• State police from Troop K, Media barracks, are investigating a report of a stolen car. The report said the owner told police the vehicle, parked on Robins Way in Concord Township, was unlocked and the key was in the center console. The vehicle was discovered missing when the victim woke up on the morning of April 20. Police said the suspect is a 20-year-old male from Wilmington.
• Joseph F. Toth, 56, of Claymont, was arrested for drug possession after a traffic stop on Route 202 on May 3. A police report said Toth was stopped for multiple traffic violations at 202 and Smithbridge Road at 3:17 a.m. and found to be in possession of narcotics.
• Someone stole a lawnmower from a storage shed at Bruster’s Ice Cream sometime between 5:15 p.m. on May 2 and 11:15 a.m. on May 3.
• Police said Gregory Draper, 52, of Trainer, was found to be in possession of a controlled substance after he was stopped for traffic violations shortly after 4 a.m. on May 3. The stop was made on Route 202 at Johnson Farm Lane.
• State police from the Avondale barracks arrested Laura Anderson, 24, of West Grove, for DUI, a police report said. According to the report, Anderson was initially stopped after running a stop sign on W. Creek Road and Lenape Road in Pocopson Township at 2:36 a.m. on May 1.
• Police are investigating a theft at Village Silver on Route 202 in Concord Township on April 26. According to a report from state police, two black men are being sought. The report said one of the suspects went behind the counter and stole an employee’s driver’s license and two credit cards sometime between 4:30 and 5 p.m. He and another suspect then bought $1,750 worth of gift cards from several businesses.
• There were no injuries, but one driver was cited in connection with an April 28, three-vehicle accident on Concord Road at Station Road in Concord Township. Police said Ian T. Smith, 28, of West Chester, was charged because he was driving too fast for conditions and failed to stop before striking a vehicle stopped at the intersection. That second vehicle then struck a third.
• Michael Milligan, 49, of Chester, was caught with a small amount of marijuana in his room at Brinton Manor, according to police. The report said a nurse found the marijuana on April 26.
• An April 24 case of road rage in Concord Township led to a firearm’s seizure and charges pending against a Havertown man. Police accused Dennis Yagmourian, 62, in the 12:25 p.m. incident on Route 1 at Stoney Bank Road.
• State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, said two women from Coatesville had their wallets and purses stolen while they were bartering at a yard sale in Pennsbury Township on Saturday, April 25. The thefts took place within a five-minute period between 9:55 and 10 a.m.
• Richard Cassano, 60, of Broomall, was arrested for DUI shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 25. A state police report said Casssano was stopped for traffic violations on Route 322 at Station Road. Police determined that he had been driving under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance.
• Someone stole $50 worth of copper piping and fittings from a location on Smithbridge Road on April 28.
• A Boothwyn woman was accused of theft by unlawful taking following an April 22 incident at the East Marlborough Township Walmart. State police said Crystal Mae Wallace, 35, stole a money-loaded gift card from Walmart and used it to buy merchandise.
• An April 18 accident in East Marlborough Township left one woman cited for crossing into the wrong lane of traffic. State police said Andrea M. Tull, 48, of Kennett Square, was driving west on Avonwood Road shortly before 5 p.m. when she crossed the roadway and struck a parked vehicle that was facing east.
• Someone reportedly stole $6,100 worth of personal items from a vehicle in the parking lot of the Shoppes at Longwood Village in East Marlborough Township on April 8, a police report said.
• Police said Robert Andreas Hurst, 26, of Kennett Square, concealed unpaid baby formula in a blue duffle bag and left a store at 863 East Baltimore Pike in East Marlborough Township without paying on April 17.
• State police from Troop K, Media barracks, said Sarita Lynn Dawson-Jackson, 19, of Philadelphia, an employee at the Target in Concord Township, stole $182 from the store during an eight-day period from April 10 through April 18. Police said the accused accomplished the theft by voiding out transactions.
• According to a state police report, William W. Watson III, 40, of Landenberg, was arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia on April 12 at 12:14 p.m. He was stopped at 901 East Baltimore Pike in East Marlborough Township, the report said.
• State police made a traffic stop for a speeding vehicle and wound up arresting the driver for DUI. Police said they stopped Johnny Garcia-Patino, 19, of Wilmington, at 12:35 a.m., April 12, on Route 202 near David Dodge.
• On Wednesday, April 22, at 3:45 pm, New Garden Township Police said they investigated a four-vehicle accident on Baltimore Pike, east of Union Street. One of the motorists involved, Robert Bryer, 52, of Kennett Square, ended up with a disorderly conduct citation as well as a disabled vehicle, police said. Officers reported that Bryer became irate when a tow truck arrived for his vehicle and that he began yelling obscenities. Police said they issued the citation after Bryer refused to stop the profanity.
• Kennett Square Police said they issued several citations following an altercation on Sunday, April 19, at 4:03 p.m. in the 100 block of Magnolia Street. Scott Curtis, 23, of Kennett Square, was cited for disorderly conduct; Rachel Janik, 18, of Thornton, was cited for harassment; and William McKinney, 40, of Kennett Square, received citations for harassment and disorderly conduct.
• Kennett Square Police said the wrong person got one resident’s number on Saturday, April 25, at 4 p.m. After a fraudulent caller advised the resident that the caller’s company could make the resident’s computer run faster, the resident granted access because the computer had been slow. The resident then learned that the fix would cost $199, which the resident paid since the computer was now allegedly unusable. Two days later, the resident got three different phone calls: one from a subject stating that the resident owed money to the IRS, one stating that the resident had won $850,000 but needed to pay fees to receive the winnings, one from a subject stating that the resident owed on student loans. Police said the resident recognized they were scams and hung up each time. Police warned that the bogus computer call might have resulted in the installation of malware on the computer that would keep causing the resident problems and was also likely responsible for the three scam attempts.
• In another phone-related complaint, police said a resident of the 100 block of North Union Street reported to Kennett Square Police that at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, they received a phone call from a subject who stated that their mother was sick in the hospital and needed money. Police said the resident knew this was false and hung up; police confirmed that this was another telephone scam.
• Kennett Square Police arrested Ezequiel Navarrette, 39, of Wilmington, for possession with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another person, fleeing or attempting to elude police, and related offenses following a pursuit on Friday, April 17, at 4:20 p.m. that began in the 500 block of Center Street and ended in the 1100 block of Kaolin Road. Navarette was arraigned, unable to post $55,000 bail, and taken to Chester County Prison, police said, adding that they received assistance from the New Garden Township Police Department and the Chester County Detectives.
• Joshua London, 22, of Coatesville, was arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance on April 6, at 10:10 p.m. in East Marlborough Township, state police said. The arrest followed a traffic crash on eastbound Doe Run Road, east of Covered Bridge Road, police said.
• State police said Angela M. Modesto, 18, of Chadds Ford, was following another vehicle too closely when she struck it on Unionville Road, just north of Corman Drive in East Marlborough Township, on April 24 at 2:50 p.m. No one was injured, police said.
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