Police Log Feb. 12: Stolen car, stolen snowplow, suspect ID sought

PSP Logo• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop K, Media barracks, are investigating the Feb. 6 theft of a rental car. According to police, Bargain Car, Truck and Van Rentals in Concord Township rented a white 2013 Chrysler 200 to a man who said his own vehicle was being repaired at a nearby dealership. However, the customer’s wife reportedly called Bargain to say her husband was recently admitted to a rehab facility and that she had no idea of the car’s location. The car has Pennsylvania tag number JHR-9545.

• Police are also investigating the reported theft of a snowplow. A police report said a Glen Mills man reported the plow was taken from his yard sometime between noon on Jan. 24 and 1 p.m. on Jan. 26. Anyone with information should phone Tpr. Brian Maturo at 484-840-1000.

• Pennsylvania State Police arrested Rennett Inez Gordon, 36, of Trainer, for a probation violation in Delaware, according to a police report. Police said Gordon was arrested after being stopped for a traffic violation on Route 1 in Concord Township.

• An alert neighbor may have prevented a burglary in Concord Township. According to state police from Troop K, Media barracks, two men wearing dark clothes were seen attempting to break into a shed in the backyard of a home on Cambridge Drive. They pair fled when the neighbor spotted them.

State police are looking for the identity of a man suspected of making five fraudulent transactions in Northeast Philadelphia with another person’s bankcard information on Dec. 12. Police said the transactions totaled $813. Anyone with information is asked to call Tpr. Tyler Craig at 724-832-3288.
State police are looking for the identity of a man suspected of making five fraudulent transactions in Northeast Philadelphia with another person’s bankcard information on Dec. 12. Police said the transactions totaled $813. Anyone with information is asked to call Tpr. Tyler Craig at 724-832-3288.

• State police said Diane C. Hernandez, 39, of West Grove, was arrested for DUI after she crashed her vehicle on Route 202 at Brandywine Drive just before 10 p.m. on Feb. 8. No other details were available.

• Jonathan Roland Biondi, 21, of West Chester, was arrested for DUI just before midnight on Feb. 8, police said. According to a report, Biondi was stopped for a traffic violation, but was then found to be under the influence and in possession of a narcotic.

• State police reported no injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Route 1 at Joshua Way in Pennsbury Township on Feb. 8. William S. Swartz Jr., 18, of Kennett Square, was cited, police said. According to a report, Swartz was traveling north in the left lane of Route 1. A second vehicle, also heading north, was in the right lane. Police said Swartz merged into the right lane and struck the other vehicle. At that point, police said he turned back into the left lane, but the car flipped over onto its roof.

• A cell phone was reportedly stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in a driveway on Mendenhall Drive in Concord Township. Police said the incident happened sometime between 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 and 8 a.m. on Feb. 7.

• Two women, both reportedly from Chadds Ford, were cited following an accident on Route 1 at Brandywine Drive in Chadds Ford Township, according to a police report. Police said Susan M. Salter, 57, was driving south on Route 1 when she tried to get through the intersection when the light turned red. The other car, driven by Marian Short, 69, crossed into the intersection as Salter drove through, the report said. No injuries were reported.

• A police report said Stephanie Perkins, 24, of Bridgewater, Mass., rear-ended another vehicle that was stopped for a red light on Route 202 at Hillman Drive in Chadds Ford Township. No injuries were reported resulting from the Feb. 2 accident, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

• Anthony Richard Mendez, 20, reportedly of Chadds Ford, was found to be DUI after being stopped for a traffic violation on Route 202, according to police. A report said Mendez was stopped for a traffic violation at 12:27 a.m. on Feb. 2.

• Police said Geraldo Reyez, 28, lost control of his pickup truck on Heyburn Road on Feb. 2. The truck flipped onto its side. Police determined he was DUI, according to a report.

• A police report said Jeanne A. Musewicz, 72, of Swarthmore, was cited for careless driving on Feb. 1. According to a report, Musewicz was southbound on Route 1 just south of Schoolhouse Lane In Concord Township when her car left the roadway and struck the concrete barrier on the left. An oncoming vehicle was hit by debris. There were no injuries reported.

• On Sunday, Jan. 18, at 12:16 a.m., Kennett Square Police cited a 17-year-old female from Chadds Ford, for underage drinking. The teen was a passenger in a vehicle stopped in the 700 block of West State Street for failing to stop at the red traffic signal at South Union and State Streets, police said, adding that she was released to a parent.

• Sometime overnight on Friday, Jan. 23, windows were smashed out and all body panels were dented on a vehicle parked in the 100 block of South Walnut Street, Kennett Square Police said. An investigation is continuing, police said.

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