• Two Delaware residents were in custody at the
George W. Hill Correctional Facility after being charged with a series of
thefts in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
A state police report said Deborah Reilly, of Hartley, and John Reilly, of
Wilmington, stole purses from two women in November and January incidents as
the victims were loading groceries into their cars in the Concordville Town
Center parking lot. In both cases, the suspects were seen fleeing in a tan
Chrysler Town and Country. Also, in both cases, the victims’ credit cards were
later used at grocery stores and gas stations.
The suspects were identified through store surveillance. Police said the two
are also suspected in similar thefts in Chester County and the state of
Delaware. Deborah Reilly was arrested when she appeared for a hearing in
Delaware County court. Media police arrested John Reilly after he was stopped
for a traffic violation.

• Pennsylvania State Police
filed DUI charges against a West Chester woman after a one-car accident on
Route 1 at State Farm Drive in Concord Township. The woman was not injured,
police said. According to the report, Nicole Wagner, 39, was driving south on
Route 1 when she lost control of her car due to high speed. The car struck a
median, careened into a snow bank on the right shoulder and overturned, the
report said. Wagner was charged with DUI in district court and released. The
accident happened Feb. 2, shortly after 10 p.m.

• Police reported that a Trane
air conditioning unit was stolen from the property at 1414 West Baltimore Pike
in Chadds Ford Township sometime between Dec. 15 and Jan. 31. The unit was
valued at $5,000. No other information was provided.

• The Ski Bum shop on Route 1
in Concord Township was ripped off to the tune of $90 about 3:15 p.m. on Feb.
2. Police are looking for two men in connection with the robbery. One is a
white male, about 6-feet 1-inch and 250 pounds. A police report said the man
had a shaved head and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and
black and white sneakers. He reportedly entered the store, placed a sweater
under his clothing, then left the store and got into a black Dodge Nitro.
Police believe the registration number of the car is 2769034, but are uncertain
in what state the car is registered.
The report also said the car was driven to the corner of the parking lot and a
black male, about 5-feet 8-inches, 150 pounds and wearing glasses left the
vehicle, walked to the Ski Bum with two brown shopping bags and tried to return
merchandise. The manager told the man to leave, police said. He complied,
returned to the car and fled. Anyone with information is asked to phone the
state police at 484-840-1000.

• State police from the
Avondale barracks charged Kelly Ann Jordon, 29, of Kennett Square with DUI
following a one-car crash in Pennsbury Township, according to a police press
release. The release said the accident happened in the northbound lane of Route
1 south of Independence Way on Feb. 2 about 5:15 p.m. No other information was
provided.

• Troopers from the Avondale
barracks have accused David Martinez, 27, from West Grove, in connection with a
series of retail thefts involving grocery stores. A police report said Martinez
and another person stole food items from the Giant Store in Penn Township and
from Superfresh and Genuardi‘s in East Marlborough.

• At least four Concord
Township residents had items stolen from their cars between 6 p.m. on Feb. 3
and 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 4, according to a state police report. Stolen from the
vehicles were computer equipment, portable GPS devices, power tools and “a
large sum of cash,” the report said. One of the cars was locked and was broken
into, the others had been left unlocked. The incidents happened on Concord Road
and Heritage Drive.

• DUI charges were filed
against a Wilmington woman following a 2:30 a.m. traffic stop on Route 202 at
Applied Card Way on Feb. 6. State police reported that Anna Pandelakis, 22, was
stopped for traffic violations when it was determined she was DUI.

• Two people were apprehended
for stealing baby formula from the Walgreens Pharmacy on Route 202, state
police said. According to a report, John Kevin Carey, 30, of Ridley Township
and Karen Marie Lare, 26, of Glenolden were arrested a few hours a few hours
after the Feb. 4 incident.

• State police charged Edmond
DeVincentis, 37, of Wilmington, with DUI shortly after 10 p.m. on Feb. 4, a
police report said. He was stopped on southbound Route 202 at Route 1,
according to the report.

• On Feb. 5, state police
stopped David Kelly, 27, of West Chester at routes 1 and 202. The report said
he was arrested for DUI, but various other charges were also filed.

• A West Chester woman had a
purse stolen from her unlocked car that was parked at the Wawa on Route 202 at
Dilworthtown Road in Chadds Ford Township. Police said the incident happened
between 8:15 and 8:20 p.m. on Feb. 2. Anyone with information is asked to call
PSPO at 484-840-1000.

• Ryan Peter Gades, 26, of West Chester, was
charged with DUI after a traffic stop in Chadds Ford Township, a police report
said. He was stopped, according to the report, after he was seen committing a
traffic violation at Creek Road and Master’s Way at 2:12 a.m. on Feb 8. Police
said Gades was determined to be under the influence of alcohol and that he admitted
to using marijuana.