Crime & Safety

Odd Crime from Eastern PA: Weed and Tomatoes

Check out these unusual police stories from around Eastern Pennsylvania.

By Nate Adams

Swing Carefully: After losing his appeal in the Pennsylvania Superior Court, an Upper Pottsgrove man will go to jail next month after being convicted of burglarizing the Pottstown home of a couple he knew from a swingers’ website, according to report from Pottstown Patch. Read more here. 

Quite the Harvest: An Easton man was charged with felony possession with intent to deliver marijuana after city police found two contraband plants growing in his back yard next to the tomatoes, according to a story from Easton Patch. Read more here. 

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Distinct Stains: Lower Saucon Township say someone playing a prank stained a porch by drawing a penis on it, possibly in shaving cream, according to a story from Hellertown Patch. Read the full story here. 

I Wonder How Many Minutes That Buys: Over $7,000 in cell phones and accessories was stolen from Philadelphia Verizon store, according to a report from Roxborough Patch. See the full story here. 

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About this column: OMG PD reviews the surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported by Eastern Pennsylvania Patch sites over the last week. All people mentioned in these stories are innocent until proven guilty. Charges and arrests do not indicate guilt. Reach out to Nate at nathana@patch.com with questions about this column.


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