Police Log June 9: Drug possession, suspicious letter

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on June 9, 2021

Pennsylvania State Police

Avondale Barracks

• State police arrested three teens for receiving stolen property in Kennett Township on May 30. A report said the police were attempting to stop a speeding vehicle when it crashed. Police discovered the vehicle — a 2015 Subaru Impreza Outback — had been stolen. A 38-year-old man from Kennett Square was the victim.

• A 28-year-old man from Phoenixville, not named in the report, was arrested on drug possession charges in East Marlborough Township on May 28. The arrest followed a traffic stop at Route 1 and N. Union Street at 11:32 p.m. According to the report, police stopped a 2008 Honda Accord because of equipment violations. Police said they could smell marijuana emanating from the vehicle as they approached. The driver presented a medical marijuana card but admitted to smoking the cannabis earlier. Police administered a field sobriety test, which the driver failed, the report said.

Kennett Square Police Department

Officers from the Kennett Square Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious letter sent to Genesis Healthcare in the 100 Block of E. State Street on June 4. No details of what was suspicious were made public, but police are investigating.