{"id":106209,"date":"2026-02-05T19:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106209\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:01:10","slug":"bensalem-senior-citizen-busted-selling-drugs-and-guns-delaware-valley-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/106209\/","title":{"rendered":"Bensalem Senior Citizen Busted Selling Drugs and Guns \u2013 Delaware Valley News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>by Alex Lloyd Gross<\/p>\n<p>Charles Bowers, 68, of Craig Avenue in Bensalem was arrested yesterday after police got a tip he was selling  methamphetamine. and guns out of his house.  Bowers, police said was a convicted felon and not allowed to possess a gun, much less be selling one. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image0-1024x997.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55485 size-full\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Police set him up with an undercover sting and a detective went to his residence and purchased two shotguns, a rifle along with some meth. After the sale, police set up surveillance on the road and watched him drive away later in the day. Bowers was stopped on Bristol Road,police said<\/p>\n<p>By that time, police had a warrant for him and  arrested him without incident.  His charges include Persons Not to Possess a Firearm, Carrying a Firearm Without a License, Possession with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and related charges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alex-Gross-Advertisement-1-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46953 size-full\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to his past felony, he was recently arrested for drug charges, according to court records.  His bail was set at $750,000\/10 percent and Bowers was taken to the Bucks County Prison. When he was arrested, police found he had meth on him, according to police reports. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 5, 2026 by Alex Lloyd Gross Charles Bowers, 68, of Craig Avenue in Bensalem was arrested yesterday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-106209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}