Former Bucks County police chief recounts 2009 arrest of Raymond Horsch amid ongoing Philadelphia missing-women probe

Former New Britain Township police chief Robert Scafidi said he arrested Raymond "RC" Horsch at the latter's Chalfont residence in 2009. Scafidi recalled that a neighbor’s call about noises led police to obtain a warrant, during which investigators seized about 200 marijuana plants, firearms and identification cards belonging to several women.

"A woman who called police said she heard noises," Scafidi said.

He added that the district attorney’s office took the IDs for follow-up, but he was not aware of any further action. Horsch was later placed in federal custody and sentenced to 54 months, receiving credit for time already served in a Bucks County jail.

The Chalfont property is connected to a broader probe of a West Chew Avenue home in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood, where police have linked at least seven women to images and video recovered from the site. The Olney house, owned by Eugene Horsch, was searched in June and yielded counterfeit law-enforcement credentials, drugs, a firearm, large volumes of photographs and videos, written material and unidentified chemicals that investigators say may have been used to conceal evidence. Authorities plan another search of the Philadelphia property later this month.

One of the women tied to the Olney investigation, Amy McHale, was last seen in 2016 and had previously been married to Raymond Horsch. Neighbors recalled seeing her in Chalfont but said she was reclusive. The current owners of the Chalfont house declined on-camera interviews but allowed reporters to view a renovated basement that includes a large, sealed safe built into the foundation during Horsch’s tenancy.

Philadelphia police have not yet searched the Chalfont house and no charges related to the missing-women case have been filed, nor have any bodies been recovered.