Crime & Safety

Frying Pan Attack, Dead Vermin, Ripped Pants Top Regional Police News

We're never lacking for weird police news in eastern Pennsylvania.

Sometimes Good Fences Won't Cut It: According to a report from Ardmore Patch, a Haverford husband and wife, both real estate agents, were recently cited with trying to sabotage the potential sale of their neighbor's house by planting dead vermin on the property. Get the full story here.

Good Thing She Didn't Have a Shovel: Police say a Bethlehem woman threatened to kill her sister and hit her with a frying pan. 

Mugging and Wardrobe Malfunction: It's bad enough getting your wallet stolen but the victim in this case had his pants ripped in the process.

Carted Off: A man was charged with multiple offenses after being arrested at a golf-course water station. Get the full story here.

Honk if You Saw Who Did It: Someone ripped up several hundred feet of "goose fence" from around a pond in Newtown Township, causing a headache that authorities won't be able to fix until the fall. Get the full story here.

Burglary Practice? This one is a mystery. Someone vandalized a window and broke into a house in broad daylight on Tuesday, yet nothing was taken from inside the house. Get the full story here.

About this column:
 OMG PD reviews the surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported by Eastern Pennsylvania Patch sites over the last week. All people mentioned in these stories are innocent until proven guilty. Charges and arrests do not indicate guilt. Reach out to Nate at nathana@patch.com with questions about this column.1`


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