Police Beat

Hatfield Township Police say a Lansdale woman’s blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit and she was reading a text when she slammed into two teens just after 11:30 at night on April 26th on route 309, killing 15 year old, Dennis Kee and injuring another teen. The teens were walking on the shoulder of the road. Sara Ann Derstein has been charged with homicide by vehicle and related offenses. She’s being in lieu of 100-thousand dollars bail.

Matthew Royer, who was the subject of a massive search and investigation by several police jurisdictions has been found alive in North Carolina.

According to reports, the 21-year-old Skippack resident is with his  family at an unknown place in North Carolina. Royer had been missing since leaving the campus of The University of Rhode Island on Thursday.
Royer was seen on video at a Sunoco gas station on Routes 100 and 78  just before 2am Friday .Two employees at a Subway in Lebanon, Pa saw
Royer at around 1pm friday. It's not known what led to Royer's actions.     

On Monday, Royer's parents held a news conference asking their son to
call home.

District Attorneys from Montgomery, Bucks, Deaware Counties, along with
Philadelphia announce a major drug bust in connection with "Operation Weed Whacker"
8 men are under arrest and nearly 37-hundred pounds of marajuana with a
street value of almost 15-million dollars is off the streets. The investigation
started in September, when large amounts of marajuana was being sold in Whitpain Township Wiretaps helped police determine that marajuana was being hauled from
California to Pennsylvania. Delaware County was one of the main drop off
points. The defendants are behind bars after failing to post high bail.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a college student from Skippack continues. 21-year-old, Matthew Royer, after a few sightings, has seemingly vanished on his way home from the University of Rhode Island. Police say he left the campus on Thursday at 6:30. He was seen by video at a Sunoco on routes-78 and 100, just after 2am Friday. Since then, the trail to locate Royer has gone cold. Royer’s parents held a news conference Monday afternoon at the State Police Barracks in Skippack, pleading for their son to call home, if he can. Royer is a white male, brown hair, brow eyes, 6-1, 160 pounds. He was driving a silver Chevy Cobalt with a license plate tag of GZR-9059. Anyone with information is urged to call State Police.