A New Jersey woman was charged with robbery, possession of a controlled substance possess of drug paraphernalia, simple assault, and harassment after an alleged incident earlier this month in Falls Township.
A 27-year-old woman, of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, was arrested at the Langhorne Train Station in Middletown Township on the afternoon of Friday, June 5 following the incident that happened a few miles away, according to Falls Township police.
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Officers were initially called to the Oxford Point shopping center at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Oxford Valley Road in the Fairless Hills section for a reported assault around 10:20 a.m. They found a woman at the scene who spoke with them.
According to court papers, the woman said she was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by the 27-year-old woman when the woman became “agitated” over directions at the intersection on Oxford Valley Road and Lincoln Highway. The 27-year-old woman allegedly hit the passenger in the face with a closed fist and took her black iPhone 8.
The 27-year-old woman’s attack broke the woman’s glasses, police said.
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A female Tullytown officer searched the 27-year-old woman and found suspected heroin, police said.
The 27-year-old woman was arraigned and bail was set at 10 percent of $25,000. Last week, she was released after a family member from Massachusetts posted her bail, according to court records.
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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.
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