Crime & Safety
Drunken Man Wouldn't Leave Easton Road Home: Police
Lower Saucon Township Police say Kevin Mathew Sobol, of the 3600 block of Drifting Drive, was intoxicated when he allegedly refused to leave the back porch of an Easton Road home.
When a man who police say was intoxicated allegedly refused to leave a resident's back yard, Lower Saucon Township Police say they were called to an Easton Road home in response.
In a news release, police said Kevin Mathew Sobol, of the 3600 block of Drifting Drive, Lower Saucon Township, didn't know the people whose yard he entered on the evening of March 16.
Police said that after Sobol rang a doorbell and yelled he was asked to leave, but refused.
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At that point, police say Sobol sat down on a back porch, which was where officers allegedly found him when they responded to the homeowner's 911 call.
Police said Sobol was determined to be "highly intoxicated" and "at first refused to get up and get off the porch when police asked." Officers said they took him from the porch after he was arrested.
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Police said he will be charged with disorderly conduct, loitering and public drunkenness.
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