Police Log Sept. 10: Underage drinking on UHS school bus

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on September 9, 2015

• Three underage Unionville High School students were arrested after they were caught drinking alcohol on a school district bus while on their way to school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, said an East Marlborough Township Police press release. The students were released to their parents, police said.

• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop K, Media barracks will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint within Delaware County during the month of September.

• No injuries were reported, but one motorist was cited for her involvement in a two-vehicle accident on W. Cypress Street in Kennett Township on Sept. 1. State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, said Erin Eckert, 21, of Bridgewater, N.J., was driving east in the right lane of West Cypress — west of N. Mill Road — at 6:02 p.m. when she attempted to turn left and struck a vehicle traveling in the left hand lane.

• A Landenberg man was cited after causing a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of East Hillendale and Creek roads, said state police from the Avondale barracks. Police said Gary G. Smith, 85, was traveling west on Hillendale, stopped at the stop sign at Creek Road, and then pulled out in front of a vehicle traveling northbound on Creek Road. Police said all occupants were wearing seatbelts and no injuries were reported; Smith’s 2013 Toyota Camry had to be towed from the scene.

• Troopers from the Embreeville barracks will conduct a child safety seat check on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the West Bradford Fire Company substation, 1385 Campus Dr., Downingtown. Appointments are not required but are recommended; contact Trooper Waleska Gonzalez at 610-486-6280.

• On Aug. 11, at 3:21 p.m., New Garden Township Police said they responded to the 800 block of Chandler Drive for the report of a burglary. The victim, who had been away for several days, said she returned home and found several pieces of jewelry missing from her bedroom along with other electronic items. After an investigation, police found some of the stolen items in Wilmington, De., stores, and charged Benjamin DeRitter, 20, of Landenberg; Tyler Snyder, 24, of Landenberg; and Hunter Zunino, 18, of Avondale, with theft and related offenses. DeRitter and Snyder were charged last month for allegedly stealing five guns from a New Garden Township; police said one of the weapons was was recovered in Delaware.