Crime & Safety

Man Found Sleeping on Porch Cited for Public Drunkenness, Police Say

Lower Saucon police cited T. Andrew Beaver of Sinking Spring after he allegedly became lost following a party on Ridge Drive.

A Reading area man was cited by Lower Saucon Township police for public drunkenness, after he allegedly became lost and wound up on a neighbor's porch following a May 22 party on Ridge Drive.

According to police, T. Andrew Beaver, 23, of 14 Brook Hollow Drive, Sinking Spring, attended a party on Ridge Drive, where he became intoxicated.

Later, Beaver went onto the porch of a residence at 2324 Ridge Drive, but ran off when approached by the homeowner, police said.

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Police responded to that address for a report of a burglary in progress at approximately 4:15am, and say they subsequently found Beaver asleep on the porch of the neighboring residence where the party had taken place.

Beaver "admitted being lost and at the wrong house," police said.

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After being cited for public drunkenness, he was released to friends, they added. 


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