Threats On Pope / Sword Attack / 92-Year-Old Charged In Stabbing: Top Pa. Crime News

By JUSTIN HEINZE (Patch Staff)

Join us as we count down the wild, the weird, the bizarre, the unbelievable, and the disturbing in southeastern Pennsylvania over the past week.

10. Unsafe Dairy, Poultry Delivered To Five Bucks County Locations: State Police

• “The Department of Agriculture is following up at these locations to ensure the delivered food is safe,” Pennsylvania State Police said.

9. Police Seek Suspect In Oxford Valley Mall Stabbing

• The man, identified by Middletown Township Police as Craig Boston, may be in Philadelphia or Bensalem.

8. Newtown Man Indicted In Scheme To Defraud Public Schools

• Ernest Neff, 58, was involved in the $373K scheme with Bristol Township School District’s former maintenance director, authorities said.

7. Manayunk Man Caught Package Thief on Video

• A Manayunk resident helped catch the man who stole a package from his doorstep- thanks to police, cameras, Reddit and TV news

6. Lower Gwynedd Heroin Dealer ‘Wasn’t Aware Of Danger’ Of Drugs: Report

• The convicted heroin dealer, who operated a drug trafficking operation from his apartment, said that he didn’t know heroin’s effects.

5. Prison For Man Who ‘Terrorized’ Montgomery County Woman With Sword: Report

• The “decorative” sword reportedly had a 15-inch blade.

4. Lansdale Car Thief Who Told Victim ‘I‘ll Be Back’ Is Sentenced: Report

• The suspect also reportedly stole a gun and sold it to a man known as “Prince” to fund his cocaine habit.

3. Man, 92, Previously Missing, Now Charged in Stabbing: Report

• 92-year-old Anthony Ciccio, who returned after a day missing earlier in the week, now charged in attack on roommate, staffers

2. Alleged Lansdale Scam Artist Finally Arrested...Sitting In A Courtroom: Cops

• The fraudster said she was a doctor and adjunct professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

1. Feds ‘Disrupt’ Threat Against Pope Ahead Of U.S. Visit

• Officials are “monitoring very closely threats against the Pope,” Rep. Michael McCaul said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” program.