{"id":62745,"date":"2025-12-16T22:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62745\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:28:12","slug":"ae-crime-series-features-ex-bensalem-battalion-chief-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62745\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#038;E Crime Series Features Ex-Bensalem Battalion Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Bensalem shows up on the second episode of the A&amp;E series &#8220;Murder at the Motel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The township&#8217;s former Battalion Chief Rob Sponheimer made an appearance on the show during the episode about a month ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subscribe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/bensalem\/subscribe?utm_source=amp&amp;utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_medium=mobile&amp;utm_term=subscribe_in_article\" class=\"article-subscribe-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 41-minute show aired on A&amp;E on Nov. 14 for the episode called the &#8220;Lincoln Motel.&#8221; New episodes stream every Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/shows\/murder-at-the-motel\/season-2\/episode-3?fbclid=IwY2xjawOuizFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEergbFwloYRZo0YcyoXEsEwn467x3jJLfKXSxkSbCEn-TkNB6GU4SOJ3rTOwU_aem_pUiZZLEbgioIsTiLNJSiwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bensalem first responders were called to the Lincoln Inn Motel, where a room was found fully engulfed in flames. As crews worked to knock down the fire, they made a devastating discovery \u2014 a body burned beyond recognition in the debris.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What first appeared to be a tragic accident quickly turned into something far more sinister as investigators uncovered critical evidence,&#8221; Bensalem Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post. &#8220;Our commitment to public safety never wavers, and we remain dedicated to protecting our community every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The crime took place on May 15, 2016. Sponheimer is interviewed in the episode about the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Bensalem shows up on the second episode of the A&amp;E series &#8220;Murder at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-62745","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\/62745","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=62745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}