Police Log June 4: Assault, thefts, accidents with injuries

Suspect in attempted robbery.
Suspect in attempted robbery of a 74-year-old woman in Concord Township.

• State police said a 74-year-old Concord Township woman punched a would-be robber in the face and took back what the suspect had taken from her. According to the report, an unidentified white male approached the woman as she was getting out of her car on Dougherty Boulevard, dragged her across the grass and took her purse. The suspect then entered a dark colored sedan with a Pennsylvania license plate JTT674. The victim opened the driver’s side door and punched the suspect in the face and took back her purse. The suspect then fled in an unknown direction. Concord Township had previously announced that the suspect followed the woman home from a bank in the Concordville Town Centre. The incident happened shortly after 9 a.m. on June 1.

• An investigation into a burglary at Salon Addora in Concord Township is continuing. Sometime between 5 p.m. on May 30 and 9 a.m. on May 31, someone threw a rock at the shop’s glass door, removed the cash register and then fled, a police report said. No other details were released.

• State police are also investigating a theft at a home in Thornbury Township. A police report said unknown suspects took several pieces of jewelry from a home on High Hill Lane sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 28.

• An unknown suspect rented a vehicle at Concordville Nissan with a fraudulent credit card. Police are investigating the May 27 incident.

• Someone made a fraudulent $614 clothing purchase at Nordstrom in King of Prussia on April 21. The unknown suspect used the credit card information of a 76-year-old woman from Concord Township.

• Kennett Square Police said they cited Christopher Ferron, 25, of Kennett Square, for disorderly conduct after officers responded to a fight that occurred at a business located in the 100 block of East State Street on Friday, May 22, at 9:36 p.m.

• Jodi Leshner, 54, of Garnet Valley, was cited and injured in connection with a May 29 accident on Route 202 at State Farm Drive, according to a police report. The report said Leshner and a passenger were hurt when Leshner went through a red light at the intersection and struck another car. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured.

• A 62-year-old man from West Grove was cited for careless driving following an accident on Route 1 at Brandywine Drive on May 22. Police said Thomas R. DeVitis was northbound on Route 1 and was turning left onto Brandywine Drive, but turned into the path of a vehicle heading southbound. In addition to being cited, DeVitis also received a minor injury.

• An illegal U-turn led to an accident on Route 202 at Hillman Drive on May 23. Police said Edward T. Claffey, 52, of Glen Mills, was southbound on Route 202 when he made the illegal maneuver and turned into the path of an oncoming vehicle that was traveling north on 202. No injuries were reported.

• State police said they arrested Dawn Seniow, 47, of Chadds Ford, for drug possession shortly after 1 a.m. on May 29. The arrest was made on Fawn Lane.

• Jennifer Elizabeth DiNunzio, 39, of Oxford, was arrested for DUI on May 22, according to a police report. State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, said DiNunzio was pulled over after she was observed driving erratically, weaving and crossing traffic lanes on Route 1 near Orchard Lane in East Marlborough Township. She was arrested after a field sobriety test was administered.

• On Tuesday, May 12, at 9:56 p.m. in the 200 block of East South Street, Kennett Square Police said they cited John Norton III, 23, of Kennett Square, for violating the borough’s open-container law regarding alcohol consumption. Jessica Cocciolone, 19, of Oxford, and Justin Plyer, 20, of Kennett Square, were cited for underage drinking, police said.

• On Thursday, May 21, at 12:59 a.m., New Garden Township Police initiated a traffic stop after a vehicle was observed swerving eastbound on Baltimore Pike near Union Street. The driver, Jesus Castano-Castaneda, 37, of Kennett Square, showed signs of impairment, failed field sobriety tests, and was arrested for DUI, police said.

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