Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
UPDATED: 10:02 a.m., Thursday:
The three people arrested – two men and a woman – were preliminarily arraigned Wednesday around 8:30 p.m. before District Judge Gary Gambardella.
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Taeshaun Chris Poole, 24, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was charged with four counts aggravated assault and one count of conspiracy to pass bad checks. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $1 million bail.
Reginald C. Paul, 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged with two counts of forgery and a single count of bad checks. He was held on 10 percent of $150,000 bail.
Emorie Sahara Rennix, 21, of Harlem, New York, was charged with two counts of forgery and a single count of bad checks. She was released on $100,000 unsecured bail.
Original Story:
Three suspects were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after an investigation into alleged bank fraud in Newtown Township and a large manhunt.
Newtown Township police said officers on patrol spotted what they believed to be suspicious activity around 12:30 p.m. outside the Truist Bank located on Campus Drive, just off the Newtown Bypass.
When looking into the situation, officers confirmed that a fraud was in progress inside the bank, police said.
While officers were investigating, a vehicle believed to be connected to the fraud fled the scene.
Police broadcast a description of the vehicle over the radio, and it was located a short time later at a Wawa on Lower Silver Lake Road.
When officers attempted to make contact with the vehicle’s occupants at the Wawa, the driver allegedly rammed a Newtown Township police vehicle in an effort to flee, police said.
The people in the SUV then fled on foot into a wooded area across the street.
A manhunt was launched with the assistance of multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office, Bucks County Park Police, Warrington Township Police Department, Lower Makefield Township Police Department, Solebury Township Police Department, Middletown Township Police Department, Yardley Borough Police Department, Lower Southampton Township Police Department, and Newtown Borough Police Department.
Officers on foot and in vehicles searched the areas near the Wawa and bank in Newtown, Middletown, and Lower Makefield townships.
By 1:30 p.m., the three suspects were in police custody.
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The three suspects are expected to be charged. No charges had been filed as of 4:30 p.m.
No injuries to officers or suspects were reported during the incident.
The Newtown Township police SUV sustained minor damage to its front end from the collision, while the suspect’s vehicle, a Nissan SUV, appeared to have little damage.
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