Police Beat

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a college student from Skippack continues. 21-year-old, Matthew Royer, after a few sightings, has seemingly vanished on his way home from the University of Rhode Island. Police say he left the campus on Thursday at 6:30. He was seen by video at a Sunoco on routes-78 and 100, just after 2am Friday. Since then, the trail to locate Royer has gone cold. Royer’s parents held a news conference Monday afternoon at the State Police Barracks in Skippack, pleading for their son to call home, if he can. Royer is a white male, brown hair, brow eyes, 6-1, 160 pounds. He was driving a silver Chevy Cobalt with a license plate tag of GZR-9059. Anyone with information is urged to call State Police.

Lansdale Borough Police continues its efforts in getting drugs off the streets. A 22-year-old man is the latest alleged drug dealer to be caught in Borough’s dragnet, which is a part of the Montgomery County Drug Task Force.Police say, Trevis Reynolds was selling Percocet pills and other prescription medication. Detectives set-up an undercover buy on April 30th in a parking lot on West 2nd Street where Reynolds sold undercover officers Klonopin, used for the treatment of anxiety. Reynolds is being held at the Montgomery County Jail after failing to post bail. He faces a preliminary hearing Thursday.

The Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company was called to the first block of
West Vine Street late Tuesday afternoon when a driver lost control of his
car and hit a gold Taurus, which was parked next to a home. The impact
pushed the Taurus against the home's gas meter. According to officials,
the parked Taurus blocked the car from crahsing into the home.
One witness reportedly heard the driver say he fell asleep behind
the wheel. The driver of the car was taken to Abington Health Lansdale Hosital to be
treated for unknown injuries. Fire officials closed some streets near
the scene of the crash until the incident was deemed to be under control.

“To Protect and Serve” and “Duty, Service, and Integrity” are some notable police department slogans around the region and nation. Upper Gwynedd Township Police Department unveiled a new slogan that serves a message to the people it protects. Sergeant John Brinkmann says, the upper Gwynedd Township Police Department’s new slogan is “community first”

“Talk amongst our officers and higher ups, we came up with a slogan that basically sums up what we do in Upper Gwynedd Township, and that is to serve the community to best of our abilities. It’s important to put the communities concerns at the forefront when performing our duties.”

The “community first” slogan is now visible on the front bumper of all Upper Gwynedd Township Police vehicles.