Police Log Oct. 3: Missing person, accidents, DUI, threats

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 2, 2019

Pennsylvania State Police

• State police from the Media barracks are investigating the disappearance of a Chadds Ford man that happened on Sept. 16. According to police, Juan Jose Gross, 24, was evicted from his last known residence at 1712 Wilmington Pike. Police took him to a Double Tree Hotel in Wilmngton, the report said. According to police, Gross is homeless and suffers from schizophrenia but showed no signs of any activity of being a danger.

• Police said Bruce Bishop — age and municipality not reported — entered a vehicle at Maris Grove without permission on Sept. 16 and stole money, lottery tickets and knives.

• An 18-year-old student at Garnet Valley High School was arrested for possession of marijuana at the school on Sept. 17.

• A dump truck driver was cited for careless driving after he struck overhead wires on Route 202 on Aug. 28. The wires fell, blocking all of southbound lanes and part of the northbound. According to the police report, the driver — not named in the report — had raised the dump bed to clear the hinges but failed to completely lower the bed before driving forward. The accident happened at a construction site at 11:03 p.m.

• Police filed criminal charges against a West Grove woman for DUI following an accident in Chadds Ford Township on Sept. 8. Police identified the woman as Lauren Rita Deckman. According to the report, Deckman had been involved in a two-vehicle crash on Route 1 at Brandywine Drive at 6:46 p.m. Details of the accident were not given in the report.

• Michael Vincent Varallo, 21, of Chadds Ford, was arrested for DUI in a parking lot on Sept. 10, according to a police report. Police said Varallo was found to be DUI in the Painters Crossing shopping center parking lot near the AMC theater at 8:26 p.m.

• Police aid Patrick Sullivan, 34, of Glenolden, was cited for following too closely following an accident on Smithbridge Road just east of Route 202 in Concord Township. The accident happened at 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 11. A report said two vehicles were traveling east on Smithbridge when the lead vehicle stopped because of traffic, but Sullivan was unable to stop in time before striking the other vehicle. Sullivan was also arrested for DUI, the report said. No injuries were reported.

• Allison Thomas, 54, of Kennett Square, was arrested for DUI on Sept. 23 after a crash at Upland and Wilson roads in West Marlborough Township, said state police from the Avondale barracks. According to a report, Thomas’ 1991 Chevrolet S10 was found crashed into an embankment and he was found to be DUI.

• State police are investigating the theft of chainsaws and leaf blowers from a residence on Hickory Hill Road in Pocopson Township on Sept.20.

• State police are investigating a case involving threats of harassment in East Marlborough Township. According to police, the suspect — not identified in the report — threatened to cut the tongues of employees of the East Marlborough branch of the Franklin Mint Credit Union, and of state troopers at the Avondale barracks because he thinks neither organization is working to retrieve money he lost in a scam. He also said he knows people that can hurt the troopers and whoever is not handling his case properly will be hurt. The original incident — in which the suspect claims to have sent $11,700 for a classic car that was never delivered — is being investigated.