• Driving too fast for conditions is being blamed for an accident that sent a Parkesburg woman to the hospital on Nov. 27. Police said Andrew J. Throckmorton, 28, of Exton, was driving his Toyota 4 Runner in the left lane on Route 202 behind a Ford F 100 just south of Ridge Road in Chadds Ford Township. The report said the Ford was slowing down due to traffic, but Throckmorton was driving at an unsafe speed and could not slow down in time. The Ford driver, a 61-year-old woman, was transported to Chester Crozer medical facility with what was described as a “major injury.”
• A New Jersey man was sent to the hospital following a one-vehicle accident on Route 202 in Chadds Ford on Nov. 17. The severity of the injuries was not known at the time of the police report. According to police, Michael C. Hackett, 54, of Cape May Courthouse, was driving his 1999 Doge van in the northbound shoulder of Route 202 in order to pass another vehicle. He then re-entered the roadway moving toward the left lane, but never made it. The report said he moved back into the right lane and onto the shoulder again before he left the roadway completely, driving onto a lawn, crossing a driveway, driving over a curb on the opposite side of the driveway, back onto the lawn before colliding with a boulder that he pushed across the lawn before hitting a wall and coming to rest against a tree.
• One person was cited, but no injuries were reported after a three-car accident on Route 322 in Concord Township on Nov. 20. Police said Gary R. Christy was following too closely when he struck the vehicle in front of him, forcing the second vehicle into a third. Both of those vehicles were stopping because of slow traffic, police.
• Speed is being blamed for a one-vehicle accident at Smithbridge Road on Nov. 28. Police said James H. Porter, 31, of Willow Grove, was driving west on Smithbridge about 8:10 p.m. when he lost control of his 2004 Jeep Liberty on an icy patch near the intersection at Heyburn Road and hit a tree. According to the report, Porter had minor head injuries, but he refused medical treatment.
• Police said Gary Fenza, 23, of Media, was arrested for DUI after he was stopped for multiple traffic violations along Thornton Road at Trimble Road at 11:13 p.m. on Nov, 27.
• State police are investigating a burglary at a residence on Naamans Creek Road in Concord Township. A report said someone forced entry into the home sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Nov. 29. An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen.
• Two Nike gym bags were stolen from a vehicle parked at Keenan’s Auto Body in Chadds Ford Township sometime between Nov. 15 and 23, a police report said. Anyone with information is asked to call the state police Media barracks at 484-840-1000 and anyone who was having their vehicle fixed at Keenan’s during that time should inventory their belongings.
• No names were released, but police filed harassment charges against a 67-year-old Chadds Ford man. A report said the suspect threatened to shoot a 69-year old man at 300 Evergreen Drive in Concord Township shortly before 1 p.m. on Nov. 25.
• Someone stole a Samsung Galaxy S 3 phone and $30 from a 25-year-old Nottingham woman while at the Outback Steakhouse on Byers Drive in Concord Township. Police said the theft happened sometime between noon and 5 p.m. on Nov. 27.
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