Police Log: Burglary, DUIs, accidents

PSP Logo 2• State police are investigating a burglary on William Beardsley Road in Concord Township on Dec. 4. A report said someone forced his or her way into the residence sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and stole jewelry, guitars and an entertainment system.

• State police cited Victor S. Bethea II, 29, of Sharon Hill, after he lost control of his Honda Accord and struck a utility pole on Creek Road in Chadds Ford Township. A police report said Bethea was driving northbound, approaching Bullock Road, when he failed to slow down before the road curved. After hitting the pole, the car hit a tree. No injuries were reported. The accident happened at 10:47 a.m. on Nov. 29.

• Someone smashed the driver’s side window of a car parked on Dickinson Drive in Chadds Ford and stole a purse that was on the car’s floor. The purse contained a wallet with the victim’s driver’s license and three credit cards.

• Police said someone broke into a home on Concord Road in Concord Township, but failed to take anything. The report said the unknown suspect or suspects “scattered” some crossbows in the living room. The break-in happened sometime between Nov. 20 and 23.

• David Steven Lawler, of Oxford, was arrested by state police from Avondale for DUI following a Nov. 26 traffic stop at 12:27 a.m. on Route 1 at Bayard Road in East Marlborough Township.

• State police from Troop J, Avondale barracks, cited Marie Fleury, 67, of Rydal, in connection with an accident on Route 1 at Old Baltimore Pike in Pennsbury Township on Nov. 27 at 5:13 p.m. A report said Fleury struck another vehicle after she turned left from Old Baltimore Pike onto the southbound lane of Route 1. The driver of the second vehicle reported wrist pain, the report said, but there was no transport.

• Marshall Lane, 22, of Chadds Ford, was arrested for DUI by state police from the Avondale barracks on Nov. 26, according to a police report. That report said Lane was stopped by police on Route 52, south of Hillendale Road, at 12:27 a.m.

• Police said Timothy C. Crampton, 52, of Kennett Square, was cited for his involvement in an accident on West Creek Road at Lenape Road in Pocopson Township. According to the state police report, the Nov. 24 accident happened at 1:08 p.m. when Crampton failed to stop in time before hitting another vehicle from behind as that other vehicle was stopped at a stop sign.

• On Friday, Nov. 27, at 5:40 p.m., New Garden Township Police responded to the area of Scarlett Road, south of West Cypress Street, for a complaint of an erratic driver who sideswiped another vehicle in the 300 block of Scarlett Road and then fled the scene into a nearby parking lot. Police said they located the vehicle and its driver, Javier Lopez, 32, of Kennett Square. After exhibiting signs of impairment and failing field sobriety tests, police said they arrested Lopez for DUI.

• Kennett Square Police are investigating vandalism that reportedly occurred sometime between Saturday, Nov. 7, at 12 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1:59 p.m. Police said a metal milk-can planter was thrown through the front window of a business located in the 400 block of East State Street, causing approximately $1,300 worth of damage to merchandise inside.

• Another ongoing investigation by Kennett Square Police involves a theft reported on Nov. 10. Police said a resident of the 100 block of North Willow Street checked on the whereabouts of a $750 iPhone 6S that had not been delivered and learned that the package had been left at their mailbox area on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 11:50 a.m.

• On Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 3:45 p.m., Kennett Square Police received a report of an attempted theft from a business located in the 300 block of West State Street. The business owner reported receiving a phone call from a subject stating he was with PECO and wanted money for an unpaid electric bill, which the business needed to pay with a MoneyGram. The business owner had just paid PECO and recognized that this was a scam. Police advised other residents to be wary of such requests.

• Kennett Square Police received an identity theft report on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m. A resident of the 100 block of East State Street noticed a fraudulent charge of $196.03 from walmart.com on a debit card in the victim’s possession and was advised by walmart.com that the merchandise ordered had been delivered to another Kennett Square address. Police said an investigation is continuing.

• On Thursday, Nov. 19, at 5:08 pm., Linda Clark, 66, of Kennett Square, was arrested for DUI following a multi-vehicle accident at North Union and Fairthorne Streets, Kennett Square Police said. Clark was released to medical personnel due to her level of intoxication, police said.

• On Thursday, Nov. 19, at 8:46 p.m., Kennett Square Police said they arrested Stephen Phillips, 24, of Newark, for DUI following a traffic stop South Union Street and School House Lane.

• State police from the Avondale barracks cited Ismael A. Pina, 28, of Kennett Square, for driving at an unsafe speed on Bayard Road, north of Sills Mill Road in Kennett Township. Police said Pina failed to negotiate a curve at 4:37 p.m. on Nov. 19 and drove up an embankment off the roadway, which caused his 2003 Ford to roll over. Pina was taken to Jennersville Regional Hospital with minor injuries, police said.

• Sometime between April 1, 2014, and Nov. 30, someone removed 20 batteries owned by Sprint Wireless from a cell tower on Pocopson Road in Pocopson Township, according to state police from the Avondale barracks. An investigation is continuing, and anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-268-2022.

 

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