{"id":248196,"date":"2026-07-21T02:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248196\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T02:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:49:13","slug":"bensalem-boy-14-accused-of-using-toy-gun-to-steal-candy-from-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248196\/","title":{"rendered":"Bensalem boy, 14, accused of using toy gun to steal candy from store"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bucks<\/a><\/p>\n

Jo Ciavaglia, Bucks County Courier Times<\/p>\n

Mon, July 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM UTC\"Bensalem<\/p>\n

A Bensalem<\/a> teenager is facing a felony charge after he allegedly pointed a gun at a store clerk before stealing candy.<\/p>\n

The clerk reported that a teen boy entered a business at Street Road and High Avenue at approximately 1 a.m. July 17 and asked for free merchandise.\u00a0When he was refused, the boy allegedly displayed what appeared to be a handgun.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you want this?\u201d the suspect asked, according to police.<\/p>\n

The employee believed the weapon was real and backed away to avoid further confrontation,\u00a0police said.\u00a0The boy then allegedly took a piece of candy and left the store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The clerk provided police with a detailed description of the suspect. Within minutes a detective located a boy matching his description on the township\u2019s camera system as he entered the nearby Wellington Estates neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Officers took the suspect into custody at Cheltenham Drive and William Penn Drive.\u00a0The investigation found that the suspect, who is 14, was carrying an airsoft pistol, which was allegedly used in the robbery, police said.<\/p>\n

Bensalem police confirmed the teen was charged as a juvenile with felony robbery and transported to the Bucks County Youth Detention Center in Doylestown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Crime and courts reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Bensalem boy, 14, accused of using fake gun to rob store<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jo Ciavaglia, Bucks County Courier Times Mon, July 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM UTC A Bensalem teenager is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-248196","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\/248196","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=248196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}