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Home Invasion

Friday, March 1, 2013

Sketch Released of Man Wanted for Huntingdon Valley Home Invasion

Lower Moreland Police say similar incidents have been reported in neighboring townships, including Upper Southampton.

The Lower Moreland Police Department has released a sketch of the individual wanted in a recent home invasion in Huntingdon Valley.  The incident was the latest of a string of home robberies that have occurred in Lower Moreland. But according to the police, this kind of activity is happening in many townships across Bucks and Montgomery Counties.   “We’ve seen an equivalent number of robberies here than in other townships,” Lower Moreland Police Det./Sgt. John MacDonald said. “Upper Moreland, Abington, Upper Southampton, Warminster... everyone is seeing the same kind of activity.” In the latest incident, a man posed as an employee of the Water Department. He told the resident that he needed to check the water in her home on the 170 block …

Steve A

11:54 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

Looks like a Russian to me.   more ›

Friday, January 18, 2013

Ambler Tavern Owner Killed in Home Invasion Robbery in Hilltown

Joseph Canazaro co-owned Finn McCool's in Ambler. Suspects believed to have fled in victims' pickup truck; described as armed and dangerous

Update, 5:03 p.m. The last murder that occurred in Hilltown Township was in 1990 at 12 Key Drive, when Eric Motis stabbed his neighbor Louise C. Hoopes, 42, a secretary at Grand View Hospital, and her sons Douglas, 16, and Daniel, 14, in their beds. Motis, 26, committed suicide in prison in 1998. Motis was facing three life sentences after pleading guilty at trial in 1991. Update, 4:23 p.m. The Reporter reports the black pickup truck has been located in Upper Bucks County. The truck has been located behind Quakertown Plaza Shopping Center on the 1400 block of West Broad Street in Quakertown. Update, 4:14 p.m. Chief Chris Engelhart has identified the victim as Joseph Canazaro, 48. Canazaro lived at the Swartley Road home with his girlfriend…

John W.

5:23 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

I entertain my clients at Finn's McCool regularly and thought the owner was doing fine. If it is true that Joe owed so much to SOMEBODY, we all know the answer now. Organized crime should be viewed differently. General public should worry about random petty crime rate in the community.   more ›

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