Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale Barracks
• Police are investigating a report of a drug sale at Unionville High School that allegedly took place on Friday, Jan. 20. Police received the report shortly before 4 p.m. No other details were released.
• Lisa D. Cottman, 59, of Oxford, was cited following a one-car crash in Kennett Township on Jan. 22, police said. According to the report, Cottman was driving north on the Kennett-Oxford bypass when, according to the driver, an animal appeared to enter the roadway in front of the car, which caused her to swerve to the left. The car, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, spun in a counterclockwise direction and struck a guide rail. Police reported no injuries.
• State police said they arrested a 23-year-old man from Kennett Square for drug possession and DUI on Jan. 21. Police made the traffic stop after observing traffic violations on Lenape Road near Winston Lane at 2:35 a.m.
• State police are investigating a break-in and burglary at a residence in Pennsbury Township. The incident happened on Jan. 14 on S. Ridge Road. A report said the resident returned home at 11:30 p.m. to find the front door open and saw an object that didn’t belong there. They did not say what that object was. The woman left but returned the next morning and found that an intercom unit had been damaged. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police, Avondale station at 610-268-2022.
• Jake Wooleyhan, 38, of Wilmington, was arrested for DUI on Jan. 18, in East Marlborough Township, according to a police report. Police were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, they said, and made the arrest on Pratt Lane at 10:54 p.m. No details other than the make, model, and year of the car were released.
• A 26-year-old woman from West Chester was arrested for DUI in East Marlborough Township on Jan. 15. Police said they made the traffic stop on W. Doe Run Road after observing traffic violations. The driver, not identified in the report, showed signs of impairment, and field sobriety tests confirmed impairment.
• On Jan. 13, police arrested a 37-year-old man from Kennett Square for DUI on School House Road near Longwood Road in East Marlborough Township. According to the report, which didn’t include the man’s identity, police were responding to a one-car crash. When police arrived, they saw the man standing outside the vehicle and when asked what happened, he reportedly said he swerved off the road and that he was drunk. Field sobriety tests confirmed impairment and he was taken into custody.
• Police said they arrested a 46-year-old man from New Castle after they observed a white Maserati failing to maintain its lane of travel. The driver, not identified, showed signs of impairment, police said. The arrest was made at 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 14 at Route 1 and N. Walnut Road in Kennett Township.
• Police said a Boothwyn man, 58, was arrested for DUI in the 1200 block of Baltimore Pike. The report said police made the traffic stop because of traffic violations. The incident happened at 10:48 p.m. on Jan. 13.
• Heather A. Cooper, 37, of Claymont, was cited for her involvement in a two-vehicle crash in East Marlborough Township on Dec. 15, police said. According to the report, Cooper was driving north on Conservatory Road when a car heading south on Doe Run Road attempted to cross the intersection with Conservatory, but Cooper turned left in front of the second car. Both cars were disabled but no injuries were reported.
• Police arrested a 50-year-old Kennett Square man for retail theft at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Jan. 16 at 5:29 p.m. No other details were released.
• An Ardmore, Okla., man was arrested on drug possession charges in East Marlborough Township on Dec. 23. Police identified the suspect as Chad Klinger, 22. Troopers made a traffic stop at 9:13 p.m. on Route 1 at N. Union Street. The report mentioned no reason for the stop. 
Kennett Square Police Department
Being drunk on alcohol got a Kennett Square man charged with drug possession. On Jan. 15, at approximately 12:09 a.m., Kennett Square police officers observed a male, later identified as Octavio Duran-Zavala, on the ground at the intersection of W. South Street and Harvey Circle. According to the report, Duran-Zavala said he was intoxicated and admitted to consuming alcohol. He spoke with slurred speech, police said, had bloodshot, glassy eyes, and had an odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from his person. Officers were able to get an address from Duran-Zavala and attempted to transport him to his residence, but they were unable to make contact with anyone at the address. Duran-Zavala was transported to the police department, where all of the contents of his pockets were emptied, and he was placed in the holding cell. Officers located and seized a blue cap to a pen that contained a white, powdery substance consistent with controlled substances, the report said. Charges were filed with District Court 15-3-04.
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