The son of a Falls Township Police officer apparently did not internalize a valuable lesson his father may have taught him: Do not flee the police.
Magisterial District Judge Daniel Baranoski arraigned Justin Langan on December 12 on a felony count of fleeing, and misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident, disorderly conduct and a slew of summary offenses, according to a probable cause filed by the Pennsylvania State Police PSP.
According to the probable cause, on November 30 at approximately 2:25 a.m., PSP were on patrol in full uniform, operating a fully marked Pennsylvania State Police patrol unit (M3-10).
Troopers were traveling west on West Highland Avenue at its intersection with Station Avenue, in Langhorne Manor Borough, when they observed smoke in the distance. Troopers approached the smoke and observed a blue Dodge pickup truck doing donuts and burnouts causing damage to the roadway at the intersection of West Highland Avenue and Hulmeville Avenue.
Once at the intersection the truck stopped, troopers wrote in court papers, and faced the patrol vehicle. The truck then accelerated at a high rate of speed passing the patrol vehicle on the right side.
Troopers initiated a traffic stop utilizing emergency lights and sirens. The driver continued driving and was now fleeing as he failed to yield to emergency lights and sirens.
The truck kept accelerating down West Highland Avenue, failing to stop at two stop signs, then making a right turn onto South Bellevue Avenue without stopping at the marked stop sign and without using a turn signal, the probable cause alleges.
The pickup continued to speed down South Bellevue Ave at high speed through the residential area, police said.
The truck attempted a right turn onto Comly Avenue, but at high speed, the truck failed to make the turn and struck a utility pole head-on, damaging the pole. At that time, troopers could see the truck’s Pennsylvania registration: FP12418. The patrol vehicle pulled up to the truck’s driver’s side. The damaged pole had a mounted light on it. The truck’s driver’s side window was down. PSP had a clear view and saw the white male operator approximately three feet away.
The truck then reversed, troopers said, and accelerated down Comly Avenue.
A query of the registration revealed that the Pennsylvania State Police conducted a traffic stop on this truck in August of 2025. At the time, the driver was Justin Langan. A query of Langan’s driver’s license photo revealed a match to the operator driving the truck, troopers said in court records.
The pursuit was terminated due to safety concerns and a positive ID of the operator, police said.
A follow-up was conducted shortly after at Langan’s residence.
Troopers spoke with Langan’s mother who told them that he had left the residence in the truck earlier in the day. She told state troopers investigating that he had gone out to celebrate his birthday.
Langan’s father is a veteran Falls Township Police officer.
Langan is scheduled for a January 7, 2026 preliminary hearing at Penndel District Court and released on unsecured bail.
A call to Langan’s attorney of record was not immediately returned Monday evening.
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