Township Police: Stranger Approaches Boy in Wrightstown

Newtown Township Police say a man in a dark-colored SUV approached a boy in Wrightstown Township Saturday, offering him candy.

The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on Jane Chapman Drive. The boy's parents called police to report that while his son was outside, a man operating a dark-colored SUV offered the child candy. Police responded and checked the neighborhood, but the suspect vehicle was not located. 

Newtown Township Police also reported the following activity:

Monday, April 9

At approximately 11:22 a.m., police were dispatched to a home on Fair Oaks Court for a report that a 16-year-old female was home alone and heard someone trying to get into through the front door.  As the first officer arrived at the scene, he was approached outside by two adults. The male adult provided his identification to the officer and explained that he is a real estate agent and had just put a for sale sign in front of the house and the noise the teen in the house heard was him putting the lock box on the front door.  The officer then spoke with the resident and confirmed that the house is for sale.  

Between the hours of 12 and 3:45 p.m., police responded to two calls for tree branches blocking roadways and one call for wires that had come off a pole and were also in the roadway.  Officers contacted the proper service providers to have the roads cleared.

Around 2:40 p.m. the School Resource Officer found a vehicle registration plate in the parking lot of the school.  The tag was stored at police headquarters and the owner was notified where to retrieve it.  

Tuesday, April 10

While conducting traffic surveillance on the Newtown Bypass shortly after 5 p.m., an officer observed a motorist fail to stop for the steady red signal at the intersection.  The officer stopped the motorist and the driver, 28-year-old Adalinea Quigley of Hunters Way in Newtown Township, received a citation charging her with the violation.  

Shortly after 6 p.m. an officer noticed a vehicle stopped along North Drive and made contact with the two adults in the car to make sure everything was in order.  The occupants explained that they stopped to program their GPS unit.  

Wednesday, April 11

At approximately 2:10 p.m., police responded to the Bucks County Community College for a report of criminal mischief to a vehicle.  The responding officer met with the student who reported that she parked her car shortly before 10 a.m. and when she returned she found that someone had written on her car in black magic marker.  The cost of the damage is unknown at this point.

Just before 6 p.m., police were dispatched to the area of the PECO Energy property l,ines by Linton Hill Road for a report of subjects riding dirt bikes on the private property.  When the responding officer arrived, he located two dirt bikes parked on the property with no one around.  The officer parked his patrol car and got out to investigate the situation and as he got closer to where bikes were, he saw a fort made out of sticks, logs and leaves.  Inside the fort there were five teens. They were asked to step outside and after the teens were identified the officer looked inside the makeshift fort and located three homemade smoking pipes along with a canister containing marijuana residue.  The contraband was confiscated and the bikes were impounded by until proof of ownership is provided to police.  Charges are pending.

Thursday, April 12

At approximately 3 p.m., police responded to Genurdi’s for a report of a retail theft that had just occurred with a male subject being detained by store employees.  When the officers arrived at the location and made contact with the employees, they learned that the male subject, identified as 63-year-old Arnold Gibbs of Tree Bark Lane in Northampton Township, had concealed multiple packs of batteries in his jacket before leaving the store without paying for them. The batteries cost $61.63 and they were returned to the store.  Gibbs was transported to police headquarters where he also admitted to taking some batteries from the Acme Market shortly before he went to Genuardi’s.  Those batteries were also returned to the Acme.  Police ran a background check on Gibbs and determined that this was his first offense of retail theft so he was release after police issued a citation to him charging him with the theft.                 

Around 9:15 p.m., police were dispatched to Hillhaven Court for a complaint that one of the residents had a fire in a pit and the caller was concerned with the safety of the situation.  When the responding officer arrived, the fire had been extinguished. The officer also noticed that there was a garden hose within close proximity to the fire pit.  The officer met with the adult and determined that there was no need for further police action.                  

Friday, April 13

Just before 11:30 a.m., police were dispatched to the Bucks County Community College when a student returned to his car after class and discovered that the windshield was covered with maple syrup.  There was no permanent damage to the car. 

Saturday, April 14

Around 4:40 p.m. police responded the Kirkwood development for a report that there were juveniles playing on construction equipment in the area of the tennis courts.  The responding officer located a tractor, but there were no juveniles in the vicinity.