WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP CRIME

Man accused of stealing car from shopping center while intoxicated, police say

The incident occurred on Sunday.

(Credit: Doylestown Township Police)

  • Public Safety

 A Philadelphia man has been arrested and arraigned on charges of felony receiving stolen property and numerous misdemeanor first-offense DUI offenses for allegedly stealing a car in Doylestown Borough.

Jeffrey Joseph Grace, 52, of the 4700 block of Vista St., was also charged Sunday by Warrington Township Police with four misdemeanor DUI offenses: General impairment of driving safely, general impairment with a BAC of between .08 and 0.10%, high rate of alcohol with a BAC between .10% and .16%, and highest rate of alcohol with a BAC above 0.16%, per court documents.

Grace is free on $25,000 unsecured bail set, at arraignment Wednesday.

On Sunday, Warrington Police were advised of a vehicle theft that occurred at the Valley Square Shopping Center on 1000 Main St., police said. An officer spotted the stolen vehicle, allegedly driven by Grace, south on Easton Road, and stopped the car, per the affidavit.

An investigation determined Grace was intoxicated and he was taken to Warrington Police for processing, police said.

He had an outstanding probation warrant from Bucks County and was taken to Bucks County jail before arraignment, per the report.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9 at 9 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Stacy Wertman.

All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.



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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.


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