Police Log March 20: Traffic accidents with injuries, DUI

PSP Logo• Victoria Allison Chapman, 25, of Wilmington, was taken into custody for DUI after a traffic stop on Route 202 at Naaman’s Creek Road in Concord Township. Police said Chapman was stopped for erratic driving at 2:30 a.m. on March 18.

• Two people were injured and taken to Riddle Memorial Hospital following a March 16 traffic accident in Chadds Ford Township. A police report identified the two as Gail G. Rillstone, 56, of Avondale, and Mary E. Ginty, 90, of Chadds Ford. The accident happened at Route 1 and Creek Road just before 4:30 p.m. According to the report, Ginty was turning left onto Creek Road from the northbound lane of Route 1 while Rillstone was heading south on Route 1 and could not stop in time before striking Ginty’s Honda Element. Ginty was cited, according to the report. Injuries were reported as moderate.

• State police are investigating a case of fraud. An unknown suspect tried to open a credit card using the name and Social Security number of a 70-year-old Glen Mills resident.

• Two people received moderate injuries in a three-car accident on Route 202 at Dilworthtown Road on March 1. Police said Alexander C. Figueroa, 26, of Easton, was driving too fast and failed to notice traffic in front had slowed. His vehicle hit a car in front and that car hit a third. Figueroa then drove through the Wawa parking lot before hitting a tree, police said. The driver of the second car and a passenger in the third were taken to Riddle Memorial Hospital.

• Peter Schatzberg, 24, of Aldan, was determined to be DUI following a traffic stop on Route 1 at Concord Road on March 12. According to a police report, state police from Troop K, Media barracks, received a phone call regarding an erratic driver. A trooper then parked a police vehicle on the side of the road in anticipation of the suspect vehicle. Police said Sharzberg’s car was straddling the fog line and almost hit the police car. Schatzberg was then pulled over and he consented to a blood test. He was then processed and released. The incident happened 8:20 a.m.

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