Police Log July 2: DUIs, accidents, theft

11205124_10153279720643627_7567418857375995848_n• A woman from Atlanta was charged with DUI on June 28. The incident happened at 12:29 a.m. Police said Christine D. Morrison, 38, was stopped for a vehicle violation on Route 202 at Stateline Road. Troopers determined her to be driving under the influence.

• State police said a 29-year-old woman from New Castle had her purse stolen while shopping at the Marshalls store in the Concordville Town Centre on June 22.

• An unidentified 18-year-old woman was charged with DUI following a one-vehicle accident on Heyburn Road on June 13. Police said the driver damaged the property of a 40-year-old Chadds Ford resident. The accident happened at 9:37 p.m.

• A slip of the foot led to a parking lot accident at the Concord Township CVS on Route 1. A police report said Theodora J. Strates, 85, of Glen Mills, was entering the handicapped-parking stall at 12:55 p.m. on June 25 when her foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator. The car accelerated forward, crashed through the handicapped sign, and struck a brick pillar. There were no injuries and the driver was not charged.

• A West Chester man was cited for driving at an unsafe speed following a single-car accident in Pocopson Township on June 21. State police said Lamar G. Foreman. 34, was driving a 2000 Jaguar north on Route 52 near Lenape Road when he crossed the double line, hit the left shoulder of the road, and then did a 180-degree spin before hitting a small tree. The car came to rest in a field. Police said Foreman left the scene and no injuries were reported. The car was towed.

• State police said Jane Gartland, 27, of Mickleton, N.J., was cited for her involvement in a two-vehicle accident on East Cypress Street in Kennett Township on June 20. The report said Mickleton was trying to turn left into the parking lot of Giordano’s from the right-hand lane and struck another vehicle. The other driver, a 42-year-old West Chester resident, was injured, but the severity was unknown; he was not transported to a medical facility. The accident happened at 11:29 p.m.

• No names were provided, and no one was injured in a rear-ender accident in Kennett Township on June 20. A police report said one vehicle was stopped for a crash that blocked southbound Kaolin Pike when it was struck from behind at 9:30 p.m.

• On Wednesday, June 17, at 10 p.m., New Garden Township Police said they observed a northbound driver in the 1000 block of Newark Road negotiate a curve in the southbound lane, forcing another vehicle off the road. A traffic stop was conducted, and Andrea Kochendorfer, 38, of Kennett Square, failed field sobriety tests and was taken into custody for DUI, police said.

• New Garden Township Police said they responded to the 200 block of Glenfield Lane on Saturday, June 20, at 7:28 p.m., for an alleged theft. Police said a cab driver reported that he dropped off a man identified as Sean Rafter, 22, of Kennett Square, who did not pay his fare. When confronted by officers, Rafter said he thought he had money to pay the fare but was mistaken.  Police said that Rafter’s relatives paid the fare and Rafter will be mailed a summons on the theft charge.

• After observing a vehicle with heavy front-end damage that was traveling on the rim of its front passenger wheel, Kennett Square Police conducted a traffic stop on June 12 at 7:26 p.m. in the 100 block of North Union Street. Police said they arrested the driver, Daniel Diehl, 32, of Unionville, for DUI.

• According to a state police report, Stephanie Anne Matusky, 30, of Coatesville, scratched another person’s vehicle with her keys in the 500 block of South Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township. Police are calling the June 11 incident a case of criminal mischief.

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