A 38 year -old Philadelphia man with a active retail theft warrant out of Delaware County was taken into custody by Bensalem Police last week made the choice of resisting and putting up a fight, with a Sargent’ during processing, earning himself a new set of charges including aggravated assault of a police officer.
On Wednesday, Nov. 19 2025 at approximately 3:39 p.m., two Bensalem Township Police officers responded to their headquarters at 2400 Byberry Road for an officer assist. Upon arrival, the officers made contact with a Sgt., who had a cut to his left hand which was bleeding, according to police.
Upon investigation, one officer determined that the Sgt was attempting to take a defendant identified as Kowan Richardson into custody for a retail theft warrant when Richardson began to resist inside the lobby of police headquarters…