• A case of road rage morphed into a movie cliché with the suspect bringing a knife to a gun fight. State police from Troop K, Media barracks, are calling the incident a case of someone making terroristic threats. According to police, a road rage incident spilled into the parking lot of the Home Depot in Concord Township. They said the unknown suspect followed, and then confronted the victim. The suspect pulled a knife, but the victim displayed a firearm, at which time the suspect fled. The incident happened 12:55 p.m. on Feb. 21.
• A Virginia man was charged with following too closely on Feb. 16. Police said Nickholas A. Cortlessa, 55, of Ruther Glen, Va., rear-ended another vehicle on Route 202 at Applied Card Way shortly before 6 p.m. on Feb. 16.
• Sherrell M. Lawrence, 22, of Philadelphia, was charged with driving at an unsafe speed after a one-vehicle accident on Route 1 at Cheyney Road on Feb. 15. A report said Lawrence was driving south on Route 1 when she lost control of her car on the snow-covered roadway. The vehicle struck a wooden utility pole and then crossed the two northbound lanes before coming to a stop. Northbound Route 1 had to be closed for 30 minutes, police said.
• Benito Juarez-Terreros, 23, of Wilmington was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop on Route 202 at Summit Drive in Chadds Ford, police said. The incident happened 12:20 a.m. on Feb. 21.
• Police arrested Joseph M. Bonaduce Jr., 23, reportedly of Glen Mills, for DUI following a one-vehicle accident on Route 202 at Applied Card Way on Feb. 20. The accident happened at 1:57 a.m.
• Kennett Square Police reported two arrests in a Nov. 25 armed robbery. The incident happened 10 p.m. at a residence in the 100 block of South Willow Street. Police said a 15-year-old male was taken into custody on Dec. 12 and 20-year-old Nathan Westley, of Kennett Square, was arrested on Feb. 5. Both were remanded to Chester County Prison when they failed to post bail. Charges include robbery, theft, possessing an instrument of crime and related offenses for the theft of $100 cash and a cellphone. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 3, court records said.
• Kennett Square Police are alerting people of ongoing telephone scams. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, a resident reported receiving a call from someone purporting to be an IRS agent and demanding payment of $5,000, and on Friday, Feb. 6, a business owner reported a call from someone claiming to be a PECO representative and threatening the business with a power shutdown if an overdue bill wasn’t paid within 45 minutes. Police said that neither the IRS nor PECO would make such calls.
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