• State police and medic units were dispatched to the Southern Chester County Sportsmen's & Farmers' Association, a private shooting range located off of Route 926 in West Marlborough Township, for a shooting victim. County officials said the coroner was also called to the facility. Trooper Samantha Minnucci, a spokeswoman for Troop J, Avondale barracks, said the death is under investigation, adding that "nothing appears suspicious." She said further details would be released when the coroner completes his report.
• A 21-year-old Upper Chichester man faces theft charges in connection with an attempted retail theft at the Home Depot in Concord Township on Jan. 27. State police said Ryan Patrick Dougherty tried to steal $153 worth of merchandise from the store. When approached by loss prevention personnel, Dougherty tried to resist by punching one of the employees in the arm, police said.
• Noah A. Scott, 20, of Garnet Valley, was cited after his car slid off Temple Road and into a tree in Concord Township on Jan. 7, a police report said. According to police, the incident happened at 3:20 p.m. and there were no injuries reported.
• Police said Robert J. Farrington, 31, of Oxford, was cited for speed when he lost control of his car in Chadds Ford Township. According to a report, Farrington was turning into the U.S. Post Office parking lot when he lost control of his car on an icy road surface. No injuries were reported. The incident happened on Jan. 12.
• An unidentified 18-year-old from Chester was involved in a one-car accident on Summit Road in Concord Township in the early morning of Jan. 23. Police said the driver lost control of his vehicle due to heavy snow and hit a parked car at 2:38 a.m. No injuries were reported.
• Kareem M. Abu-Gharbia, 33, of Exton, was charged after police determined he was driving under the influence of a controlled substance, a report said. The report also said substance and paraphernalia were found. Abu-Gharbia was pulled over at a traffic stop on Route 202 at Dilworthtown Road at 2:29 a.m. on Jan. 11.
• Police released no names, but one person was cited for careless driving in connection with a three-car accident on Route 1 in East Marlborough Township on Jan. 22. The 7:25 a.m. accident happened when the cited driver struck one car that was stopped at a light at Orchard Ave. That vehicle then hit another car. No injuries were reported, police said.
• On Jan. 12, at 8:57 pm, New Garden Township Police observed a vehicle on West Cypress Street and Scarlett Road racing its engine and spinning its tires. Police made contact with the driver, Robert Monson, 59, of Kennett Square, who said he attempted to make a left turn onto Scarlett Road and turned too soon into a grassy area, striking a concrete pole. Police said Monson showed signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety tests; he was taken into custody for suspected drunk driving.
• An Avondale man was cited for driving at an unsafe speed after a one-vehicle crash on Route 52 in Pocopson Township on Jan. 18 at 10:23 p.m. Police said Joseph C. Meola, 22, was traveling north on Route 52, just north of Denton Hollow Road, when he lost control of his 2001 Isuzu Rodeo on the icy roadway, striking a utility pole. Police said Meola, who was wearing a seatbelt, sustained minor injury.
• State police from the Avondale barracks are investigating two burglaries in Kennett Township. One occurred on Jan. 10 at 7:50 p.m., and the other happened sometime between 1:45 and 7:45 p.m. the same day. In both cases, jewelry was stolen, police said.
• A Havertown man was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia following a traffic stop at the intersection of Conservatory and Longwood Roads in East Marlborough Township on Jan. 2 at 8:41 p.m., state police said. A preliminary hearing for Daniel C. Roe, 19, is scheduled for March 17, court records said.
• State police cited an 84-year-old Kennett Square man after he lodged his 2008 Honda Civic on a rock in East Marlborough Township on Jan. 20 at 9:15 a.m. Police said Fred P. Fieni was traveling southbound on Route 1, south of Orchard Avenue, when he attempted to turn right into a parking lot. Police said Fieni struck a large rock on the side of the road as he made the right turn, and his vehicle came to rest on top of it. Fieni, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured, but the car had to be towed, police said.
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