Man Cited For Shoplifting $3 Worth of Pasta Salad From Genuardi's

Newtown Township Police report the following activity:

Tuesday, Sept. 6

Shortly before 9 a.m., police responded to Genuardi’s for a report of shoplifting.  When police arrived, the manager provided a description of the subject and the vehicle he was driving. The motorist was located and stopped by police. The driver, 52-year-old Mark Higgins of Doylestown, allowed the officer to search his car, where a container of pasta salad was found. Higgins told the officer that he took the food valued at $3.36 without paying for it. He was transported to police headquarters, where a criminal history check was completed. Higgins had no previous arrests for retail theft so he received a citation charging him with the theft and was transported back to his vehicle and released.

Wednesday, Sept. 7

While patrolling the Newtown Bypass, police stopped a motorist around 9:50 a.m. because the registration on the car was under suspension.  Further investigation revealed that the vehicle was uninsured.  The driver, 21-year-old Thomas Beyer of Morrisville, received a citation charging him with the two violations. The owner of the vehicle will receive a citation charging her with allowing the violation to occur. 

Thursday, Sept. 8

At approximately 6:50 a.m., police responded to flooding at the bridge over the Neshaminy Creek on Second Street Pike at the border of Northampton Township.  While officers were blocking the roadway, a car attempted to cross the bridge and was swept away onto the adjacent property. Officers requested marine rescue equipment; fire apparatus responded on both sides of the bridge.  Another motorist told police that he had access to a large front-end loader. He went to Miller Quarry and returned to the scene with the equipment and used the loader to rescue the driver, a 63-year-old Warminster man.  The driver was not injured and was transported to his place of employment by police.  The vehicle will remain until the water recedes, police said.