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Drug Dealer, wrong place wrong time
Press Release
Prepared by Sergeant Andrew Aninsman
On 10/06/08 at about 8 PM Bensalem Police K-9 Officer Brian Cowden was patrolling the Route 1 corridor, when a 2002 Lexus exited a gas station onto Route 1. The vehicle accidentally cut off Ofc. Cowden’s police vehicle. Upon stopping the vehicle, Ofc. Cowden felt something was wrong so he summoned additional officers to the scene. After the two adults exited the vehicle. Officer Cowden observed two small children ages, 5 and 3, in the back seat. Neither had seat belts securing their safety. A search of the vehicle netted 1 ¼ pounds of black tar heroin, with street value of $325,000. Also recovered in the vehicle was $82,000 in US currency.
The passenger, Giselle Lozada 25 yrs of age from the 100 blk of Godfrey St Philadelphia, and the driver Jose Francisco Zacarias Pena from the 5200 blk of Oxford Ave Philadelphia, were both arrested. They were arraigned by Magisterial Justice Finnelli and sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 1,000,000 bail.
The vehicle and $82,000 will be forfeited under the Bucks County forfeiture act.
Bensalem Police create a “MYSPACE” page
Predators “BEWARE”
Press Release
Prepared by Sergeant Andrew Aninsman
The Bensalem Twp Police Department would like to announce the creation of a departmental MySpace.com page as part of the national MySpace.com #1 friend program. This is the first time in Bucks County and one of the firsts in Pennsylvania, that a police department has created such a page. The page will act as a deterrent for online Child Predators praying on the Bensalem youth. The idea is to get children to add the department's page as their "#1" friend on MySpace making law enforcement visible on the child's page. The page can also be used as an information source for the public. Detective Joe Sciscio from the Bensalem Township Special victims unit worked diligently to create the Myspace.com which can now be accessed through the main page of the Police Departments web site. www.bensalempolice.org <http://www.bensalempolice.org>, and clicking on the icon:
From the prevalence of media attention recently being paid to children being sexually exploited from social networking websites, like MySpace, parents, children and law enforcement are all aware of the potential dangers that exist there. It was because of this danger, that the following idea was conceived. What if there was a way to deter predators from a child's MySpace in the same way that an alarm system deters burglars from your house?
Every local law enforcement agency should create a MySpace Page that can be used for education, reporting, and to reach out to children online. However, the more important job of this law enforcement MySpace page would be to act as a deterrent to predators. If local children added the local law enforcement page as a "friend" to the child's MySpace page, AND the child selected the local law enforcement agency to be their number one "friend", there would be obvious police prominence on the child's MySpace page. Now, if a predator came across this child's page, first, law enforcement would be clearly displayed on the page as soon as they visited the child's MySpace page and second, the child would have access to the local law enforcement agency with one click of the mouse.
Parents can encourage their kids to add the local police department as the number one "friend" as a condition of being allowed to have a MySpace page.
Our goal is to help deter predators from contacting children. Also, it is not a bad thing to have a police officer as your friend.
Narcotics Arrest
Press Release
Prepared by Sergeant Andrew Aninsman
On Monday evening 11/09/08 at approximately 8:20 PM Bensalem Police stopped a 2008 Toyota Avalon for a traffic violation in the area of US Route 1 and Old Lincoln Hwy. During contact, police were able to search the vehicle and subsequently seized approximately 125 grams of bulk raw heroin which has an approximate street value of $20,000. As police attempted to arrest one Charles Bernhardt 43 yr old male from McKean St in Philadelphia, he fled across RT 1 nearly getting struck by a Tractor Trailer. Police chased the actor, and after a foot chase, were able to take him into custody without further incident. Another male Tyronne Greir 38 yr old male with no fixed address, was taken into custody at the scene after complying with police orders.
Both actors were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. They were arraigned by Magisterial District Justice John Kelly and sent to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $75,000 or 10%.
Wawa Robbery
On Tuesday, November 13, 2008 at 12:33 am, Bensalem Township Police responded to the Wawa located in the 1500 block of Bristol Pike in Bensalem Township for the report of a robbery.
The clerk at the time, stated that a white male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt came up to the counter to buy one piece of candy. He handed her a $1 bill then pulled a knife from his pocket and told her to give him all of the money. The white male then reached over the counter and grabbed the bills from the open register and fled the store on foot south bound on Bristol Pike towards Woodhaven Road with an undetermined amount of cash.
The actor is described as a white male, 5’8” to 6’ tall, approximately 220 pounds, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a black knit cap underneath the hood, gray sweatpants and light colored sneakers.
Bensalem Township Police are asking for your help. If you have any information about this robbery please contact Detective Glenn Vandegrift @ 215.633.3638.
