Cops, Courts & Fire -Bristol Borough

Bristol Man Jailed for Stalking, Tracking and Terrorizing Ex Girlfriend

Published

2 months ago

January 9, 2026

A 36 year-old Bristol Borough man has been charged and arrested by Bucks County Detectives and the Bristol Borough Police Department for stalking his ex girlfriend, witness tampering, installing tracking devices on her vehicle and through Apple Air Tags and related offenses.

District Judge David J. Chichilitti video arraigned Sean Bronner Wednesday morning in cases filed by county authorities and borough police on felony charges of stalking, witness tampering, criminal use of a communication facility and related offenses.

Chichilitti set bail at 10 percent of 1 million for each case with hearings set for Jan 21.

Bronner was taken into custody by Bristol Borough Police on a PFA violation warrant, according to online court records last week.

Bucks County Detectives initiated the investigation into Bronner last May.

The victim is an ex-girlfriend of Bronner’s and they co-parent a child together, court records show, with both residing in Bristol Borough.

The victim told county detectives Bronner “is obsessed with me.”

Bronner has repeatedly violated PFA’s dating back to at least 2020, authorities noted in court papers.

Through investigative methods authorities were able to confirm the victim’s claims of Bronner using some sort of tracking device because he kept showing up at locations in the area she did not share with him.

The “Land Sea, Air” tracking device and through Apple Air Tags, is how Bronner was tracking the victim’s movements. The tracking device was reported to Bristol Borough authorities in August and custody of it was transferred to police in October.

Investigators with help from the victim, said when she was notified of an Apple Air Tag, she engaged a feature that would emit a sound that would alert law enforcement she was being tracked by Air Tags

Investigators were able to confirm the tracking device(s) and Air Tags directly back to Bronner through a series of search warrants served on the companies who crated the tracking mechanisms.

A summary of the stalking/tracking incidents are below.

On August 9, 2023, she obtained a Final Protection From Abuse Order, issued by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas and signed by the Honorable Robert Baldi. This order contained the same file number as the December 2020 order.
On or about October 30, 2025, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office received information relating to allegations of harassment and stalking involving parties known to one another. The alleged actor in this incident was identified as Sean Leigh Bronner. Both subjects reside in Bristol Borough, Bucks County, PA.

The information received by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office included multiple police reports in which the reporting party was the complainant. These reports are summarized as follows:

07/21/2025, Bristol Borough – She reported that Bronner was in violation of the PFA, as he had been following her and showing up where she went.
08/24/2025, Bristol Borough – She discovered a tracking device attached to the rear bumper of her personal vehicle. She advised law enforcement that she had observed Bronner driving in the area where she was shortly after she arrived in said area. As such, she believed Bronner was involved in the placement and monitoring of the tracking device she found. The device was identified by the Bristol Borough Police Department as a LandAirSea tracking device, serial 22500308.
08/25/2025, Bristol Borough – She reported driving her vehicle and receiving an alert on her Apple iPhone that an Apple AirTag was traveling with her. At the direction of law enforcement, she engaged a feature which could make the detected AirTag emit an audio signal. Law enforcement used this sound to locate the Apple AirTag taped to the frame of the vehicle’s undercarriage. Bristol Borough police seized and secured the Apple AirTag, model A2187 & serial HGCPPHGGP0GV.
10/02/2025, Bristol Borough – She met with the Bristol Borough Police Department to transfer custody of a device reportedly found by Blair Automotive. The device was identified by Bristol Borough Police Detective B. Davis as a LandAirSea GPS tracking device, serial 8882451294 (face of the device), 82451294 (on interior component). She also took pictures of Bronner outside her vehicle on October 2, 2025. She was operating her vehicle at the time, with their son in the back seat.
10/03/2025, Bristol Borough – She flagged down a Bristol Borough Police Officer in front of the Bristol Borough Police Department. Bronner and her were together, visibly arguing. Bronner advised law enforcement that he wished to visit his son and was told by her that he could. Bronner reported that she repeatedly violated the active PFA by appearing at his residence. She was spoken to, and reported that it was Bronner that was following her. She believed that due to Bronner’s ability to find her, he had placed another tracking device on her car.
10/09/2025, Bristol Borough violation of the PFA order. Per the reporting party, Bronner left an item outside of her home on October 9, 2025. When she exited her home to retrieve the item, which was for their son, Bronner pulled up in front of the residence in his vehicle and was beeping the vehicle’s horn at her. Bronner surrendered to law enforcement on October 14, 2025.
10/20/2025, Bristol Borough – Bronner reported the reporting party as at his Otter Street home and stabbed him with a knife. This incident reportedly occurred on April 3, 2025. Bronner provided three (3) videos he recorded of the incident to the Bristol Borough Police Department.
10/29/2025, Middletown Township (Bucks County) – She reported having her vehicle in for service. During the service appointment, a technician reported finding a tracking device affixed to the vehicle’s undercarriage. The tracking device was identified as a LandAirSea GPS Tracker, serial number 8882476629.
10/30/2025, Bristol Borough – She reported seeing Bronner by the rear of her residence. While providing information to the Bristol Borough Police Department, she visually observed Bronner parking approximately a half-block away, looking in the area of the police department. Bristol Borough Police made contact with Bronner, who reported that he was in the area to serve paperwork on the mother of one of his children who was not the reporting party in this case.

