Bensalem House Fire Kills One Woman, One Man Injured

A Langhorne woman spent a day in jail after she fled Bensalem Police who observed her driving erratically  on Street Road last month locating the vehicle and its owner, ironically on the same block of funeral home.

According to the probable cause filing, on Saturday, Feb. 28, at approximately 10:23 p.m.  Police were on routine patrol in the area of 3000 Street Road when officers observed a sliver Ford Explorer bearing a Pennsylvania registration MHS-**** driving erratically. Police attempted to initiate a traffic stop by activating lights and sirens.

The  motorist, police said,  fled west on Street Road at a high rate of speed.

Police in court papers said, the driver passed multiple vehicles on the right side and then ran through multiple steady red lights. Police lost track of the  Explorer in the area of Street Road and Public Safety Way.

At approximately 11:35 p.m. police found the vehicle in the rear of 4737 East Street Road in Bensalem Twp.

Police  initiated a second traffic stop by activating lights and sirens with back-up officers surrounding the  Explorer so the motorist could not speed away again.

Police made contact with the driver and sole occupant, who was identified as 50 year-old Paige Holwood.

Holwood had bloodshot, glassy eyes, and the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her person which increased as she spoke. She was unsteady on her feet when she got out of the vehicle, according to coure papers.

Police came to the conclusion that she could not operate a motor vehicle safely, said the probable cause.

Holwood was transported back to Police Headquarters where she was read the implied consent form in its entirety and refused to submit to a blood test, the arresting officer said.

On-Call District Judge John T. Galloway arraigned Holwood in the early morning hours of Sunday on a felony charge of fleeing police, DUI and four related traffic offenses.

Galloway set bail at 10 percent of $25,000 and Holwood, unable to post bail, was remanded to County Jail. She paid the 10 percent on Monday and released.  Holwood’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for  March 26.  Currently, she has no attorney of record, according to online court records.

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.

Bensalem Police arrested a 35 year old Barrington, New Jersey man for convincing a minor to take sexually explicit photos of herself. 

Justin Orio was charged with felony counts of unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children (photo/video/abuse material), and related offenses.  He was arraigned by District Justice Joseph Falcone on Wednesday who  remanded him to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $750,000 bail. 

According to the affidavit of  probable cause, Orio initiated a conversation on a dating app with an individual who he believed was 13 years-old.

Orio would ask the underage girl if she was a virgin and asked her to send photos of herself, police said in court papers. 

On Sunday, Dec. 29, 2025, Orio asked the girl if she wanted to “hook up.” When the girl told him that she was willing, Orio went on to very graphically and explicitly describe the sexual acts he planned on engaging with her, the criminal complaint alleges. 

During said conversation Orio repeatedly asked the girl to send him photos of her bare breast, while assuring her that she wouldn’t get in trouble and her mother would not find out, police said. 

Once identified, detectives spoke with Orio who confirmed that he had been messaging with the girl and asking her to produce and send him explicit pictures. Orio, according to the probable cause, said  he did not plan to meet up with the girl, but that “it was tempting”, in spite of his concerns about getting in trouble.

Orio turned himself into Bensalem authorities on Wednesday. 

“No juvenile was ever in danger during this investigation,” Bensalem authorities said in a media release. 

Lower Bucks Source picked up a copy of Orio’s arrest warrant subsequent to a daily check of the of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania on Feb 5. 

He is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on March and has no attorney of record listed according to online records. 

Editor’s Note: Published Jeff Bohen contributed to this report.