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Police News

12/16/2011 - Two Arrested and Sentenced for Trafficking Pills

After a lengthy investigation by Lower Makefield Township Narcotics officers, two Yardley area dealers were arrested earlier in the year, and recently sentenced.
Craig Biggers, 30 years old, of South Canal Street in Yardley Borough and Patrick McGrath, 22 years old, of Letchworth Ave. Yardley Borough, were charged with making sales to undercover officers for sales of Percocet and Oxycontin.
Biggers was identified as a trafficker of Percocet and Oxycontin in November of 2010 and was operating inside Lower Makefield Township and Yardley Borough. Biggers was believed to be working with and supplying Patrick McGrath, also known as (Fat Pat) to his customers on the street. Based on this information, Lower Makefield officers launched an extensive undercover narcotics investigation.
These dealers, as far back as 2008, sold Pecocet and Oxycontin by the thousands and Marijuana to area residents in Lower Makefield, Yardley and other jurisdictions.
Biggers recently plead guilty to the charges of possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility, and criminal conspiracy (all felonies) and was sentenced to eleven and a half (11 ½) to twenty three (23) months in Bucks County Prison.
A search warrant executed on McGrath’s residence yielded narcotics, packaging material and digital scales. McGrath plead guilty to the charges of possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility, and criminal conspiracy (all felonies) was sentenced to twelve (12) to twenty three (23) months in Bucks County Prison.
Lower Makefield Police are continuing to pursue drug investigations that are affecting the area communities, residents, and young people.

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2/8/2011 : Male Arrested for Abduction and Rape

Lower Makefield Township Police received information that a female was abducted in New Jersey (Lawrence Twp) by a male, and then taken by vehicle to a park in Pennsylvania. While at the park she was sexually assaulted by the male at point-of-gun.

After the assault, the victim was taken back to NJ. She contacted the Lawrenceville Police to report the assault. Lawrenceville PD then notified Lower Makefield Police.

After further investigation by Lower Makefield Detectives  it was determined that the location of the assault was in the parking lot of the 5-Mile Woods park in Lower Makefield Township just off of Big Oak Road.  A search of the crime scene area was conducted and the gun used was recovered.

The defendant, JOHN PERRY III, DOB 3/15/1947 (64), W/M, of the 400 block of Greenwood Ave in Trenton NJ, is being charged with  charged with the following felonies: Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Indecent Assault, Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and False Imprisonment.

 

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11/14/2011 - Narcotics Arrest

The Lower Makefield Township Narcotics Unit arrested Brian Shipp of Manor Lane in Yardley, PA and Shipp’s source, Christopher Rivera of Forest Avenue in Bristol, PA for delivering a quarter pound of Marijuana to an undercover officer in a parking lot in Yardley.

Rivera attempted to flee the buy/bust operation but was apprehended by the Narcotics Unit after a pursuit that ended with Rivera crashing into a median at Taylorsville & I-95 and ramming a marked LMTPD patrol unit.

An unidentified black male and source of Shipp and Rivera, known only by the street name of “J.R.” fled the transaction into a heavily wooded area adjacent to I-95 and Taylorsville avoiding apprehension.

The Narcotics Unit was able to identify “J.R.” as Al-Hakim Nunez of Terry Street in Bristol, PA through an investigation and an interview with a confidential informant. A felony arrest warrant has been prepared for Nunez for possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility, flight to avoid apprehension and dealing in proceeds from unlawful activity.

Nunez was previously arrested by LMTPD for possession of marijuana and at the time of arrest, Nunez was in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia consistent with drug distribution.

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10/25/2011 - Narcotics Sentencing

The Lower Makefield Township Narcotics Unit arrested Daiquan McKoy AKA “D” of Morrisville, PA for delivering one (1) eight-ball of cocaine and one (1) ounce of cocaine to an undercover officer on two (2) occasions in the parking lot of 1406 Kathy Drive, Yardley, PA 19067 on August 23, 2011 (Belmondo Apartment Complex).

McKoy was identified by an LMTPD Narcotics Unit confidential informant as a trafficker of Heroin and Cocaine operating inside Lower Makefield Township. McKoy is facing a mandatory THREE (3) TO SIX (6) YEAR State Prison Sentence for the investigation initiated by the Lower Makefield Township Narcotics Unit.

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5/17/11 - K-9 is Hero in Foot Chase

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