• A 21-year-old woman from Chadds Ford avoided an attempted
abduction after breaking free from the grip of a man trying to drag her into a
car, police said. According to a police report from the Pennsylvania State
Police, the woman was walking in the parking lot at the Shoppes at Brinton Lake
when a man, identified as 62-year-old Frederick “Rick” Rode, asked her for
directions. She approached his car to help when he tried to pull her into his
car and drive away. The woman broke free and ran to the stores. There were
witnesses to the incident. Police said the victim does not know Rode. The
incident happened 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14. Police are asking witnesses to call
484-840-1000 and ask for a criminal investigator. The investigation is ongoing.
• Two white women, both in their 60s, were seen illegally
dumping trash into a Dumpster paid for by the Anthropoligie Woman’s Store in
the Shoppes at Brinton Lake. The two fled in a grey car, police said. The women
face charges of theft of services.
• A 60-year-old woman had her purse stolen at a restaurant,
a police report said. The suspect then used it to buy $1,000 worth of
merchandise from the Concordville Acme. The incident happened between 8:40 and
10 p.m. on Sept. 9.
• A home in the 200 block of Brinton Lake Road in Concord
Township was the scene of a burglary sometime between 9 p.m. Sept. 10 and 5
a.m. Sept. 11, a police report said. The unknown suspect reportedly stole a TV
and a handbag after gaining entry through an unlocked door.
• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop J, Avondale will
conduct a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed intersection in Chester County
the weekend of Sept. 17 through Sept. 19.
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