DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Yardley man was sentenced Tuesday to up to nearly two years in county jail for a months-long campaign of politically motivated harassment and vandalism that targeted supporters of President Donald Trump in Lower Makefield Township.
Alaric Dalberg, 64, pleaded guilty before Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. to stalking, harassment, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. Bateman sentenced Dalberg to a term of two to 23 months at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, followed by three years of concurrent probation.
Dalberg was also fined $1,000, ordered to complete 100 hours of non-political community service, and prohibited from contacting his victims. He must also pay full restitution for property damage caused by his actions.
“This office will not tolerate politically motivated violence or threats of violence — ever,” District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said following the sentencing. “People who think they are justified in engaging in criminal activity because they believe the ends justify the means will have a dose of reality if they choose to commit crimes in Bucks County.”
Prosecutors said Dalberg’s crimes spanned from October 2024 to February 2025 and involved a pattern of targeted harassment against several residents and workers whose homes or vehicles displayed political signs supporting Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 general election.
Investigators found that Dalberg routinely scattered screws and nails across the driveways of residents and in the parking space of a supermarket employee he targeted. One victim was a 76-year-old senior citizen. Surveillance footage eventually identified Dalberg as the suspect. When confronted, he admitted storing the nails in his vehicle to use in acts of vandalism motivated by political disagreement.
Judge Bateman condemned the conduct as calculated and deliberate. “It was not an aberration,” he said from the bench. “Just because you disagree with someone’s political or personal views, do you decide to victimize them? It’s completely, unequivocally unacceptable.”
The case was investigated by Lower Makefield Township Detective Richard Meehl and prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Edward Furman Jr.
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