Police Log: Heroin Overdose, Stolen Six-Foot Santa, and DUI

December 6 – Theft

• 85 Tomlinson Rd. – Superior Ambulance

Beana Bell, the owner of Superior Ambulance, reported that an unknown subject broke into one of their ambulances and stole a stair chair and a Garmin Nuvi GPS. Surveillance tapes show a male broke the passenger side window to gain entry.

December 5 – Theft

• 1100 block of Barnswallow Lane

Kimberly Cook, 42, of Huntingdon Valley, reported that lights from an outdoor shrub on her front lawn had been taken. Five strands of 100 lights were removed sometime between midnight and 8:30 a.m.

December 4 – Theft

• 1000 block of Corn Crib

Wilberto Malave, 42, of Huntingdon Valley, called LMPD to report two Christmas decorations had been taken from the front lawn. Items taken were a six-foot tall animated Santa made of hard, plastic vinyl ($200) and a four-foot tall lighted snowman ($125). According to Malave, the actor(s) would have needed more than one car to transport the Santa.

December 4 – DUI

• Area of Philmont Ave. & Red Lion Rd.

Subodh Nair, 53, of Lansdale, has charges pending for a DUI after officers stopped him for crossing the double yellow lines multiple times on Philmont Ave. Nair admitted to drinking “two-and-a-half vodkas” and registered .107% on a blood-alcohol test.

December 4 – Public Drunkenness

• 3000 block of Philmont Ave.

Taras Chornyi, 29, of Philadelphia, was charged with public drunkenness after LMPD observed him staggering down Philmont Ave. Officers saw Chornyi almost stumble over in a resident's driveway, and then turn around and almost walked into the roadway. When officers stopped him, they observed Chornyi have slurred speech, watery eyes and a strong smell of alcohol on his breath. He admitted he was drinking at a friend’s house and was trying to walk home. A preliminary breath test showed .16% blood alcohol content.  

December 3 – Criminal Mischief to Automobiles

• 3500 block of Holt Lane

An unknown white male was seen on Holt Lane walking away from a Ford F-350 stake body struck. Resident Evan Lieberman, who was walking his dog at the time, heard the male shout to him that he was just looking for something.

Lieberman found this to be strange since he did not initiate any conversation with the male. The male walked between two houses and disappeared. Lieberman approached the white truck and heard air coming out of one of the rear tires.

Cops arrived on scene and discovered all the rear tires had been punctured by a sharp object and part of the drivers’ side rear-view mirror was broken off and laying next to the car. 

The car is owned by Vladimir Iosilevich, 38, of Huntingdon Valley, and he lent the truck to Nikolay Gavrishev, 58, of Huntingdon Valley, where it was tampered with in front of Gavrishev’s house.

December 1 – Heroin overdose

• 3800 block of Ramage Run

LMPD was dispatched to a home on Ramage Run for a heroin overdose. Police arrived at the home and entered through the front door, which was partially ajar. Police saw Boris Silayev, 38, standing in the doorway of the bathroom and he had a cast on his leg and was unsteady on his feet.

His pupils were very constricted and he was sweating. When asked if he took any medication, Silayev told the cops he had taken Percocet. While ambulance personnel and the cop were speaking, Boris’ mother, Klara, walked into the bedroom and showed the officer three wrappers that Boris tried to flush down the toilet.

Klara told police she saw Boris go into the bathroom and lock the door. She then heard and loud bang and didn't hear a response from Boris. She was forced to break the door down and found Boris laying on the floor unconscious.

The wrappers found in the bathroom were: blue waxy paper, small Ziploc clear plastic bag with numerous pictures of a horse head and a torn clear piece of cellophane. An intravenous syringe was found in the cabinet near the toilet. Boris admitted to using heroine within the half hour. He will be charged with Disorderly Conduct for possession of drug paraphernalia.