Bensalem police arrest two during overnight burglary
Officers on patrol found a broken window and unsecured door at 3190 Tremont Avenue, leading to the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of alleged burglary tools and drugs.
On Oct. 9, 2026 at about 12:44 a.m., Bensalem police officers on patrol discovered an unoccupied vehicle on Tremont Avenue and a broken window and unsecured door at 3190 Tremont Avenue; after additional units including a K9 entered the building they located 44-year-old Matthew Guiffrida of Newtown and 38-year-old Lauren McKenna of Warminster. Searches of both subjects produced tools believed to have been used in the burglary as well as drugs and drug paraphernalia, and both were charged with burglary (F2), criminal trespass (F2), possessing an instrument of crime (M1), possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. They were arraigned by Magisterial District Justice Terrence P. Hughes, Sr.; Guiffrida’s bail was set at 10% of $200,000 and McKenna’s at 10% of $25,000, and both were remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.