Police Beat

Bushkill Police are searching for a burglary suspect according to the Express-Times (read it here). The article notes the suspect is a white man, appeared to be in his 30s, brown hair, balding, and "drove a silver, foreign-made car with Pennsylvania registration DZN-2169, police said. Anyone with information about the burglary should call township police at 610-759-9588."

Both the Morning Call and Express-Times report on the Nazareth Police Force's first use of a taser following Bushkill resident, John Hendricks, attempt to fight an officer. According to the reports (read Express-Times here and Morning Call here), Hendricks was pulled over while driving through Nazareth Friday morning, he failed field sobriety tests, was taken to the DUI Center, and while enroute attempted to twice get out of his handcuffs/get his hands from his back to front. On the second attempt it worked, the officer pulled over and Hendricks peed on him. Hendricks then tried to fight the officer after arriving at the station and for the good of all he was tasered. Several charges are now pending against Hendricks.