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UPPER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - The Upper Merion Police Department has arrested four suspects in connection with check fraud and mail thefts in the town. According to police, in late winter and early spring of 2022, the department received numerous reports from town residents about stolen checks and missing mail. The thefts involved United States Postal Service mailboxes throughout the township, residential mailboxes and overnight drop mailboxes at a USPS service facility located on Allendale Road in King of Prussia, authorities say. RELATED: 'It's very brazen': Police investigating rash of mailbox thefts in Upper Merion, King of PrussiaOfficials say victims realized their stolen checks had been altered and cashed at banks across the Philadelphia area and in other states. Some residents had checks stolen that were set to be used for payment of federal, state or local taxes and some for personal medical procedures, police say. According to authorities, there have been 307 documented cases of mail theft that resulted in a loss of more than $2 million to victims. Police say they believe the number is higher as cases go unreported and victims work with their banks to report the fraud. Efforts from the Upper Merion Police Department's Internet Crime and Technology Unit helped lead to the identification of four suspects, per police. Nearly 200 search warrants were issued in the multi-agency investigation, according to officials. Police identified and arrested Davon Broughton, 27, of Camden, John Klotz, 18, of Camden, Kayla Massa, 26, of Camden and Joshua Crews, 39, of Las Vegas, in connection with the crime. Davon Broughton pictured in a booking photo from Upper Merion Police.  (Upper Merion Police Department)Authorities say the

Police are searching for two people who they say dined and dashed at a King of Prussia café before fleeing and hitting one of the café employees with their car.  KING OF PRUSSIA - Police are searching for two people who they say dined and dashed at a King of Prussia café and hit one of the café employees with their car while fleeing. On Sunday, just before 2 p.m., the Upper Merion Township police responded to the Gateway Café on Flint Hill Road in King of Prussia for a reported vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.Upon arrival, officers say they located an employee of the café suffering from minor injuries. After speaking with the employee and witnesses on scene, responding officers quickly determined that a man and woman with two young children were attempting to flee the café parking lot after failing to pay for their meal. Authorities say as the suspects tried to flee the parking lot, the employee jumped onto the hood of the suspect's car in an attempt to thwart their escape. The employee was thrown from the hood of the car and officials say the suspects fled. MORE HEADLINESThe employee refused medical treatment on scene and no other employees were injured during the incident, according to police. Authorities describe the vehicle as a newer model maroon Kia, possibly an Optima, with tinted windows and preexisting damage to the driver's side door and a temporary license plate, possibly beginning with the letters "LRS." Witnesses told police the suspected vehicle fled southbound on Flint Road, heading towards Swedeland Road.

UPPER MERION TWP., Pa. - Authorities in Upper Merion Township say they are investigating an incident in which someone impersonated a police officer earlier this month.Police say they were conducting an investigation into another incident when they came across video from a traffic camera that showed a driver in a pickup truck with red and blue flashing lights in the windshield.The video was captured around 11:47 p.m. on Apr.

Rafiq Thompson, 38, of Philadelphia is wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a 311-year-old woman in Upper Merion.  UPPER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - An active investigation is underway and police are searching for a gunman after a shooting near King of Prussia on Friday night. According to authorities, the shooting took place at an Exxon gas station before 11 p.m.

Daniel Rohloff NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A Montgomery County man is facing charges after prosecutors say he severely beat his 2-month-old son, leaving the infant with subdural hemorrhages, bruising and lacerations to his liver, and bruising on multiple areas of his body.District Attorney Kevin R.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - Police in Upper Merion Township are investigating an incident they believe may involve the same suspect who is wanted in a series of sexual assaults in Philadelphia. Thursday evening, Upper Merion Township Police revealed that officers responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping at the Crowne Plaza Hotel shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday. Responding officers found a female in the lobby area of the hotel suffering from a wound to the head.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - Investigators in Montgomery County are searching for a man who they say accidentally shot himself in the leg Saturday evening inside the King of Prussia Mall.Upper Merion Township Police said the unidentified man was inside Victoria's Secret around 6 p.m. when the gun he was holding inside his jacket pocket went off and struck his leg.The man left behind a trail of blood as he and a woman ran out of the mall and into the parking lot, according to police.

UPPER MERION TWP., Pa. - A 35-year-old Norristown man has been charged in connection with a weekend shooting in Upper Merion, officials announced.Upper Merion Township Police were called to the 700 block of Hidden Valley Road Sunday night, about 11:45, on the report of a shooting.When the officers arrived on scene, they discovered a 27-year-old man had been shot once in the abdomen, inside of the building.The man was rushed to Paoli Hospital where he was treated and placed in stable condition.Authorities say two hours before the shooting, officers responded to the same address, on a call someone had thrown a brick through a front window of the building and damaged a vehicle in the driveway.Upper Merion Township Police conducted an

(Photo by Fabian Strauch/picture alliance via Getty Images) UPPER MERION TWP. - Police say a mother has been charged after her 11-month-old baby overdosed at a residence in Upper Merion Township.Authorities responded to a report of a cardiac arrest of an infant with CPR in progress on July 5 around 7:30 p.m. According to police, the baby was found unresponsive with agonal breathing.Upper Merion EMS administered Narcan and the baby began breathing normally and was transported to Bryn Mawr Hospital, police said.