Downed Wires Close Sycamore Street, Police Say

At approximately 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to South Sycamore Street near 7-Eleven for a report that cables had been pulled down onto the road. Officers located a tractor trailer making a delivery nearby and confirmed with the driver that he had traveled through the area of the downed wires.

Verizon sent someone to repair the damage, according to police. Personnel from Newtown Township Public Works placed barricades around the wires for safety.   

An officer checked the area around 3 p.m. and spoke with the Verizon worker, who said Comcast was also involved in the repairs, police said. At that point, the worker told police repairs were finished and the road was reopened.

An owner of one of the buildings called police at 3:15 p.m. to report that the building had been damaged when the wires were ripped off.  

Newtown Township Police Department also reported the following recent activity:

Tuesday, April 30

While on patrol in Wrightstown Township around 10:30 a.m., an officer noticed that a tri-axle dump truck had lost some of its load of stone on Swamp Road at 2nd Street Pike. Police said the officer contacted quarry personnel and they got a crew to clean up the stones. 

At approximately 6 p.m., police were dispatched to a home in Newtown Township for a report of three missing children all under the age of 11.  When the officer arrived to the home, a parent said all of the children had been located.

Wednesday, May 1

Between 6:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. police conducted a Motor Carrier Safety Checkpoint on Durham Road in Wrightstown.  During the detail officers checked 13 trucks and one school bus.  There were no violations on the bus; police issued six citations for various violations and one truck was placed out of service. 

Shortly after 9 p.m., police responded to Partridge Court after a resident reported that her vehicle had been damaged while it was parked on the cul-de-sac.  The victim told the officer that she parked the car around 4:30 p.m. and when she arrived home she found that one of the rear windows was shattered.  Nothing was taken from inside the car, police said.