Each of the discovered tracking devices were discovered affixed to the reporting party’s 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is owned and registered to her.

The detective also received information related to repeated blocked phone calls to her phone occurring all hours of the day and night. In several of these blocked number calls, a voicemail was left. She reported that the subject speaking in the voicemails was Bronner.

On December 30 Borough Police were contacted by the victim who reported Bronner was allegedly violating the PFA again through phone calls and text messages.

The victim provided police with alleged evidence of the repeated unwanted communications. She told police she lives in fear of Bronner and wants an end put to the terrifying situation.

Bronner as noted above was taken into custody on a ICC warrant (Indirect Criminal Contempt) which is a court proceeding for someone accused of violating a court order, most commonly a PFA order.

Cops, Courts & Fire -Bristol Borough

Bristol Borough Fire Chiefs Statement on Dorrance Street Fire

Published

2 days ago

March 3, 2026

Jeff Bohen

Bristol Borough Fire Chief Herb Slack on Tuesday morning released the following statement on last nights Dorrance Street Fire.

It’s only been edited for style:

At 6:11 PM, Bristol Borough Fire Companies were dispatched to 340 Dorrance St for a dwelling fire with possible entrapment. The first arriving fire chief found two semi-detached dwellings with exposures on both sides. He immediately asked for the second alarm because of the volume of fire in the two dwellings and rapidly spreading to the exposures.

Fire companies quickly stretched hose lines to protect the exposures and begin extinguishing the fire in the two dwelling. A third alarm was added for additional manpower.

Credit: Submitted

During fire fighting operations, it was determined that there was a one resident had not gotten out of the dwelling. Due to the intense fire, with the first floors fully involved, firefighters were not able to enter the dwelling to attempt to rescue a residents who was wheel-chair bound and had been unable to escape. There was one additional civilian injury and that person was transported to the hospital with possible smoke inhalation. There were no firefighter injuries.

Credit: Joe Nelson

Fire was placed under control at 7:39 PM. Fire companies remained on location for several hours due to the extensive overhauling to ensure the fire was extinguished. The last fire company left at 11:26 PM.

Mutual aid companies supporting fire fighting operations including fire companies from Bristol Township, Bensalem, Falls Township, Middletown Township, Morrisville and Burlington County.

The fire remains under investigation by Bristol Borough and the Bucks County Fire Marshal’s Office.

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Emergency Crews Prepare for Incoming Blizzard as Lower Bucks Municipalities Declare Storm Plans

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2 weeks ago

February 21, 2026

Joanne Ames

Credit:: Veinna Carcel

Lower Bucks municipalities have declared disaster/snow emergencies in advance of the expected snow storm that the National Weather Service says will dump anywhere between 14 to 18 inches on the area.

A winter storm warning is still in effect from Sunday, Feb 22 to Monday, Feb 23.

Each municipality has its own link. For more information and updates, please click on their associated link.

Bensalem Township – Disaster Emergency declared immediately for the pending snow storm. Click here to see more details.

Bristol Borough – Snow information/requirements have been posted on their website. Click here to see the details.

