Crime & Safety

Stolen Car Drove Wrong Way On I-95 Before 4 Men Caught: PD

Pennsylvania State Police began a car chase on the highway in Bensalem on Wednesday before the pursuit ended in Philadelphia with arrests.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A stolen car went the wrong way on Interstate 95 during a chase by state police that started in Bensalem and ended in Philadelphia with four men being arrested, authorities said.

Pennsylvania State Police pursued a Honda CRV stolen from Upper Gwynedd Township in Montgomery County at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday that was driving on southbound Interstate 95 in Bensalem Township.

Troopers from the Trevose barracks tried to stop the car around the highway's Mile Marker 26, but the car took off and then struck state police cars on two separate occasions during the chase.

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Police said the Honda CRV then went the wrong way on the highway, going northbound on the southbound shoulder for a short time.

Police said four men in the car then fled on foot in the area of Frankford Creek in Philadelphia before being caught and arrested.

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A State Trooper suffered a minor injury, police said. Details of the injury were not provided by police.

State Police said the four people arrested were:

  • Johanse Sencion-Bautista, 18, of Philadelphia — Charged with seven felony counts, six misdemeanor counts, and five summary counts.
  • Fredi Montijo-Rivera, 20, of Philadelphia — Charged with two felony counts and three misdemeanor counts.
  • Jailene Montijo, 22, of Philadelphia — Charged with two felony counts and three misdemeanor counts.
  • A juvenile male was also taken into custody.

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