New Jersey Man Charged for Pennsbury School District Burglary, School District Van Theft

A 33 year-old Runnemede, New Jersey man apparently did not “run” far enough as he is currently in custody in New Jersey awaiting extradition accused of breaking into the Pennsbury School District Warehouse, trashing computers, laptops. a forklift and then fleeing in a school district van, according to Falls Township Police.

On Sunday, October 19, 2025 at roughly 9:36 a.m. Bucks County Radio dispatched Falls Township Police Department Patrolman Zachary Sherman to the Pennsbury School District Warehouse, located at 9 Cabot Boulevard East, for a burglary report.

Sherman learned that a Pennsbury School District GMC van had been stolen from the interior of the warehouse. Officer Sherman also learned that thousands of dollars worth of damage had been done to the interior of the Pennsbury School Warehouse too.

Prior to the burglary dispatch, according to police, from the radio room at roughly 9:20 a.m. New Jersey State Trooper Omar Elgamal conducted a traffic stop on the GMC because the operator, Sean Bower, had a cracked windshield and failed to maintain his lane of travel while operating the GMC in Wall Township, New Jersey.

Trooper Elgamal took Bower into custody for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance and because Bower had several warrants out of New Jersey.

State Police interviewed Bower after being provided with his Miranda Rights.

Bower, according to police, admitted to breaking into the school district building by smashing a window.

Bower also admitted to damaging various laptops, computers, a forklift while inside the warehouse and stealing the school district van, police said.

Falls authorities filed an arrest warrant for Bower on Sunday on five felony burglary counts. He will be arraigned once his custody is transferred to Bucks County authorities.