Press Releases

January 19, 2017 Case 17-002655 At approximately 2:40 PM on January 19, 2017, a person called 9-1-1 and reported that someone was “going to open up fire on people at the Mall!” Numerous Police Units responded to the area of the Mall and began a search inside and out for a suspect with negative results.…

…In addition to today’s appointments of the division chiefs, Shapiro also announced that Abington Township Police Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Kelly will become Senior Agent in Charge overseeing all agents in OAG.  “Chief Bill Kelly is a highly respected law enforcement official in Pennsylvania, and we’re delighted that he has agreed to become…

January 10, 2017 Case 17-001233 At approximately 3:40 PM on January 9, 2017, a suspect who is pictured below and who is described as a male wearing a black jacket with a white Nike emblem, blue jeans, tan boots and a dark colored ski mask entered the store.   The suspect approached a female employee and…

January 8, 2017 Fourteen-year-old Grace Packer died at the hands of her own mother and her mother’s boyfriend, who conspired to beat, rape, poison and ultimately strangle the teen, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub said early today. Sara Packer and Jacob Sullivan then preserved the girl’s corpse for weeks in cat litter before…

December 28, 2016 Case 16-052525 At approximately 5:00 PM on December 27, 2016, an 18 year old male from Glenside (victim) met up with three other male acquaintances and the four decided to meet some girls near Highland Avenue. They took a shortcut through Baederwood Park, entering from the Charles Street side. The victim said…