Incidents

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Incident
Jun 27, 2025
Residents are reminded to lock their vehicles and secure their homes following a series of thefts that occurred early Friday morning.   Detective James Irey from the NPPD reported multiple overnight thefts from unlocked vehicles along Grandview Road, Woodcrest Road, and R...
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Incident
Jul 3, 2024
UPDATE : As police continue to investigate a series of vehicle-related incidents in the township, anyone who believes they have been a victim and has not reported it is asked to call the station at 610-892-2875 or 911.   Meanwhile, Police Chief David Splain, on Wednesday,...
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Incident
Jul 2, 2024
Police Chief David Splain urges residents to stay vigilant by removing keys from vehicles and locking car doors. His recommendation comes after a rash of thefts across the township within six hours.    As of mid-morning Tuesday, there were 11 ongoing investigations, ...
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Dec 27, 2023
Sunday, December 24, 2023, at 2:15 pm, the Nether Providence Police Department was dispatched to the 500 block of Manchester Avenue for a robbery that had just occurred. The victim, an Amazon delivery driver, stated he was delivering packages at that location when he was appro...
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Nov 3, 2023
A threat against Congregation Ohev Shalom prompted an immediate response by the Nether Providence Township Police Department Friday afternoon. An employee at the synagogue, located at 2 Chester Road in the township’s Wallingford section, alerted police about 3 p.m. regarding a...
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Incident
Apr 19, 2023
Incident Number:   20230321M0007 Nature of Incident:   Retail Theft Date and Time:   March 21, 2023 @ 15:35hrs   On March 21, 2023, the Nether Providence Township Police Department responded to the ACME Market, located at 527 E. Baltimore Pk. in the Media s...
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Incident
Jan 10, 2023
This afternoon at 2:56 pm, the Marple Twp. Police Department pursued a stolen vehicle which ended in a motor vehicle crash on State Road in Upper Providence Twp.  The three occupants fled the stolen car, and a foot pursuit ensued in which two suspects were apprehended in ...
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Incident
Oct 27, 2022
Thursday, October 27 th  UPDATE TO SHOOTING INCIDENT: As a follow-up to last night’s release regarding the shots fired in the 400 block of Leiper Street in the South Media section of the Township.  This afternoon Detectives served a search warrant on the vehicle that...
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Incident
Created Oct 26, 2022 / Updated Nov 3, 2022
UPDATE: 11-03-2022 Based on tips from the public and a photo sent into us by a witness who came forward, we were able to track down and locate the truck and driver involved in the WSSD bus hit and run accident that occurred on 10/26/2022 below.   At 0734hrs, officers...
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Aug 20, 2022
At about 2026 hours on Friday, 08/19/2022 officers, fire departments and medics were dispatched to the intersection of Providence Rd. and Bullens Ln. for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.  The striking vehicle remained on location and an adult male was taken to the hospit...
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