Credit: Lower Southampton police
A 25-year-old Lower Southampton man is being sought after he escaped the custody of officers from the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole last week.
Samuel J. Maratea Jr., a resident of Lower Southampton’s Langhorne section, escaped the custody of officers in the area of Brownsville Road and Hazel Avenue in Bensalem last Thursday, Lower Southampton police said.
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As of Tuesday morning, Maratea remains on the run and is being sought by law enforcement, who have an active arrest warrant for him. He is suspected of being in the Bensalem and Feasterville-Trevose area.
According to court records, Maratea has had several run-ins with police over the years and was jailed in the early part of the decade following an assault in Lower Southampton.
Anyone with information on Maratea’s whereabouts is asked to contact police at 215-357-1235 or by calling 9-1-1.
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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.
