Press Releases

June 27, 2017 17-030175 At approximately 1:57 AM on July 27, 2017, a neighbor called 9-1-1 and reported that the home at 635 Garfield Avenue was on fire. The first responding Police and Fire Units found the house fully involved with fire and flames coming through the roof. All doors  to the home were locked…

July 8, 2017 Case 17-027434 On July 8, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Abington Police Officers responded to the Key Bank located at 761 Huntingdon Pk. in the Huntingdon Valley Section of Abington Township for a reported armed robbery. Upon police arrival, the bank teller advised that the suspect, who was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt,…

July 5, 2017 Case 17-026517         At approximately 10:16 pm on July 1, 2017 the Abington Police responded to a completed armed robbery at the Qdoba Mexican Grill, located within the Pavilion at 261 Old York Rd in the Jenkintown section of the Township.  Restaurant employees reported that shortly after closing, two suspects entered and…

Due to the recent rash of thefts from unlocked vehicles throughout Abington Township, officers have been extra vigilant, and have been asking residents to do the same. As a result of this combined effort, on Monday morning, July 3, 2017 at 5:00 AM, an alert resident advised police that they saw two males, one wearing…

Since June 12, 2017 there have been 22 reported thefts from vehicles in Abington Township. Although these thefts have occurred throughout the township, the vast majority have happened on the east side of Abington, in the Huntingdon Valley, Rydal, and Jenkintown neighborhoods. The thieves are targeting unlocked vehicles parked both in the street and in…