Police log May 16: Bad checks; burglaries

PSP Logo• Police are looking for a man they said stole 54 shirts from the Gap at Glen Eagle Square right around 6 p.m. on May 13. A report said the suspect, described only as a white, Hispanic man, put the shirts in a large plastic bag and left without paying. The shirts are valued at $2,150.

• A Chadds Ford insurance company office was burglarized sometime between midnight and 8 a.m on May 14, police said. According to a report, two unknown men ransacked the office and stole several items.

• Someone stole $200 from the Brandywine Cleaners in Springwater Plaza on Route 202. A police report said the unknown suspect or suspects forcibly entered the store by unknown means sometime between 5 p.m. on May 11 and 7 a.m. on May 13. State police are investigating this as theft, burglary and criminal mischief. There are no suspects at this time.

• State police are investigating attempts at passing bad checks at two different banks in Chadds Ford and Concord Townships on May 10. Police said two unknown women, described only as being black and in their early to mid 20s, twice tried to pass bad checks at the Bryn Mawr Trust in the village of Chadds Ford on May 10. They succeeded in one of those attempts. There was also an attempt to pass a bad check at the WSFS branch on Route 202 in Concord Township.  According to a police press release, an unidentified black male, about 6 feet 4 inches tall with a thick build and black beard entered thank about 10:25 a.m. and tried to pass a bad check. The teller realized the check was bogus and asked the suspect to wait for verification. The suspect, wearing a blue Yankees cap and a white and blue polo shirt, walked out of the bank and fled in an unknown direction.

• An unknown and unidentified male driver is being sought in connection with a hit and run accident in the parking lot of the Brinton Lake Wawa on May 11. Police said the suspect rear-ended another vehicle. He then fled the scene about 6:10 p.m. No injuries were reported.

• Police are investigating an attempted burglary at a residence on Wilmington Pike ion Chadds Ford Township. A report said someone entered the residence by force, but did not steal anything once inside. The incident happened sometime after 5 p.m. on May 12.

• Fisher’s Carpet One on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township was the target of an attempted burglary on May 12, police said. An unknown number of people tried gaining entry into the store through a rear door, but set off the security alarm and fled.

• Police are looking for two men in connection with the theft of two pair of eyeglasses taken from the Pearle Vision store in Concord Township. A report said the two, described as black men in their mid 20s, both about 5 feet 6 inches tall stole the glasses and then fled in a green, older model vehicle with a beige rag top. One of the men is heavy set, the police said, while the other has a muscular build and wears a goatee.The glasses are valued at $600.

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