• A Jan. 19 hit-and-run accident on Route 202 in Concord Township helped land a Seaford, Del. man in jail. A state police report identified the suspect as Linwood Bruce Burley, 56. According to the report, troopers had responded to the scene of a multi-vehicle accident near Johnson Farm Lane at 5:41 p.m. and learned from a witness that the operator of a silver Honda Accord had fled the scene on foot. Police dispatch had recently learned that Delaware State Police recently had a theft in which the accused had fled in a silver Honda Accord and that he was driving with an expired license. It was also learned that there was an active arrest warrant out for him from Maryland. Pennsylvania police found the suspect in the area of Route 202 and Naaman’s Creek Road. He was charged and taken to Delaware County Prison.
• State police from the Media barracks are investigating a theft from a property on Oakland Road in Chadds Ford Township. Sometime between Nov. 15 and Jan. 22, someone stole an orange Stihl chain saw, a red Honda 2000i generator and a red, non-branded air compressor from a detached garage.
• Two men — whom police only described as black — are being sought in connection with the theft of $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Staples office supply store in Concord Township. The theft happened between 3:55 and 4:33 p.m. on Jan. 19.
• A state police report said Wilmington resident José O. Perez-Rosa, 25, was cited after a one-vehicle accident on Lenape-Unionville Road in Pennsbury Township on Jan. 13. The report said Perez-Rosa was heading east toward Wawaset Road when his vehicle ran off the shoulder and struck a tree. No injuries were reported.
• New Garden Township police said Rebecca Cunane, 38, of West Chester, exhibited signs of intoxication and failed a field sobriety test and was arrested for DUI following a Jan. 13 crash on West Scarlett Road and W. Baltimore Pike. The accident happened at 8:451 p.m.
• An arrest warrant has been issued for Dennis Dougherty, 46, of Avondale, following a physical altercation with a woman on Kaolin Road, according to a report from New Garden police. The report said officers responded to a domestic dispute call and found evidence — injuries — confirming the victim’s account of the incident that Dougherty threw an object at her and pushed her to the ground. Dougherty is wanted for simple assault and related charges, police said. Anyone with information on Dougherty’s whereabouts is asked to call the New Garden Township Police Department at 610-268-3171.
• On Saturday, Jan. 16, at 11:37 p.m., New Garden police observed a vehicle driving erratically in the 1100 block of Newark Road, according to a police report. The vehicle continued onto Baltimore Pike and was observed to cross over the centerline on multiple occasions. A traffic stop was conducted, and the operator was identified as Ivan Alvarez-Lopez, 33, of Wilmington. While speaking with Alvarez-Lopez, officers observed signs of intoxication; Alvarez-Lopez admitted to drinking and failed field sobriety tests, leading to his arrest.
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