• Following too closely is the reported cause of an Aug. 5 accident at Routes 1 and 202. A state police report said Charles M. Holmes Jr., 22, of West Grove rear-ended another vehicle as it slowed for traffic congestion in the northbound lanes of Route 1 at 5:50 p.m. No injuries were reported.
• Andrea Leathern, 44, of West Grove, was charged with being impaired following a one-vehicle accident on Route 1 near Heyburn Road on Aug. 8, according to a police report. Police said Leathern was northbound on Route 1 when her Dodge Dart went off the road for unknown reasons and struck a utility pole. The car then spun clockwise and came to rest about 100 feet from the point of impact. Neither the driver, nor her passenger, was injured, police said.
• A 61-year-old woman from Glen Mills escaped injury in a two-car, hit and run accident in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot on Aug. 5. The victim was attempting to back out of a parking space at 9:0=22 a.m. when her Volkwagen was struck by another vehicle passing through. The suspect fled north on Cheyney Road, police said.
• Minor injuries were reported following a two-car accident on Route 202 at McKenzies on Aug. 17. A police report said Sharon L. Harding, 72, of Wilmington was charged with careless driving for traveling north in the southbound lane of 202. A southbound vehicle made an attempt to avoid hitting Harding, but struck the car anyway. Both the driver and the passenger in the other car sustained minor cuts to their legs. Both vehicles were disabled.
• One moderate injury was reported following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Conchester Road and Merion Drive in Concord Township on July 28. A police report said Joseph W. Smith, 36, of Boothwyn was hurt after he rear-ended another car. He was treated for the injury and was also cited for following too closely, police said.
• Police cited 30-year-old Hannah L. Pasciolla, of Wallingford, after she failed to stop for traffic and hit another vehicle on Route 1 at Brinton Lake Road. Pasciolla and the driver of the other vehicle were taken to Riddle Hospital with miner injuries.
• Starting on Aug. 3, New Garden Township Police said they responded to four separate incidents of thefts of school bus seat covers and vandalism at the Kennett Middle School on Sunnydell Road in Landenberg. On Sunday, Aug. 20, at 3:33 a.m., a police officer on routine patrol was checking in the school bus parking lot area when he observed an unattended vehicle parked next to the buses. The officer observed a man later identified as Matthew Schnelle, 22, of West Grove, walking in between the school buses. Schnelle could not explain his reasons for being on school property after hours, and the officer observed several bus seat covers inside his vehicle. Schnelle was charged with theft and receiving stolen property, police said.
• State police from the Avondale barracks arrested Stephen Thomas Little, 65, of Avondale for an attempted theft at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township. Police said Little brought empty plastic bags into the store on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 10:27 a.m., filled them with store merchandise, and left the store without paying for the items.
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