Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
UPDATE: 5:24 a.m., Tuesday:
Law enforcement from the federal and local level arrested a homicide suspect wanted by New Jersey authorities late Monday evening in Bristol Township.
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According to court papers obtained by LevittownNow.com, Bristol Township police assisted the U.S. Marshals Service in arresting 26-year-old Virgil R. Howard of Trenton. He was wanted on an outstanding homicide warrant from the Trenton Police Department.
Howard was arrested by police and marshals at the Americas Best Value Inn at the corner of Green Lane and Route 13 around 4:20 p.m.
Sources said Howard has a criminal history in New Jersey.
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Howard was jailed Monday night on $1 million bail on a single Pennsylvania charge of fugitive from justice. He is expected to be extradited to New Jersey to face the homicide charge.
<strong><em>Editor’s Note:</em> </strong><em>All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.</em>
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Original Post:
Police activity reported in the area of a Bristol Township hotel was not related to a manhunt for a suspected connected to a Monday morning robbery gone wrong, authorities told LevittownNow.com.
The Monday evening activity at the Americas Best Value Inn, the former Days Inn, at the corner of Route 13 and Green Lane was part of an operation by the U.S. Marshals Service, which was not related to the ongoing search for the orange-hair suspect from the morning incident, a police official said.
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Bristol Township officers assisted U.S. Marshals at the scene.
A phone number for the U.S. Marshals’ Philadelphia field office was not immediately answered.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
