Police Log Jan. 8: Accidents, DUIs, thefts

PSP Logo• A man dressed as a priest crashed a wedding reception at the Mendenhall Inn and stole a bag of wedding gifts. Police said the man was white, approximately 30 years old, had brown hair and a clean appearance. The incident happened between 7 and 8 p.m. on Jan. 3.

• A New Jersey man told Pennsylvania State Police a number of items, with a total value of $990, were stolen from his vehicle sometime between 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 and 8 a.m. on Dec. 8. The vehicle was parked — unlocked — at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Concord Township.

• Two people were injured in a New Year’s Eve accident on Cheyney Road at Schoolhouse Lane in Concord Township. Police said the two women occupants of a 2004 Honda Pilot were injured when their vehicle was struck by a car driven by Cindee C. Battin, 52, of Glen Mills. According to the report, Battin was driving west on Schoolhouse Lane at 10:46 a.m. when she drove into the intersection without stopping and hit the Honda. The driver and passenger of the Honda were taken to Riddle Memorial Hospital with neck, back and knee injuries, police said.

• Police said snow and speed were the causes of a one-car accident on Route 1 near Scott Road on Jan. 6. The driver, Gehan E. Mohamed, 53, was transported to Riddle Memorial Hospital with minor injuries, according to a report. Police said Mohamed was in the left lane driving north on Route 1 at 9:23 a.m. when she lost control of her Nissan Quest, slid off the road, went down a ditch and struck a tree.

• Iraida Eliz Rivera, 31, of Nottingham, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop on Route 1 at Ring Road in Chadds Ford Township on Jan. 6, according to a police report. The report said Rivera was stopped for numerous traffic violations at 12:57 a.m.

• State police from Troop K, Media barracks, reported a case of criminal mischief in Chadds Ford Township. Someone threw a rock through a front window at Hannum’s Harley-Davidson on Brandywine Drive. The incident happened sometime between 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 2 and 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 3.

• A 15-year-old from Glen Mills was found drunk on the front lawn of a home on Woodsview Drive in Concord Township shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, police said in a press release. The youth was charged with underage drinking.

• Travis Arrell, 18, was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop on Smithbridge Road on Dec. 31, according to a police report. The report said Arrell was found with an ounce of marijuana and with material often used for packing marijuana for sale. Other paraphernalia were also found in the car, police said. Arrell was charged with felony drug possession with intent to deliver. The traffic stop happened at 1:09 p.m. on Smithbridge at Maple Lane.

• Someone stole a Hertz rental car parked at the Staybridge Suites in Concord Township sometime between 11:15 a.m. on Dec. 28 and 1:45 p.m. on Dec. 31. Because the car keys were present, police said they believe the car — a gray 2013 Ford Edge with New York plates — was towed away on a flatbed. Anyone with information is asked to call Tpr. Traino at 484-840-1000.

• Kimberly Dawn Stalker, of New Castle, Del., was arrested for DUI at 12:02 a.m. on Dec. 13, police said. Stalker was stopped at a DUI checkpoint on Route 202.

• A Chadds Ford teen was cited for traveling at an unsafe speed after a one-vehicle crash on Route 41 in London Grove Township on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 7:20 p.m. Police said the car was headed north in heavy rain when the driver failed to negotiate a right turn onto the northbound Route 1 ramp, striking a guardrail. One of the two teenage passengers sustained minor injury; all were wearing seatbelts, police said.

• A 24-year-old Harleysville man lost control of his 2011 Subaru Impreza on North Chatham Road, north of Route 926, in West Marlborough Township on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 11 p.m., police said. Tarik M. Shaheen, 24, was cited after he failed to negotiate a left turn, traveled off of the east side of the roadway, and struck a utility pole.

• A one-vehicle accident on Route 926 on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 4:07 p.m. in West Marlborough Township led to a DUI arrest, said state police from the Avondale barracks. Police said Amy L. Kerr, 19, of Atglen, was impaired when she was traveling east near Lamborntown Road, lost control of her 2012 Fiat 500, left the roadway, and struck an embankment.

• State police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that occurred on Sunday, Jan. 4, in Kennett Township. Police said a 2004 Kia Optima was traveling eastbound on West Hillendale Road, failed to negotiate a left curve and struck the railing of a bridge. Police said the vehicle came to a stop about 150 feet past the bridge on the shoulder, sustaining heavy front end damage to the passenger’s side bumper and wheel well; the driver fled in an unknown direction, police said.

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