Newtown Man Charged With Assault After Headbutting Cop: Police

NEWTOWN, PA — Newtown Borough Police reported the following recent activity:

• On Aug. 5, police responded to an incident at a local bar. An intoxicated 30-year-old man from Newtown Township was attempting to enter his vehicle and drive from the scene. He was intercepted by customers and bar staff attempting to prevent him from driving in his intoxicated state. He had a physical confrontation with them but they were successful in holding him down until police arrived. During his interaction with police, the man head-butted a Newtown Township Officer who had responded to assist. The man was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, public drunkenness and harassment. He was arraigned and committed to the Bucks County Correctional Facility. No one was seriously injured in the incident.
• Police are investigating the theft of $900 in cash from a victim in an assisted living facility in the Borough. The theft occurred on Aug. 13.
• On Aug. 18, a 24-year-old Feasterville man was found to be in possession of narcotics following a traffic stop for a registration expiration violation on S. State Street.
• On Aug. 22 at midnight, a group of five males in their late teens or early 20s were seen by a witness walking down N. State Street damaging property along their path. There was damage to signs and an aluminum bench was overturned.
• On Aug. 22 at 2 a.m., an officer came upon an occupied vehicle in the parking lot of a closed business on South State Street. A subsequent investigation revealed that a 19-year-old Philadelphia female was in possession of narcotics. The 18-year-old male passenger in her car was wanted out of Philadelphia for a juvenile felony warrant for vehicle theft. He was taken into custody and released to Philadelphia authorities.