Thursday, April 25, 2013
An unattended FedEx package left outside the Montgomery County Courthouse today gave authorities an impromptu emergency response drill.
Patch readers reported a lot of police activity at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Thursday afternoon. As it turns out, a box of envelopes left on the steps of the courthouse sparked all the action. According to The Times Herald, a sheriff's deputy spotted the unattended FedEx package just outside the entrance to the courthouse at around 12:30 p.m. and alerted the bomb squad. Authorities established a safe zone and evacuated part of the courthouse quickly. Read more about this afternoon's excitement here.
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Montgomery County Courthouse
493 Swede St, Norristown, PA
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A white male claiming to have a bomb on his person, took an unknown amount of money from the register and fled on foot.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Update 3 p.m.: Whitpain Police said the suspect had the fake bomb tied to his waist and wrapped in black electrical tape. The suspect then allegedly fled on foot, with no vehicle seen. The Abington Police Department's K-9 Unit found the device in the Giant's store driveway, a short distance away from the entrance. The suspect is described as being approximately 5'8" of thin build and was seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers. According to the press release from the Whitpain Police, the suspect had adhesive tape across his nose and extending to both of his cheeks. He was also seen wearing sunglasses. Any departments with information or similar incidents are asked to contact Whitpain Police Detective Division …
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Giant Food Stores
1750 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA
Man claiming to have bomb robs store
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler wrote about Marino's connection to a bomb found in Perkasie a day after Marino was killed in Sellersville.
Law enforcement will never be 100% certain that a bomb found behind Sellersville Fire Company a day after Michael W. Marino Jr., 26, was killed by Officer Seth Mumbauer came from the victim. However, documents with Marino's name and address found with the bomb –along with other items found with the bomb and near the former sign factory where Marino was squatting – do substantiate Marino's alleged involvement. In his findings related to the result of investigation by Bucks County detectives into Marino's death, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler recounts what went down the day after on June 10. At 3 p.m., Sunday, June 10, an adult male approached Tyler Gray, a volunteer firefighter at Sellersville Fire Company, and told him he and…
