Alleged Weed in Cars, Tops Summary Arrests

See who was recently arrested in Abington for allegedly having marijuana in their respective cars.

  Disorderly conduct … Jason Carter, 39, of Greene Street, Philadelphia, was arrested Sunday, April 28 at 8:55 p.m. following a traffic stop near the corner of Easton and Woodland roads in which police found a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle, police said. Disorderly conduct … Samuel Gallagher, 49, of Easton Road, Willow Grove, was arrested April 26 at 11:34 p.m. following a traffic stop near the corner of Easton Road and Rubicam Avenue in which police found a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle, police said. Public drunkenness … Howard Sands, 47, of Heston Street, Roslyn, was issued a non-traffic citation April 24 at 5:18 p.m. after police saw Sands staggering along Bradfield Road near Lafayette Avenue, police said. …

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Bring Your Old Drugs to Abington, Anytime

Abington gets one of 10 permanent prescription drug collection boxes in Montco.

  If you’ve got some old prescription drugs taking up valuable real estate in your cabinet, take them to Abington. The Abington Police Department recently received one of 10 permanent prescription drug collection boxes placed in Montgomery County. The green, mailbox-like container sits in the vestibule off of the lobby near the records room and is accessible to people 24/7, according to Abington Police Deputy Chief John Livingood.  “If someone comes in later tonight to the records room, and that’s closed, they can go across to the operations center, push a button and say, ‘I’ve got drugs,’ and they’ll come out and let them in,” Livingood said. The drugs are taken no-questions-asked. What’s accepted: What’s not accepted: Livingood said the …

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Alleged Strange Dog Encounter, Disorderly Conducts Top Summary Arrests

See the latest summary arrests from Abington Police.

Disorderly conduct … Terry Vaughn, 59, of Fairview Avenue, Willow Grove was arrested April 10 at 5:12 p.m. following a pedestrian stop near the corner of Nylsor Avenue and Easton Road, in which police found Vaughn to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana, police said. Disorderly conduct … Kameron Spencer, 20, of Cadwalader Avenue, Elkins Park, was arrested April 9 at 10:25 p.m. following a pedestrian stop behind McKinley Fire Co., police said. According to police, Spencer was in possession of drug paraphernalia. Retail theft … Terrell Davis, 26, of North 16th Street, Philadelphia, was issued a non-traffic citation by mail after a Target security guard saw Davis select store merchandise and “return” the merchandise by using a fake…

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Philly Man Arrested on Felony Drug Charges in Abington

An unsecured exhaust led to the 38-year-old man's arrest.

Philly Man Arrested on Felony Drug Charges in Abington

An unsecured exhaust led to the 38-year-old man's arrest.

Abington Police arrested a Philadelphia man who allegedly had suspected marijuana and small bags commonly used to package marijuana in his vehicle. Bruce Bennett, 38, of Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, was arrested March 2 at about 1 p.m. near the corner of Township Line Road and Zane Avenue  following a traffic stop for having tinted glass on his blue Mercury Grand Marquis and for having an unsecured exhaust pipe, police said. According to police, Bennett said there was a small amount of marijuana in the back seat of the vehicle. Police said they found a paper bag containing a sandwich bag, which contained six black-tinted Ziploc bags containing suspected marijuana. Also in the paper bag was another plastic bag with an apple stamped …

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Alleged Coke Dealer Arrested in North Hills

The Philadelphia resident has a lengthy criminal history.

  Abington Police arrested a Philadelphia man last month on felony drug charges in North Hills. Chavez Darryl ‘Swerve’ Brown, 28, of Arlington Street, Philadelphia, was arrested Jan. 5 just before 3 p.m. following a traffic stop near the corner of Spruce and Tennis avenues while he was driving a Dodge Magnum.  According to police, Brown was in possession of $615 and a search of the Magnum yielded a knotted plastic bag containing marijuana and four cell phones. A more thorough search at the Abington Police station yielded a plastic knotted bag in Brown’s underwear, which contained 24 small purple Ziploc baggies containing confirmed cocaine, police said. The amount of cocaine recovered, the manner in which it was packaged, and the presence …

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‘Known Drug Offender’ in Abington Sentenced to State Time

The man, from the Willow Grove section of Abington, was sentenced following an arrest in July.

  Leon Roselle Liggins, 42, of the 1700 block of North Hills Avenue, Willow Grove, was sentenced to state prison time earlier this week.  Liggins was sentenced to one-and-a-half to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession with intent to deliver stemming from a July arrest, according to a phillyburbs.com story. See the initial police report on Abington Patch here. According to police, Liggins was arrested July 28 after police conducted surveillance on him; police executed a search warrant on his house and two vehicles. When police approached Liggins, he fled on foot and threw a dollar bill containing a baggie of white powdery substance from his pocket. According to police, Liggins had 12 additional packages …

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Abington Police Reports

Some weird places to hold drug stuff and a very candid DUI arrest

  DUI and reckless endangerment … Laurie Gillespie, 38, of Huntingdon Road, Abington, was arrested Dec. 5 at 5:45 p.m. following a crash in the corner of Old York and Rockwell roads after Gillespie turned left in front of another motorist who was driving southbound on Old York Road, police said. According to police, the occupants of the car driving southbound were transported to Abington Memorial Hospital for their injuries. Gillespie had glassy and bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol, police said. She was also unaware of her surroundings, unsteady on her feet and appeared highly intoxicated. Police found a bottle of Absolut Apeach vodka next to the driver’s seat, which was half empty. DUI … Marquis Levar McCoy, 32, of …

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Abington Police Reports

A lot of 'possession of things that aren't permitted to be possessed'

  Possession of a small amount of marijuana … Mykhaylo Gopka, 20, of Oliver Road, Huntingdon Valley, was arrested July 7 at 12:05 a.m. at a DUI checkpoint in the 700 block of Huntingdon Pike, police said. According to police, Gopka’s vehicle smelled of marijuana and there was a marijuana grinder in plain view. Police found 0.30 grams of confirmed marijuana in the vehicle’s center console along with a blue water pipe in Gopka’s backpack, police said. Possession of a small amount of marijuana … Paul Warren Howard, 18, of Susquehanna Road, Abington; and Philip P. Klabe, 25, of Cherry Street, Willow Grove, were arrested July 6 at 11:11 p.m. at a DUI checkpoint in the 700 block of Huntingdon Pike, police said. According to police, there was a …

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Abington Police Reports

Let's keep that weed off the seats, people.

  Possession of a small amount of marijuana … Rhona Stewart, 53, of Susquehanna Road, Abington, was arrested May 19 at 4:45 p.m. following a traffic stop for having expired registration due to insurance cancellation near the corner of Limekiln Pike and Ruscombe Avenue, police said. Following a search, police found a clear bag of confirmed marijuana. Possession of a controlled substance and careless driving … Nicholas Rossini, 26, of Polo Circle, Bryn Mawr, was arrested May 10 at 10:12 p.m. following a traffic stop after he crossed the center line on Jenkintown Road while traveling eastbound near Keswick Avenue, police said. According to police, Rossini was “very nervous” and told different stories as to where he was going. He said he was …

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