Police Log Feb. 24: Accidents, thefts

PSP Logo 2 • State police from Troop K, Media barracks, said Wilson X. Vallare-Castro, 31, of West Chester was injured in a one-vehicle accident on  Conchester Highway Feb. 15. A report said Vallare-Castro was driving east on Route 322 when he crossed over the double yellow lines  and struck a utility pole. He was transported for treatment, and was also cited for the accident.

• An unidentified motorist was cited for an improper left turn following an accident on Route 202 north of Marshall Road in Chadds Ford Township on Feb. 11. Police said the motorist was driving in the left lane of northbound 202 when and tried to make a left hand turn into Keystone Plaza, but failed to yield the right of way to southbound traffic and struck an oncoming vehicle broadside. No injuries were reported.

• A man from Chester was charged with theft after he allegedly stole a check from a Concord Township resident. Police said Darryl Lamar Yates Jr. removed a single check from the victim’s desk drawer.

• According to a police report, James W. Adey, 23, reportedly of Chadds Ford, was charged with driving at an unsafe speed following an accident at Ring and Ridge roads in Chadds Ford Township on Feb. 10. The report said Adey was driving west on Ridge and tried to make a right hand turn onto Ring, but was going too fast for snowy conditions and struck a vehicle on Ring. No injuries were reported.

• Police said someone stole $7,000 worth of aluminum from a construction site on Evergreen Drive in Concord Township sometime between 5 p.m. on Jan. 27 and 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 28.

• A 35-year-old man from Clayton, N.J., has had charges filed against him in Chester County. A police report said Brad Robert Davis, violated a protection from abuse order by contacting a Pennsbury Township victim by phone.

• Someone entered a garage on Stirling Way in Pennsbury Township and stole a case of Miller Lite beer on Feb. 13. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-268-2022.

• A 35-year-old passenger in a car involved in a two-vehicle accident sustained a minor injury in a Feb. 18 crash on Doe Run Road near Apple Grove Road. State police said the driver, Matthew Heaps, 24, of Kennett Square was driving at an unsafe speed as he approached a right hand curve, crossed into the oncoming southbound lane of traffic and hit a southbound car. Both vehicles sustained heavy frontend damage, police said. Heaps’ passenger, Edwin C. Wilmott Jr., of Darby, was transported, according to the police report.

• Police said Ricardo S. Larsen, 27, of West Chester failed to negotiate a right hand curve on Lenape Road in Pocopson Township and hit a utility pole. The accident happened on Feb. 12 at 8:26 a.m.

• Speed is considered the cause of a one-vehicle accident on Route 1 in New Garden Township on Feb. 15. A state police report said Steven J. Neifert, 22, of Wilmington, was driving north on Route 1 when he rounded a curve and went off the right side of the road. The vehicle went down an embankment and hit two trees. No injuries were reported.

• State police from the Avondale barracks said Joan E. Kanes, 70, of Haverford, was cited for her involvement in a two-vehicle accident in Pennsbury on Feb. 1. Police said Kanes was exiting a driveway on Pocopson Road at 4:06 p.m. when she pulled out in front of an oncoming vehicle. The report said Kanes reported a minor neck pain, but declined medical treatment.

• A wooden “Heather Hill Farm” sign was stolen from a Newlin Township residence in the 1700 block of Warpath Road sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 15, said state police from the Embreeville barracks. Anyone with information on the theft is asked to contact police at 610-486-6280.

• State police from the Embreeville barracks responded to the 1500 block of Powell Road in Newlin Township on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 4:30 p.m. Police said a 78-year-old male resident had accidentally discharged a firearm while clearing a jam, striking his right hand. No other information was released.

• State police will be conducting Sobriety Checkpoints through the end of the month.

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