Crime & Safety

Two Underage Drivers Arrested for DUI in Separate Early-Morning Incidents

The first incident occured around 3:20 a.m. Saturday on Bucks Road, where police stopped a car due to a traffic violation.

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Newtown Township Police arrested two motorists under the age of 21 for driving under the influence of alcohol in two separate early-morning incidents Saturday.

The first incident occured around 3:20 a.m. on Bucks Road, where police stopped a car due to a traffic violation.

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At the stop the driver, a 20-year-old Langhorne resident, was taken into custody for driving under the influence of alcohol and was taken to Saint Mary Medical Center for a blood draw.  

Three 20-year-old passengers, two of them residents of Northampton Township, were also found to be drinking underage and will be issued non-traffic citations by police.  Another passenger, a 21-year-old Newtown Township resident, was found to be in possession of an open alcoholic beverage and will receive a citation charging him with the violation.

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Shortly after 5 a.m. that same morning, police arrested a 19-year-old Chancellor Street resident in the area of the 7-11 on South Sycamore Street for suspected DUI. He was taken to Saint Mary Medical Center to have blood drawn for testing before being transported to his home and released. Charges are pending the results of the blood work.

Police also reported the following recent incident:

  • A Cambridge Lane resident reported that her mountain bike was stolen from the rear patio of the residence sometime on Friday.


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