• A 42-year-old woman from Philadelphia is in custody for assaulting a state trooper who had confronted her regarding a retail theft at The Gap store in Glen Eagle Square. According to police, Nichola D. Hewlett is in custody in lieu of $75,000 bail following the Jan. 20 incident. A report said the trooper was responding to a call about a car driving the wrong way on Route 202. The trooper found the vehicle in the shopping center parking lot. Two women were standing outside the vehicle; one had a shopping bag. The trooper approached the women who, the report said, gave conflicting stories and walked away from the trooper in two different directions. The trooper went to detain one woman who became combative and assaulted the trooper, the report said. The other woman fled. A further investigation revealed the two had robbed The Gap store, police said. Hewlett was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, retail theft and unlawful possession of retail or library theft instruments, according to the report. The shopping bag was lined with foil and duct tape to block the signals of merchandise sensors.
• State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, said Michael Mark Hernandez, 18, of West Chester, was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI. According to a report, Hernandez was stopped at 7:31 a.m. on Jan. 13 along Route 52 at Waterglen Road in Pocopson Township. Police said Hernandez ingested prescribed medication.
• Retail theft charges are pending against Brittany Lee Ross, of East Marlborough Township, according to a police report from Troop J, Avondale. The report said Ross entered the East Marlborough Walmart, removed items from the shelves, then, without paying for the items, took them to customer service and conducted a fraudulent return valued at $188. The incident happened Jan. 14 at 5:45 p.m., police said.
• A Carlisle man was charged with driving too closely after he rear-ended another vehicle on Route 322 in Concord Township on Jan. 14. Police identified the man as John M. Biddinger, 36. According to a police report, Biddinger was unable to stop his truck before striking a Toyota Corolla that was slowing due to heavy traffic at 4:25 p.m. No injuries were reported.
• A Philadelphia man was injured, but not transported, following a one-car accident on Smithbridge Road. A police report said the driver swerved to avoid hitting three deer, but to no avail. Police said after hitting one deer, the car hit a guardrail. No charges were filed.
• A Chadds Ford man was cited after he crashed his 2013 Toyota Prius on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 4:31 a.m. in Pennsbury Township, said state police from the Avondale barracks. Police said Mir I. Khan, 40, was traveling westbound on Route 1, west of Fairville Road, when he made “an improper lane movement and struck a disabled, unoccupied Mitsubishi Eclipse parked on the shoulder.” Police said Khan, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured.
• Sometime between 8 p.m. on Jan. 8 and 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 9, someone reportedly stole a gas range from an unlocked car that was parked in the Wyndham Gardens Hotel in Concord Township.
• Kennett Square Police said that between 12:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, a red 1994 Honda Civic bearing PA registration JBL2497 was stolen from the 200 block of West Linden Street. On Friday, Jan. 9, Kennett Square Police were advised that New Castle County Police had located the vehicle on Melson Road in Wilmington. The interior of the vehicle was completely stripped, police said, adding that an investigation is continuing.
• A spate of vehicle vandalism is also under investigation by Kennett Square Police. Between 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, and 9:20 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, the rear windshield was broken out of a vehicle parked in the 800 block of South Washington Street, the driver’s side window was broken out of a vehicle parked in the 500 block of Ridge Avenue, and the driver’s side window was broken out of a vehicle parked in the 300 block of North Broad Street, police said.
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