{"id":6649,"date":"2025-10-18T03:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T03:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/6649\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T03:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T03:43:08","slug":"attempted-scooter-theft-turns-violent-outside-wawa-in-bensalem-suspect-wanted-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/6649\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempted scooter theft turns violent outside Wawa in Bensalem; suspect wanted by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 18, 2025 3:26AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Attempted scooter theft turns violent outside Wawa; suspect wanted\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Attempted scooter theft turns violent outside Wawa; suspect wanted<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BENSALEM, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Police in Bucks County are investigating a violent assault and attempted robbery that occurred Monday night outside a Wawa in Bensalem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident happened along Street Road near Route 1, where two suspects allegedly attempted to steal an e-scooter from a man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to investigators, the suspects punched and kicked the victim to the ground during the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The assault was captured on video and has since circulated on social media. Authorities say the footage is now a key part of their ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim sustained injuries but is expected to recover, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Bensalem police are urging anyone with information about the incident or the suspects to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, October 18, 2025 3:26AM Attempted scooter theft turns violent outside Wawa; suspect wanted BENSALEM, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5988,191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-6649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-5988","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\/6649","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=6649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}