Police log May 10

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on May 9, 2012

Stolen car; thefts; DUIs

• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop K, Media barracks are investigating a possible vehicle theft in which the stolen vehicle might have been used in a hit and run accident. According to a police report, a 1992 Chevrolet Suburban registered to a 29-year-old Chadds Ford man was found on Watkin Avenue in Concord Township at 10 a.m. on May 26. The vehicle showed fresh damage on the passenger side — black paint transfer. When contacted, the owner reportedly said the Suburban was stolen sometime overnight. Anyone with information or who might have been the victim of a hit and run accident should call Tpr. Jonathan Pipes at 484-840-1000.

• Police are investigating the theft of 10 solar lanterns, two plastic light-up fairies and one spotlight from the lawn of a Featherbed Lane property.

• State police charged Tristam Alan MacDonnell with DUI after an early morning traffic stop at Oakland and Brinton Bridge Road in Chadds Ford Township. The stop was made at 3:18 a.m. on May 5.

• Police said Michelle Stephanie Ryan, 44, of Garnet Valley was stopped for multiple traffic violations on Route 202 at Marshall Road and found to be driving under the influence of alcohol. The traffic stop was made 1:08 a.m. on May 4.

• Timothy Slachta, of Glen Mills, was charged with DUI following a traffic stop at Spring Valley and Brinton Lake roads in Concord Township, according to a police report. The report said Slachta was stopped for traffic violations and showed signs of impairment when stopped at 1:40 a.m. on May 5.

• A Pennsbury Township resident was the victim of theft by deception on May 2, state police reported. According to police, the resident of a home on Ingleton Circle received a phone call saying her son-in-law was in jail and needed bail money.

• A granite vanity top was stolen from a home under construction in Pocopson Township, police said. The property is in the 100 block of Scaleby Lane. Police said the theft happened sometime between 4:45 p.m. on May 1 and 7:30 a.m. on May 2.

• Birmingham Township Police Chief Tom Nelling told supervisors there that his department responded to 1,321 incidents during the month of April. Among those were six criminal arrests with three cases still open.