• State police from the Avondale barracks reported an attempted child abduction on Route 41 in Avondale borough just after 3 p.m. on April 19. A report said a white, Hispanic male, average build, 5 feet 7 or 5 feet 8 inches tall, in his early 20s and wearing a black/gray stripe shirt and jeans grabbed the wrist of a 14-year-old girl who was walking home after getting off a school bus. The suspect put his hand over the girl’s mouth, but she was able to break free and run away after kicking and punching him. The suspect fled on foot.
• No press release was issued, but a motorcyclist was taken to the hospital by helicopter after he rode into a deer on Creek Road south of Bullock Road on April 19. Concord Towing removed the bike from the scene. (See photo.)
• A woman from Media lost $1,000 in Chadds Ford Township when someone broke the right rear window of her black GMC SUV and removed a tan purse containing the cash. The vehicle was parked at the Brandywine River Museum between 11:30 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. on April 14.
• Pennsylvania State Police apprehended two Chester residents who, they said, were responsible for breaking into cars parked at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford Township. Police identified the pair as Israel Rivera, 48, and Angel Maldonado Rivera, 32. According to a report, the two broke into vehicles and stole property. They were taken into custody without incident on April 21 at 2:30 p.m., the report said.
• Police reported a case of criminal mischief on Heyburn Road in Chadds Ford Township. A press release said someone broke a pane of glass in the front of a home in the 200 block of Heyburn Road sometime between 8 a.m. and 4:55 p.m. on April 17.
• Multiple residences in Chadds Ford Township had several windows shot out with a pellet gun on April 17. No other information was released.
• Someone broke a basement window at a house on Keepsake Lane in Chadds Ford Township on April 17. Nothing was reported stolen, but police categorized the incident as attempted burglary.
• Residents of a home on Samuel Lane in Concord Township were the victims of a burglary that happened sometime between 7 a.m. an 2:45 p.m. on April 22. Police said someone broke into the house and stole an Acer laptop, an iPod and a Nook E-Reader. Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 484-840-1000.
• A woman identified by police as Natalie Marie Griffitts, of Glen Mills, faces charges of DUI after she drove her 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan off the roadway at a cul-de-sac on Cottonwood Drive in Concord Township and crashed into a tree. She was taken to Crozer Chester medical Center with severe, non-life threatening injuries, according to police.
• State police are looking for a woman in connection with the theft of a man’s sport coat from the Goodwill Store on Route 202 in Concord Township. Police described the woman as white, 35-45 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with brown shoulder length hair and wearing a black Adidas outfit. The theft took place on April 12, shortly before 3 p.m.
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