The following was provided courtesy of the Newtown Township Police Department.

Newtown Township

January 29

Fraud

A Newtown Township resident came into police headquarters to report fraudulent activity using her financial information.  The victim told police that close to $5,000 had been charged against her account, but the company will refund the fund for the deceptive charges.

January 30

DUI

While driving in the parking lot of the Newtown Shopping Center on West Road around 11:20 a.m., an officer observed a vehicle with heavy damage to the passenger side front wheel, side panel, and rear wheel of the vehicle.  The vehicle’s front wheel was resting on the rim with no rubber left on the tire.  It was determined that no other vehicle in the lot may have been involved in an event with this vehicle was one in the parking lot with damage.  As an officer approached the vehicle on foot and attempted to identify himself, the vehicle began to pull away.  The officer banged on the window of the car and was able to get the driver’s attention and have her stop the vehicle.  The driver was identified as 20-year-old Jessica Faith Reichart of Nutmeg Place in Levittown.  When the officer made contact with Reichart she appeared incoherent and dazed.  After a brief investigation the officer formed the opinion that Reichart had consumed alcohol beverages in an amount that rendered her incapable of safely operating her vehicle.  She was taken into custody and transported to Saint Mary Medical Center where she consented to have blood drawn to be submitted to the crime lab for analysis.  Reichart was released to family members and charges of DUI are pending the results of the lab work.

Tint Citation

At approximately 9:43 p.m. an officer was monitoring traffic at the intersection of Durham Road and Second Street Pike in Wrightstown Township when he observed a vehicle with heavy tint on the front windows.  The officer followed the motorist to south on Durham Road and when it turned onto Stoopville Road the officer performed a traffic stop near Hemlock Drive in Newtown.   After the vehicle stopped the officer shined his spot light on the rear windshield, but the window tint was so dark that he was unable to see inside of the vehicle.  The driver was identified as 24-year-old Johnny Kam Fai Chan from Perry Hall, Maryland.  Chan received a citation charging him with the window tint violation.

January 31

DUI

Shortly before 2 a.m., a vehicle being driven by 50 year-old Wendy Siegel of Yale Drive in Richboro was stopped for traffic violations.  At the stop Seigel was arrested for suspicion of DUI and transported to Saint Mary Medical Center for a blood draw.  Seigel was transported home and released, the blood evidence will be submitted to the crime lab for analysis and charges of DUI are pending the results.

Tint Citation & Disorderly Conduct

An officer stopped a motorist on the Newtown Bypass near the PennDOT yard just after 10:30 p.m.  due to a window tint violation.  The driver was identified as 28-year-old Ronald Gadonniex of Cedar Drive in Bensalem.  The officer determined that Gadonniex was driving while his license was under suspension, and the vehicle was registered to Gadonniex’s mother, 49-year-old Melinda Provenzano of Avenue C in Horsham.   Gadonniex gave the officer his permission to search of the vehicle and the officer located drug paraphernalia.  Gadonniex was asked to notify someone to respond to drive the vehicle home, which he did.  The paraphernalia was seized as evidence and Gadonniex will be cited by mail for the tint violation, driving under suspension, and disorderly conduct.  Provenzano will be cited by mail for permitting her son to drive a vehicle while his license is suspended.

February 1

Theft

Around 8 p.m., a student of Council Rock High School North called police to report that her cell phone was stolen from the women’s locker room at the school between 8:45 and 9:45 a.m. No value of the iPhone 5s was provided to police at the time the theft was reported.

Theft From Vehicle

A Hatboro resident called police at approximately 9:15 pm to report that her purse was stolen from her unlocked vehicle while it was parked in the parking lot of the Newtown Athletic Club.  The purse contained credit cards a checkbook and a small amount cash and as valued at approximately $200.00 and was left on the front passenger seat.  There was no damage to the vehicle and nothing inside was disturbed.

Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.