Crime & Safety

Blotter: Drunken Man Drives to Police Station to Collect Drunken Friend

The following information has been supplied by the Pennsylvania State Police-Media Barracks. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction.

Here is a list of recent incidents in Middletown and Edgmont townships reported by the Pennsylvania State Police-Media Barracks. Anyone with information regarding any of these incidents is asked to call police at 484-840-1000. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction.

DUI—State Police-Media Barracks at about 2:21 a.m. on Sept. 16. A 30-year-old Newark, Del. man, driving a Kia Soul, arrived at the police station to pick up a friend who had been arrested for DUI earlier in the evening, according to State Police. The 30-year-old man was determined to also be under the influence of alcohol and had driven his vehicle to the police station, according to State Police. The 30-year-old man was arrested for DUI and charges will be filed in District Court 32-2-48.

Burglary/Criminal Trespass—Middletown Township (address not provided by police) at about 2:52 p.m. on Sept. 13. A white man, about 6 feet tall, entered the victim's residence through an unsecured door and was confronted by the residents inside, according to State Police. The man then fled the scene on foot upon seeing the residents, according to State Police. The man was described to be in his late teens or early 20s, had a thin build and was wearing all black, according to State Police.

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