Editor's Note: The following Middletown and Edgmont township incidents have been supplied 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.
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia—S. Pennell Road at about 9:52 a.m. on March 8. Police came across a disabled vehicle blocking traffic with a man and woman inside, according to State Police. After the vehicle was moved off the roadway and officers were going to take the people home, police discovered drug paraphernalia on both the man and woman, according to State Police. Both people were taken into custody, charges were filed and the two were released, according to State Police
Burglary—100 block of Linda Lane between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on March 12. Unknown persons entered the residence and removed a computer and some jewelry, according to State Police.
Retail Theft—Sears at the Granite Run Mall at about 5:30 p.m. on March 12. A 24-year-old Marcus Hook man allegedly removed the security device around a Dyson vacuum cleaner, valued at $399.99, according to State Police. The man tried to run past the store's lost prevention personnel but was stopped in the parking lot and detained, according to State Police. The man was charged in connection with retail theft, disorderly conduct and related offenses, according to State Police.
