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EXCLUSIVE: Law Enforcement Take Man Into Custody Following Chase, Crash

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Tom Sofield
A pickup truck was towed from the scene as a New Jersey police SUV with damage to the front followed behind it. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A pickup truck was towed from the scene as a New Jersey police SUV with damage to the front followed behind it.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Police at the scene where the chase ended. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Police at the scene where the chase ended.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Law enforcement from Bucks County, New Jersey and the federal government were involved in a car chase that ended in Penndel Tuesday afternoon.

According to authorities, a man in a Lexus was being chased by Mercer County, New Jersey authorities, U.S. Marshals and Bensalem police late in the afternoon. The chase traveled through Bensalem to Route 1 in Middletown and onto West Lincoln Highway before ending in a crash at the corner of West Lincoln Highway and Hulmeville Avenue in Penndel around 4:15 p.m.

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The suspect was taken into custody, according to police radio reports.

Penndel Chief of Police Joseph Sciscio said the chase ended when the suspect’s car struck a civilian’s vehicle in the borough.

“We are investigating the crash and charges will be filed, if appropriate,” he said.

The New Jersey police SUV with damage. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The New Jersey police SUV with damage.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
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Middletown Chief of Police Joseph Bartorilla and Sciscio both said they did not have information on why the suspect was being chased. A Mercer County sheriff deputy in plainclothes forwarded LevittowNow.com’s request for comment to a commanding officer.

It was not confirmed if a reported vehicle crash in Bensalem was connected to the chase or just happened around the same time. However, a dark-colored police SUV with New Jersey tags and front-end damage followed a tow truck carrying a white pickup truck as it left the scene.

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Officials from the U.S. Marshal Service were not immediately available for comment.



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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.