Bristol Township – Snow Emergency effective 12 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 through 12 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Click here to see more details.

Falls Township – Snow Emergency starts Sunday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. and expires on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 6 a.m. Click here for details.

Langhorne Borough – Snow Emergency starts Sunday, Feb. 22 at noon until Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. No parking. Click here for details.

Lower Makefield Township – Snow information has been posted on Meta. Click here to see the details.

Middletown Township – Snow Emergency is in effect from Sunday, Feb. 22 at 12 p.m. to Monday, Feb. 23 at 12 p.m. . Click here to see details.

Morrisville Borough – Snow Emergency is in effect from Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. to Monday, Feb. 23 at 5 p.m. Click here to see the details.

Newtown Township – A Snow Emergency is in effect from 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 until 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Click here to see the details.

Penndel Borough – Snow Emergency has been declared from 12 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2026, through 12 p.m. on Monday, February 23, 2026. Click here for more details and click here for more on the ordinance.

Tullytown Borough – Snow Emergency proclamation in effect from Sunday Feb. 22 – 6 p.m. to Monday Feb. 23 – 6 p.m. Click here to see more details.

Warminster Township – Disaster Emergency has been declared for the incoming snow storm, effective Sunday Feb. 22, 2026 at 12 p.m. through Tuesday, Feb. 24,2026 at 12 p.m.. Click here to see the details and click here to see the declaration from Township Manager Tom Scott.

Yardley Borough – Snow Emergency proclamation in effect from Sunday Feb. 22 – 4 p.m. to Monday Feb. 23 – 4 p.m. . Click here to see the details. and click here to see declaration/other information from Mayor Caroline Thompson.

The primary concern is safety. Take care of yourselves and check on neighbors and those who may be vulnerable.

Please stay safe, take all necessary precautions, and keep your devices charged.

Click here for updates from the National Weather Service

Click here for PECO’s outage map.

Cops, Courts & Fire -Bristol Borough

Cops: Bristol Man Charged with Robbery; Suspect Identified Via Sports Jacket Seen on Video During Altercation

Published

2 weeks ago

February 17, 2026

Jeff Bohen

A Bristol Borough man was taken into custody and jailed Friday night accused of robbery, simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct stemming from a Jan. 26 incident at the Sunoco Gas Station on Bath Road and Rt 13.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, Bristol Borough Police were dispatched to the gas station/convenience store at 10:45 p.m by 911 after the assault/robbery was called in by gas station staff.

Responding police officers met with the employee who said two men entered the store and one attempted to rob him, assaulted him, damaged the store and then fled on foot. The employee said one of the two suspects reached through the safety glass that is usually in place during night hours, punching him in the face and neck area several times and breaking his glasses, the criminal complaint alleges.

Officers noted, in the probable cause, visible bruising on the employee’s face from the robbery assault. In addition, there were a number of store items damaged.

The victim told police the direction the suspects fled which officers canvassed and came up empty in the suspect search.

On Jan 27 officers reviewed gas station security video footage (no audio) showing, according to the probable cause, Mark Rodriguez (who police had yet to identify) getting into an argument with the victim, reaching underneath the security window, pulling it up and pummeling the victim.

The unidentified man with Rodriguez remained nearby but was on his cell phone, police said, at the time of the assault and was wearing a Bristol High School sports jacket.

Bristol Borough Police identified the owner of the jacket (a minor) with help from school district officials. The minor provided a written statement to police identifying a family member of his/hers (Rodriguez) as the suspect who assaulted the Sunoco Gas Station employee and that he was present for the altercation.

The written statement was facilitated by Bristol Borough Middle/High School Lead Teacher Mike Poploskie, and sent via email to lead investigator/officer Chris Tehan. Subsequently police were able to confirm Rodriguez’s identity and that he lives on the 150 block of Otter Street.

About one week later, police met with the parents of the student who was present at the altercation in which the minor was interviewed by police.

The youngster provided police with a “voluntary” statement confirming his/her previous written statement and allowing police to have a warrant issued for Rodriguez’s arrest.

Rodriguez was arraigned by on-call District Judge Mark D. Douple last Friday on robbery and related counts. He set bail at 10 percent of $75,000.00 and remanded Rodriguez to Bucks County Jail until his next hearing date, currently set for Feb 25.