This male was immediately transported to Abington Jefferson Health Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.  This accident remains under investigation by…

Officer Sean Gargan, a twenty-two-year veteran of the Abington Township Police Department, has spent the past seven years serving as the School Resource Officer for the Abington Junior High School. Sean has done an outstanding job protecting, serving and mentoring thousands of students over the years.  On behalf of all the men and women of…

Case # 19-047092 On November 29, 2019, Pasquale Neri, of the 200 Block of Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia was arrested by Abington Township Police for an alleged sexual assault.  Neri was a patient at a Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center located within our jurisdiction. The staff of this facility acted quickly and immediately contacted the police. Neri…

Case # 19-040238 On October 29, 2019, the Abington Township Police Department received  a delayed  theft report from the Garda Armored car company. Garda representatives reported a theft of US Currency from one of their armored cars occurred at the the Willow Grove Park Mall on October 8, 2019. They reported that during this theft,…

19-046820 At approximately 7:30 pm on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, a sixty-two-year-old male from Cheltenham Township was struck by a car as he was walking on the sidewalk along Townshipline Road in Abington.  Preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle traveling eastbound near Forest Avenue lost control and left the roadway traveling onto the sidewalk striking…