In a unique partnership, local civic and religious groups have teamed up with law enforcement officials and an award-winning filmmaker to spark discussion in Bucks County about building stronger relationships between police and the communities they serve. Part of the 7 th Annual MLK Teen Peace and...

An admitted child rapist will serve up to four decades in state prison for abusing a girl in Falls Township. Scott Melvin Galant, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault, admitting he sexually abused the 8-year-old in 2018. “My daughter is...

A former Palisades High School teacher and girls’ soccer coach is headed to state prison for the sexual abuse of six students. Christian Howard Willman, 40, of Coopersburg, pleaded guilty Tuesday to 10 counts related to the pervasive abuse, which began in 2005 when the defendant was a teacher at...

An ex-Palisades High School teacher has been charged with surreptitiously taking photographs looking up the skirts of female students and sharing the photos online. Francis James Reppert Jr., 26, of Quakertown, was arraigned Thursday on counts of invasion of privacy and indecent exposure stemming...

An ex-Northampton Township official and his girlfriend who admitted poisoning a woman with grain alcohol and taking nude photographs of her after she was incapacitated will serve time in county prison. Lawrence J. Weinstein and Kelly A. Drucker both were sentenced Thursday with orders to report...