Man drowns

A 23-year-old Philadelphia man has drowned in the lake at Nockamixon State Park.

Bucks County Coroner Dr. Joseph Campbell identified the man as Ivan S. Khemiy and said an autopsy found the death was accidental.

A park patron found the man’s unattended boat and reported it, Obie Derr, park manager, said. Khemiy’s van was also found parked near the park’s boat launch, Derr said.

Friends and family members who were contacted said the man had last been seen late May 26 when he said he was going fishing, Derr said.

Rescue workers were unable to find Khemiy’s body on May 30, but located it around noon the next day, authorities said. 

“It was found in about 18 to 20 feet of water,” Derr said.

Derr said he assumes Kheimiy was fishing alone.

Fraud

An elderly West Rockhill resident was phoned May 29 by a man who claimed she had won $500,000 in a Phillipines sweepstakes and told the woman to send $2,000 by Western Union to the Phillipines, Pennridge Regional Police Department said.

The woman sent the money and was later contacted by the same man who said the winnings were delayed in customs and that she needed to send $4,500 to the Phillipines to have it released, police said. The woman sent that money, then was contacted again, telling her to send another $5,000, police said. The woman did not send that money and reported the incident, police said.

  

Theft

Sharon Beer, 49, of Roseanne Lane, Sellersville, is charged with 33 counts of theft and receiving stolen property after between $3,000 and $5,500 was taken from BuxMont Woman’s Shuffle Alley League where Beer was treasurer, Pennridge Regional Police Department said.

Beer, who was in charge of the league’s checking account, began writing checks to herself around early March of 2008, police said. During a meeting in May of 2009, she reported the league’s account had more than $3,700, but the league president found shortly after that there was only about $100 in the account, police said.

Beer admitted to taking the money because of financial difficulties and said she had written the checks to herself hoping to pay the money back before the end of her term as treasurer, police said.

Beer was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Charles Baum, Perkasie, and released on $5,000 unsecured bail, police said.

DUI/hit & run

Robert Wohlgemuth, 47, of South Street, Morristown, NJ, faces driving under the influence and hit and run charges after a sign was hit when Wohlgemuth left Country Place Tavern at Ridge Road and Route 313 in East Rockhill about 9:30 p.m. May 24, Pennridge Regional Police Department said.

DUI

Diego Hernandez, 39, of Maple Avenue, Hatfield, faces driving under the influence charges after being stopped for speeding on Route 309 in West Rockhill about 1:30 a.m. May 24, Pennridge Regional Police Department said.

Harassment

Daniel Pasquale, 18, of Woodbridge Court, Sellersville, was cited May 22 for harassment after a 16-year-old student at Pennridge High School was harassed while at school, Pennridge Regional Police Department said.

Assault

Arthur Blaker, 61, of Park Avenue, Perkasie, is charged with simple assault and harassment after officers were called to his home for a report of an assault about 11:11 p.m. May 19, Perkasie Borough Police Department said.

Assault

Michael Scanlan, 21, of Race Street, Perkasie, was charged with simple assault and harassment after officers were called to his home for a report of an assault about 8:23 a.m. May 21, Perkasie Borough Police Department said.

DUI

Barbara Schafers, 47, of Elephant Road, Perkasie, faces driving under the influence charges after someone reported seeing her act suspiciously at the Perkasie Recycling Center about 7:31 p.m. May 20, Perkasie Borough Police Department said.

Underage drinking

Jonathan Hill Jr., 19, of Ottsville, was charged with driving under the influence, underage drinking and motor vehicle violations after officers saw the vehicle he was driving with no taillights after dark about 2:06 a.m. May 16, on Diamond Street in Sellersville, Perkasie Borough Police Department said.

Passenger Andrew Detwiler, 21, of Hilltown, was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, police said. Passenger Corey Detwiler, 19, of Hilltown, was cited for underage drinking and disorderly conduct, police said. Passenger Nicolle Antonucci, 20, of Perkasie, was cited for underage drinking, police said.

Public drunkenness

Michael Walsh, 58, of Parkridge Drive, Perkasie, was charged with public drunkenness after erroneously reporting his vehicle was stolen from Perkasie Square about 4:15 p.m. May 23, Perkasie Borough Police Department said.

False alarms

Charges were filed against Worth and Co. on Applebutter Road, Bedminster, after the sixth false alarm in a 12-month period happened about 6:36 a.m. May 28, Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin said.