Police Log Sept. 25: Teacher arrested for statutory sexual assault; burglaries in Chadds Ford

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***UPDATE*** According to Lt. Tony Sivo, of the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop K, Media barracks, there has been a break in the investigation into several burglaries in Western Delaware County, including Chadds Ford Township. Sivo said he was unable to go into detail at this time, but said there could be more information coming. He advised people to maintain proper precautions by keeping their doors, windows, garages and cars locked. ***End UPDATE***

• Pennsylvania State Police, Troop K, Media barracks, made an arrest in connection with a statutory sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl that occurred at the Garnet Valley Middle School on Sept. 12. William A. Barber, of Glen Mills, was arrested Sept. 23 and charged with Statutory Sexual Assault, Unlawful Contact with Minor, Institutional Sexual Assault, Corruption of Minors and Indecent Assault, according to police. Barber — a teacher and sports coach at the school — was arraigned in district court where Judge Walter A. Strohl set bail at 10 percent of $250,000. Barber was then remanded to the Delaware County prison.

• Someone entered an unlocked home on Tally Ho Drive in Chadds Ford and stole Wedgewood pattern silverware on Sept. 23. Police said the incident happened between 2 and 2:30 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 484-840-1000.

• State police said someone stole a safe from a home on Mountain View Trail in Chadds Ford Township. The break-in and theft happened sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 23. Police said the incident is believed to be part of a crime pattern.

• There was a burglary on Annesley Drive in Concord Township on Sept. 19, police said. Someone entered the victim’s home and stole a silver iPad, a wallet with Social Security and credit cards, and an Xbox 360. No time of day was included in the report, but police are asking anyone with information to phone 484-840-1000.

• State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, are investigating a burglary in Pocopson Township. On Sept. 23, sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., someone entered a home on Brinton’s Bridge Road and removed jewelry, a jewelry box and a bed spread, police said.

• On Sunday, Sept. 13, state police conducted a traffic stop on southbound Route 1 at Ring Road in Chadds Ford Township at 1:59 a.m. Police said Jonathan Perry, 24, of West Chester, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance. Troopers also found him in possession of about 15 grams of marijuana, a glass pipe, and a metal grinder.

• State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, arrested Nicholas Joseph Bartley, 18, of Chester, in Pennsbury Township on Sept. 13. A report said Bartley was found to be in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop on Cosart Road at 9:53 p.m.

• Troopers from the Avondale barracks are looking for a man identified as Carlos Caraballo, 26, in connection with an Aug. 3 burglary on Jonathan Court in East Marlborough Township. A police report said the two female victims knew the suspect who entered the house sometime between 4:45 and 5:15 a.m. Caraballo entered the home through an open window, walked up the stairs into the victim’s rooms. The two women woke up and chased the suspect. Caraballo then fled in an unknown direction, the report said. The suspect has no known address. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call state police at 610-268-2022.

• No injuries were reported following a one-car accident in Pennsbury Township on Sept. 20. A police report said the 23-year-old motorist was driving north on Pocopson Road when, for unknown reasons, he crossed into the southbound lane and striking an embankment.

 

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