NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP CRIME

Buddha statue stolen from New Galena Road yard, police say

The 25-pound statue was reported stolen on Friday.

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Saturday, December 14, 2024

(Credit: New Britain Township Police)

The 25-pound statue was reported stolen on Friday.

A 25-pound statute of Buddha, also referred to as Siddhartha Gautama, was stolen from the yard of a home on the 800 block of New Galena Road in New Britain Township.

The property is located near Lake Galena and Peace Valley Park.

New Britain Township Police said the statue was reported stolen on Friday and was last seen on the property on Tuesday. The statue is 17 inches tall, police said.

Call New Britain Township Police at 215-822-1910 or email police@nbtpa.us with any details on the theft.

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Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, with a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.