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The Bucks County Crime Stoppers “Push Out the Pusher” campaign paid out two rewards this week.
The program that started to fight the dealers fueling the drug epidemic in the county paid out money on Monday to anonymous tipsters.
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A $5,000 reward was paid out to a tipster that led to Warminster, federal, and county authorities taking down a large-scale, multi-million dollar heroin and fentanyl manufacturing operation inside a home.
Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
An $800 reward was provided to a tipster who helped police take down two dealers who were selling drugs, including methamphetamine, out of Quakertown.
Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
The tipster rewards were presented by Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub and State Rep. John Galloway, of Falls Township, earlier this week at an event Central Bucks South High School in Warrington. Bucks County Crime Stoppers Executive Director Melanie Bidlingmaier and lead counsel Tyler Tomlinson were also on hand.
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“On behalf of the entire board I would like to say how pleased we all are at the support we have gotten from both law enforcement and the community,” said Galloway, who also serves on the board of the organization.
“The Push Out the Pusher campaign empowers residents of Bucks County to reclaim their neighborhoods from drug dealers, who spread the poison that is tearing at the very fabric of our community,” he stated.
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The campaign started in 2017 and rewards of up to $5,000 for tips that lead to the arrest and successful prosecution of drug dealers. The first reward was paid out in 2018 in relation to a Falls Township case.
The Bucks County Crime Stoppers tip line is 215-345-DRUG (3784).
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