{"id":174254,"date":"2026-04-23T21:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174254\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:29:10","slug":"bagelocity-soup-king-owner-in-bensalem-charged-with-indecent-assault-of-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174254\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagelocity Soup King owner in Bensalem charged with indecent assault of employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">BENSALEM, Pa. &#8211; Bensalem Police have charged 59-year-old Larry Ferreira, owner of Bagelocity Soup King, with indecent assault and harassment after several employees reported ongoing inappropriate behavior, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>   Police say multiple employees reported inappropriate conduct <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police say a former employee first reported workplace harassment and inappropriate conduct by Ferreira.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Detectives then interviewed several current and former employees, who described similar behavior.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/laurence-ferreira-jnet-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police say Ferreira\u2019s actions included inappropriate physical contact with female employees, sexual harassment both in person and through cellphone communication, and ongoing verbal abuse spanning several years.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Bensalem Police are asking anyone with additional information or who believes they may have been victimized by Ferreira to contact detectives at (215) 633-3719.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police say the investigation began after a former employee came forward with allegations. Detectives followed up by speaking with other employees, which led to the current charges.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The case remains open as police continue their investigation and seek additional information from the public.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police have not released details about the number of alleged victims or whether additional charges may be filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from Bensalem Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM, Pa. &#8211; Bensalem Police have charged 59-year-old Larry Ferreira, owner of Bagelocity Soup King, with indecent assault&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194,592,139],"class_list":["post-174254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174254","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=174254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}