Police Log Jan. 23: Assault, thefts and rear-enders

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on January 22, 2014

• An argument escalated into a physical assault in a Concord Township apartment late in the night of Jan. 16. A state police report said Joshua Farrell, 39, of Aston, got into an argument with an unidentified female in an apartment at 735 Baltimore Pike, but then struck her in the face causing a bloody nose.

• Someone entered an unlocked truck in the Painters Crossing Condominium parking lot and stole various plumbing tools and electronics sometime between 5 p.m. on Jan. 10 and 8 a.m. on Jan. 12.

• Nothing was stolen, but two men did try to rob the Goodwill Store on Route 202 on Jan. 15. A report said one man distracted the manager while his cohort entered the office and tried, but failed, to open the safe. He then checked under desks, but found nothing and left the office. The manager learned what happened after viewing the surveillance tape.

• State police say a truck driver failed to yield the right of way in connection with an accident on Naamans Creek Road just west of Route 202 on Dec. 20. According to a report, the truck driver improperly pulled out into traffic and was struck by an oncoming car. No injuries were reported.

• A 47-year-old Kennett man is accused of $7,000 worth of check fraud. Police said the suspect used 12 fraudulent checks from Oct. 30 through Nov. 4 to buy merchandise at the Costco store in Concord Township.

• A motorist who was not named in a police report was charged with following too closely following a Jan. 20 accident in Concord Township. According to the report, the driver of a 2008 Saturn Outlook struck another vehicle from behind on Conchester Road at Spring Valley Road.