Police Log March 10: Thefts, DUIs, accidents

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• The Rite Aid pharmacy in the 100 block of South Mill Road in Kennett Square is offering a $5,000 cash reward for information that leads to a conviction in a recent robbery case. Kennett Square Police responded on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 6:59  p.m. after a report that two white males entered the store wearing dark pants and dark-colored hooded sweatshirts, with the hoods pulled up tightly over their faces; one of the subjects wielded a knife.  Police said the suspects approached the employees, demanded money from the register, and fled on foot, running west on West Cypress Street. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Kennett Square Police Department at 610-444-0501 or 610-268-3171.

• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop K, Media barracks, arrested Larry Edgar Carroll, 22, of Smyrna, for retail theft. According to a police report, Carroll left the Wegmans store without paying for $60 worth of merchandise.

• Police said an unknown male stole two purses from a car parked outside the AMC Theater in Chadds Ford Township sometime between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 14. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 484-840-1000.

• State police said a Glen Mills woman was the victim of theft and access fraud in January. The report said the victim had her wallet stolen while at Wegmans on Jan. 13 and later discovered more than $14,000 charged to her credit cards.

• A debit card belonging to a Glen Mills woman was cloned and used at an ATM on City Avenue in Philadelphia on Feb 28, a police report said. The report said $940 was taken in two withdrawals.

• Police said two men are suspected of stealing $120 worth of baby formula from the Wegmans in Concord Township on Feb. 9.

• Bashkar Bandari, 42, of Malvern, was charged with harassment after he slapped a 40-year-old woman following a verbal dispute in Concord Township on Feb. 19, police said.

• An unidentified driver was given a warning for failing to yield the right of way following an accident in East Marlborough Township on March 3. A police report said the motorist was heading east on Doe Run Road onto Oak Tree Road, but failed to yield the right of way to an oncoming vehicle. The vehicles collided, but neither had to be towed and no injuries were reported.

• Police said Haden Constantino, 21, showed signs of impairment when he entered a sobriety checkpoint on Route 322 in Concord Township on Feb. 28. Field tests indicated his blood alcohol level was in excess of the legal limit, the report said, and he was taken to Riddle Memorial Hospital where blood was to be drawn. The report also said Constantino admitted his condition and said he was having a possible diabetic emergency. The checkpoint was on Route 322 at Clayton Park Drive.

• Joseph Crilly, 22, of Flourtown, was also caught at the Route 322/Clayton Park Drive sobriety checkpoint on Feb. 28, state police said. He was arrested for possession of narcotics, according to the report.

• Speed is considered the cause of a one-vehicle accident on Spring Valley Road in Concord Township on Feb. 27. Police said they cited Luis M. Toledo Reyes after his vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole.

• Both drivers involved in a two-vehicle accident were cited following a crash on Brandywine Drive in Chadds Ford Township on Feb. 24. Police said the accident happened when Abigail G. Semple, 19, of Springfield, and Scott M. Speakman, 44, of Coatesville, ran into each other as one was turning left and the others was turning right into Painters Crossing shopping center.

• On Feb. 27, police arrested Thomas Frederick Gaebel, 47, of Landenberg, for DUI after he was stopped for a traffic violation on Route 1 near the Brandywine River Museum of Art, a police report said.

• Gregory Edward Gruber, 50, of Marcus Hook, was arrested for DUI, according to Pennsylvania State Police. A report said Gruber rear-ended another vehicle on Route 202 at State Farm Drive at 6:21 p.m. on Feb. 18. Police determined he had been driving under the influence.

• A Feb. 15 accident in East Marlborough Township had two drivers cited after one lost control of his vehicle. According to police, Yulia Aguilar Mondragon, 26, of Kennett Square, was driving south on Route 1 behind John A. Bellaver, 43, of West Grove. Bellaver lost control of his vehicle and spun 180 degrees, police said, and Aguilar Mondragon was unable to avoid a collision. Bellaver was taken to Christiana Hospital with a minor injury. The report said Bellaver was cited for speed, while Aguilar Mondragon was cited for not having a license.

• A Garnet Valley resident had her car window smashed and purse stolen while parked at the Kinder Care on Brinton Lake Road in Concord Township on Feb. 19, a police report said.

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