A suspicious parked car led officers to a broken window, an open door and two arrests<\/p>\n
Bensalem, PA \u2014 A routine overnight patrol turned into a burglary bust early Friday when Bensalem police spotted a suspicious vehicle, discovered signs of a break-in and caught two suspects inside a building on Tremont Avenue.<\/p>\n
The arrests happened around 12:44 a.m. on October 9 after officers noticed an unoccupied vehicle parked at the end of Tremont Avenue.<\/p>\n
While checking the surrounding area, officers discovered a broken window and an unsecured door at 3190 Tremont Avenue, raising suspicions that someone had entered the building illegally.<\/p>\n
Police and K9 officer search building<\/p>\n
Additional officers, including a K9 officer, responded to the scene before police entered the building to investigate.<\/p>\n
Inside, officers located two people identified as Matthew Guiffrida, 44, of Newtown, and Lauren McKenna, 38, of Warminster.<\/p>\n
According to the Bensalem Township Police Department<\/a>, searches of both suspects uncovered tools believed to have been used during the burglary, along with suspected illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n Both individuals were taken into custody at the scene.<\/p>\n The arrests came after officers discovered the suspicious vehicle during a patrol rather than responding to a reported burglary.<\/p>\n Two suspects face felony burglary charges<\/p>\n Guiffrida and McKenna were each charged with second-degree felony burglary, second-degree felony criminal trespass, first-degree misdemeanor possession of an instrument of crime, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n Both appeared before Magisterial District Judge Terrence P. Hughes Sr. for arraignment.<\/p>\n Guiffrida\u2019s bail was set at 10% of $200,000, requiring $20,000 to secure release under the terms of his bail.<\/p>\n McKenna\u2019s bail was set at 10% of $25,000, requiring $2,500 under the same arrangement.<\/p>\n Both defendants were subsequently transported to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n The charges remain allegations, and both defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n Overnight patrol credited with stopping burglary<\/p>\n The Bensalem Township Police Department credited the officers involved for spotting the suspicious vehicle and investigating the area, which led to the discovery of the alleged burglary in progress.<\/p>\n The department specifically recognized the proactive patrol efforts that resulted in the two arrests.<\/p>\n The incident adds to ongoing crime coverage in Bucks County<\/a>, including burglary investigations<\/a> and other Pennsylvania crime reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Officials did not specify whether anything had been stolen from the building or provide an estimate of property damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspicious parked car led officers to a broken window, an open door and two arrests Bensalem, PA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-308030","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\/308030","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=308030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}