• A 74-year-old man from Nottingham escaped injury when his truck rolled over on Route 1 near Ring Road in Chadds Ford Township. According to police, a tire blew on the truck shortly after 8 a.m. on June 5. The driver tried to regain control, but the truck ran into an embankment, hit a utility pole and rolled over. Southbound lanes of Route 1 were closed for about an hour. (See courtesy photo above)
• Someone stole a mini dirt bike after smashing a front door at Grate Fireplaces on Route 202 sometime during the overnight hours of June 9 and 10.
• Police are investigating a case of criminal mischief in Pennsbury Township. Two mailboxes in the 100 block of Cossart Road were knocked off their posts sometime between 10:40 p.m. on June 4 and 11:45 a.m. on June 5.
• A driver was cited following a one-car accident on Thornton Road in Concord Township in the afternoon of June 3. Police said a Boothwyn man was traveling south in the right hand lane when the vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree. No injuries were reported.
• Police are investigating the theft of a wallet that was in an unlocked car on Big Woods Drive in Concord Township. The incident happened on June 5. Police said the wallet was in a purse.

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