Crime & Safety

OMG PD: Man Threatens Woman With Swastika Face Tattoo

Check out these unusual police stories from around eastern Pennsylvania.

“I’m Going to Tattoo a Swastika on Your Face.”: A 33-year-old Hatboro man is behind bars after threatening to tattoo a swastika on a woman's forehead, according to Horsham Police. The details of the story (which thankfully don’t include someone getting a face tattoo associated with the Nazis) are on Hatboro Patch.

Bathroom Fire at Taco Bell: A 60-year-old Philadelphia woman is facing multiple charges after she was allegedly found locked in the bathroom at a Taco Bell with a carton of cigarettes and a half-empty bottle of Black Velvet whiskey, setting fire to paper products in a stall. Roxborough Patch has all the details

Real Grinch Behavior: The Lower Merion Police Department reports that a resident of the 1400 block of West Wynnewood Rd. had Christmas Stockings and other gifts removed from an unlocked vehicle parked in his driveway sometime between 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 23 and 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 24.

Find out what's happening in Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewoodwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

About this column: OMG PD reviews the surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported by Eastern Pennsylvania Patch sites over the last week. All people mentioned in these stories are innocent until proven guilty. Charges and arrests do not indicate guilt. Reach out to Nate at nathana@patch.com with questions about this column.


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