Skippack Woman Accused of Striking Cab Driver, Stealing Vehicle

Charges are pending against a Skippack woman in connection with a vehicle theft incident last Tuesday, according to a report.

Susan Hall, 22, was picked up by a Lansdale Yellow Cab Co. vehicle and was being taken to her home. The cab was traveling on Valley Forge Road in Worcester when Hall allegedly struck the driver on the right side of his head “and continued to attack him as he finally pulled over the vehicle,” the report states.

Hall allegedly persisted in the attack as the driver left the cab. Police say Hall then “jumped into the driver’s seat from the back seat and drove off.”

The vehicle was later found at Worcester Elementary School, and Hall reportedly “fled west on foot,” according to Pennsylvania State Police. She was found with a helicopter search, the report indicates.

Police stated that Hall was later taken to Norristown State Hospital’s Building 50 for evaluation.

Low-grade heroin found in Schwenksville

Police are investigating the discovery of 47 bags of low-grade heroin found in a lunch bag in the first block of Mine Hill Run in Schwenksville Wednesday, March 16.

A resident told Officer Roland Walker III that she was retrieving her mail from the mailbox when “she noticed a small, clear bag on the ground.

“(The woman) picked up the clear bag and brought it into her house, (where) she could see it was a small lunch baggy with numerous, smaller bags duct taped inside the lunch bag,” the report states.

The bags were brought to the Lower Frederick Police Station, where they were photographed, and the substance was tested. The tests showed the bags contained low-grade heroin, according to the report.

King of Prussia man involved in reported harassment incident

Scott John Travaline, 54, of King of Prussia, and a man were on a property in the 1000 block of Bridge Road in Skippack Township when they allegedly became involved in an altercation about the property.

The report from the Pennsylvania State Police alleges that Travaline shoved the Skippack man and “threatened to strike him.”

“Charges were filed at ,” the report states.