Police Beat

Five fire companies respond to a house fire Sunday evening, just after six in Upper Gwynedd Township on Wissahickon Avenue. Fire officials say a 31-year-old man was able to escape the blaze. The man, who rents a second floor room in the home, heard a noise. When he looked outside he saw flames on the side of the house. Fire officials are still investigating the fire. No one was injured.

Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler has ruled the shooting death of a Feasterville man justifiable.   50-year-old Kenneth Phillip was killed by a Northampton Township police officer last month less than an hour after he murdered his wife with a shotgun as she sat in the front seat of her car.   The daughter of the victim was in the passenger seat of the vehicle as her mother was killed.   

Upper Gwynedd police want to talk with a man that might have tried to lure a teeneage girl into the woods near Parkside place.   Investigators say the suspect approached the 14-year-old as she was walking on the sidewalk and tried to engage her in conversation.   The girl ignored him and started to walk faster but the suspect kept talking as he kept pace with her.   She finally took her shoes off and ran across Sumneytown Pike to get away.   The suspect is described as a white man in his 40s standing about five foot, ten inches tall.   He had a skinny build and a mustache.  

Police and fire crews were called to the Northeast Extension of the Pa. Turnpike for a two vehicle crash. State police say it happened in the area of ridge and Deitz Mill Roads. The two vehicles headed down an embankment. One of the vehicles caught fire. One person was airlifted from the scene. The Crash occurred Tuesday night just after 8pm. The investigation continues.