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• A 75-year-old man had his home in Concord Township ransacked in July. Police said five or six youths, 10-16 years of age, broke windows to get into the house, then broke multiple items including a TV and a mirror, and threw raw eggs all over the house. The incident happened on July 6.
• Police said they arrested a 49-year-old woman from Chester for shoplifting at Target in Concord Township on Aug. 13. The report didn’t identify the woman, but said she loaded a shopping cart with an estimated $776 worth of merchandise and tried to leave without paying. All the merchandise was recovered.
• Fidel Vargas, 37, of New Castle, was arrested for DUI on the Conchester Highway, a police report said. The arrested followed a traffic stop shortly before 8 p.m. on Aug. 19. According to the report, police made the stop because the car was speeding. Once stopped, police said Vargas showed signs of intoxication and there were opened containers of an alcoholic beverage.
• Police said they arrested Cory Malampy, 36, of Garnet Valley for assaulting two boys, ages 12 and 6. Details of the incident were not released, but the report did say it happened on Kirk Road in Concord Township on the evening of Aug. 14.
• State police are investigating a scam that victimized a 55-year-old Glen Mills woman. A scammer, who claimed to be from the victim’s bank, tricked her into wiring $2,000 to him. No other details were released.
• A 17-year-old girl was cited for making an unsafe left turn in front of an oncoming vehicle on Conchester Road in Concord Township. The incident happened on Aug. 25 at 12:40 p.m. at the CVS store.
• Police are investigating the reported theft of two necklaces from the Kurtz Collection store in Glen Eagle Square on Aug. 13. A report said the unknown suspect, a woman in her 30s or 40s, took the necklaces — valued at $200 — from a display and left the store without paying.
• Police said they arrested Charles Lilley, 63, of West Chester, for DUI on Route 202 at Brintons Bridge Road on Aug. 13. According to the report, police were dispatched to the scene because a disabled vehicle was blocking traffic. They found a maroon 2013 Kia Sorento with disabling damage to its front end and said Lilley was driving while under the influence of alcohol.
• Police are investigating the reported theft of $3,000 from a home on Molly Lane in Concord Township. The money had been kept in an unlocked safe in the victim’s home. Police said three people from a dog care service are possible suspects in the case. The theft reportedly took place on July 24.
• Kenneth Honie, 60, of Wilmington, was arrested and charged with retail theft, a police report said. According to police, Honie took almost $700 worth of merchandise from the Acme on Byers Drive in Concord Township on Aug. 18.
• Police said Diane L. Linett, 60, of Glen Mills, was charged with failing to obey traffic control devices following a two-car crash at Smithbridge and Temple roads in Concord Township on July 26. According to the report, Linett was driving east on Smithbridge when she disregarded a red light, accelerated into the intersection, and crashed into the passenger side of a car driving south on Kirk. The driver and passenger in the other car are believed to have sustained minor injuries.
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• A man found asleep at the wheel in the middle of a travel lane was arrested for DUI, drug possession, and illegally carrying a concealed firearm. The man was not identified, but police said he’s 38 years old and from Oakland, Maine. The incident happened on Aug. 24 at 12:28 a.m. at the intersection of E. Baltimore Pike and Lenape Road in Kennett Township.
• A 20-year-old West Grove woman was arrested for DUI in Kennett Township on Aug. 19. Police said they stopped the vehicle for traffic violations on W. Cypress Street at Sams Lane in Kennett Township at 12:22 a.m. and detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverages coming from the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado. Field sobriety tests indicated impairment and the driver, not identified, was arrested.
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