• State police are investigating an armed robbery at the Dollar Tree store in the Painters Crossing shopping center in Chadds Ford Township. According to police, two black men — one displaying a gun — wearing dark clothing and masks, entered the store at 8:56 p.m on May 25 and demanded money. An employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash, the report said. The pair fled on foot in a southerly direction. No injuries were reported.
• A black leaf blower was reportedly stolen from a truck parked on Tally Ho Drive in Chadds Ford Township on May 22, according to police.
• Michael Shawn Rooney, 22, of Wilmington, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop on Route 1 near Ring Road in Chadds Ford on May 24, a police report said. The incident happened at 12:58 a.m.
• No injuries were reported, but one driver was cited for careless driving following an accident on Concord Road on May 25. Police said Madison R. Babetski, 18, of Glen Mills, was driving south on Concord Road at 2:11 p.m. when she turned left onto Smithbridge Road and struck another vehicle.
• A 21-year-old man from West Chester, Lance Smith, was arrested for DUI on May 9, according to state police. A report said Smith was stopped at Routes 1 and 202 for traffic violations.
• Maurice D. Bethea Jr., 30, of Chester, was found to be DUI following a traffic stop on May 24, according to a report from Pennsylvania State Police. The report said Bethea was stopped on Route 322 near Fellowship Drive in Concord Township after he was observed committing numerous traffic violations. The stop was made at 12:27 a.m.
• State police said Lorenzo Ponce, of Chester, was arrested for DUI after a May 23 traffic stop on Route 322.
• A rear-ender accident in front of Garnet Valley High School wound up with one driver being cited for DUI. State police from Troop K, Media barracks, said Ian Wilhelm Sullivan was traveling north on Smithbridge Road behind another car at 10:36 a.m. on May 22. The lead car slowed to turn into the school, but Sullivan was following too closely and struck the car from behind, according to police. The report said Sullivan was taken into custody after further investigation revealed he was DUI.
• Ramiro Santamaria, 39, of Wilmington, was injured in a one-car accident on Smithbridge Road in Chadds Ford Township on May 20. Police said Santamaria was driving his Cadillac Catera west on Smithbridge, just west of Heyburn Road, when the car drifted to the right, struck a rock embankment, and then flipped onto the roof. The driver sustained minor injuries and was taken to Riddle Hospital for observation, the report said. The accident happened at 10:19 p.m. Santamaria was cited for leaving the drive lane, police said.
• No injuries were reported, but one driver was cited for her part in a two-vehicle accident on Route 202 on May 18. Police said Elizabeth R. McCabe, 23, of Broomall, was northbound on Route 202 near Cornerstone Drive in Concord Township shortly before 4 p.m. when she merged into the left lane and struck another vehicle already in that lane. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
• A one-vehicle accident at Routes 1 and 52 resulted in the driver being arrested for DUI. State police said Eric W. Hanlon, 27, reportedly from Chadds Ford, was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe north on Route 52 at 1:39 a.m. on May 10 when he failed to properly negotiate the left turn onto southbound Route 1. The vehicle went off the right side of the road and hit a sign, according to police. No injuries were reported.
• Police arrested a 44-year-old Coatesville man for retail theft at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on May 6. A report said Sean Christopher Purnell was seen removing a 12-volt, red, convertible toy car from the store without paying for it.
• According to a report from the Avondale barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police, Antonio Vargas-Rivero, 34, of Kennett Square, was DUI when he rear-ended another vehicle on East Cypress Street in Kennett and then fled the scene on May 15. Police said they found Vargas-Rivero’s vehicle on McFarlan Road and discovered that he was under the influence.
• On Friday, May 15, at 11:31 p.m., New Garden Township Police said they responded to the 3000 block of Rosemont Drive for the report of a subject suffering a possible alcohol overdose. Upon arrival, officers found Emily Cziraky, 19, reportedly of Chadds Ford, “in an intoxicated state;” she was treated by medical personnel and transported to the hospital. Underage consumption of alcohol charges have been filed against her, police said.
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