Press Releases

At approximately 8:55 PM on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 a nine year old female who lived in Willow Grove was struck by a car as she attempted to cross Rockwell Road in Abington. The child was with a caretaker. Both the caretaker and the child were crossing Rockwell Road to get into a parked car.…

Case 14-042009 At approximately 9:30 AM on October 24, 2014, a home in the 700 block of Winding Road in the Baederwood Section of Abington Township was burglarized while no one was home. Entry was gained by prying open a ground floor window. The criminals then stacked items they stole from the house outside the…

A Statement by Abington Township Police Chief Bill Kelly Comments from Twitter accounts inferred possible impropriety by Chalfont Police Chief Karl Knott while he was a Lieutenant for Abington Township Police Department. We are in the process of investigating those inferences and, to date, have found absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing.  Furthermore, we now know…

A Statement by Abington Township Police Chief Bill Kelly The highest honor of the Abington Township Police Department is to “Respect, Obey and Defend the Constitution of the United States of America” and the constitutional rights of all citizens regardless of “actual or perceived race, color, religious creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual…