7/11/18
by News Department on 07/11/18Suspect crushed...
A suspect was crushed by a bulldozer during a search Monday in Berks County.
According to Skook News, a PA Game Commission employee was operating a bulldozer in the area of Snyder School Road and South Garfield Road, Penn Township, around 10:00 AM, Monday, when he saw a car parked off the road in a field.
Bernville Borough police were first to respond to the location and saw two males came out of the thick underbrush, then fleeing on foot.
One male, identified as 54 year old David Brook Light, of Sinking Spring, was taken into custody.
The Game Commission employee and a State Trooper were on a bulldozer driving through the thick underbrush searching for the second suspect, identified as 51 year old Gregory A Longenecker, of Reading, who then discovered to be under the rear of the bulldozer deceased.
Light was charged with various drug offenses and trespassing, arraigned Monday evening, and released on $25,000.00 unsecured bail.
An autopsy on Longenecker was scheduled for Tuesday.
