Police Log Nov. 29: DUI’s, accidents, retail theft

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on November 29, 2017

• State police from the Avondale barracks said Jeanette Marie Bailey, 37, of Kennett Square, was taken into custody on retail theft charges. According to a report, Bailey tried to leave the East Marlborough Township Walmart with various items for which she hadn't paid. The incident happened 4:50 p.m. on Nov. 26.

• A one-vehicle accident in Pocopson Township on Nov. 7 led to police citing the driver. Police identified the motorist as Ajee K. Benson. 23, of Wilmington. According to the report, Benson was driving north on Lenape Road shortly before 9 p.m. when the Volkswagen she was driving went off the road as she was approaching Parkerville Road. The car hit an embankment. Police reported no injuries.

• State police cited an unidentified driver with speeding and driving with a suspended license following a one-car accident on Lenape Road on Nov. 7. The motorist failed to negotiate a left-hand curve on Lenape Road near Locust Grove Road. Police reported no injuries.

Southern Chester County Regional Police

• Roberto J. Aguilera-Leyva, 22, of Kennett Square, was arrested and charged with DUI and related traffic offenses, as well as with resisting arrest, following a one-vehicle crash at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Cedar Springs Road, in New Garden Township, police said. The incident happened Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Police responded to a report of a vehicle running into a guardrail. The caller reported seeing the driver discard beer bottles and leave the scene on foot. Police made contact with Aguilera-Leyva in the vicinity of 300 Cedar Springs Road and observed numerous indicators suggesting intoxication. As police attempted to take him into custody for suspicion of DUI, he ignored verbal commands and pulled away to avoid being placed in handcuffs. He was placed under arrest and transported to the substation where he failed to provide adequate samples of his breath, resulting in a refusal.

• Southern Chester County Regional Police said Gregory A. Cramer, 25, of Avondale, was arrested for DUI and related traffic offenses, as well as with violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act following a traffic stop for vehicle code violations on Nov. 7. The incident occurred at 1:05 a.m., in the 9000 block of Gap Newport Pike, New Garden Township. Police said they smelled marijuana and saw evidence of marijuana inside the vehicle. Police also observed indicators suggesting intoxication from alcoholic beverages.

• James E. Zahner, 66, of Kennett Square, was arrested and charged with DUI and restriction on alcoholic beverages, following a two-vehicle accident on West Cypress Street in New Garden Township on Nov. 12, according to a police report. Zahner was identified as the at-fault operator and, in their interactions with him at the scene, police observed numerous indicators suggesting intoxication, the report said. After failing field sobriety tests, he was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI. He submitted to a chemical test of his breath, resulting in a blood alcohol level of 0.11 percent.

• Police said Valentin Torres-Gonzalez, 38, with no known address, was arrested and charged with DUI and related traffic offenses, following a two-vehicle traffic accident on Nov. 14 in New Garden Township. Police said they observed numerous indicators suggesting intoxication. He was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI and submitted to a chemical test of his breath. His blood alcohol level was 0.26 percent, police said.