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Apostolos Michos

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Gun in the Drive-Thru, Guitars Down the Pants Top Weird Crime News

Also, a man claiming to be a water department employee allegedly burglarizes a home while telling the homeowner to check the toilet water.

Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold around the region. Here’s what went on this week for “OMG PD.” This won’t get you your Frosty any faster: A Landsdale, PA, man went from the Wendy’s drive-through to jail, after he brandished a handgun at the pick-up window, Upper Gwynedd Township Police said. Daniel J. Costello, 22, was charged with felony carrying a firearm without a license, misdemeanor terroristic threats that caused a serious public inconvenience and disorderly conduct. No word on whether he got to finish his fries before getting booked. It’s the North-South Freeway, not Speedway: A Broomall, PA, man was flying down Route 42 in …

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

PA Man Charged with DWI Hit 120 MPH, Police Say

Police say a man later charged with driving while intoxicated reached speeds of more than 120 mph on Route 42.

A Pennsylvania man charged with driving while intoxicated hit speeds in excess of 120 mph as he traveled along Route 42 in Gloucester Township last weekend, according to police. Gloucester Township Police Ptl. Benjamin Lewitt was traveling northbound in the center lane of Route 42 when he observed a Mercedes-Benz pass his marked patrol vehicle at a high rate of speed at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Lewitt was able to catch up to and pull over the four-door 2009 Mercedes. While talking to the driver, identified as 32-year-old Broomall, PA, resident Apostolos Michos, Lewitt smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage. Michos, of Warren Boulevard, was placed under arrest for DWI after he was unable to perform standard field sobriety tests, …

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