Pennsylvania State Police
Avondale Barracks
• State police from the Avondale barracks are investigating a case of child pornography in East Marlborough Township, that has been traced to Kennett Square. A mother called police to say her two sons had sent nude photos to someone posing as a juvenile female on Snapchat, but who is really a 23-year-old man from Kennett Square. This suspect “had sent inappropriate messages to the victims alluding to the fact that he wanted to have sexual relations with them. The offender knows the victims from volunteering as a firefighter,” the report said. The suspect was not identified in the report.
• Police said Antonio Tinoco, 56, of East Fallowfield, was cited after he fell asleep at the wheel and crossed over into oncoming traffic. According to the report, Tinoco was traveling south on Doe Run Road while another car was driving north. That second driver attempted to avoid Tinoco by switching into the other opposite lane, but then Tinoco woke up, noticed he was in the wrong lane, and attempted to fix it by quickly turning into the correct lane but struck the other car. No injuries were reported but both vehicles had to be towed.
• Carlos Linares Garcia, 24, of Oxon Hill, Md., was arrested for DUI in East Marlborough Township on Sept. 17, police said. The incident happened at 1:11 a.m. at Route 1 and Union Street. The report said troopers stopped Garcia for multiple traffic violations and observed indicators of impairment after making contact with him. The report continued by saying the observations were confirmed by field sobriety and breath tests.
• A 37-year-old woman from Newark was arrested for stealing $33 worth of merchandise from the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Sept. 19.
• A 17-year-old boy from West Chester was cited for driving too fast on Fairville Road in Pennsbury Township on the night of Sept. 19. According to the police report, he was traveling west on Fairville Road, tried to negotiate a right-hand curve but lost control and crashed into an embankment on the opposite side of the roadway. No injuries were reported.
• Police said a 15-year-old girl from Kennett Square was arrested for making terroristic threats against a 58-year-old woman. Police said the girl made numerous threatening phone calls to Chester County Radio and made threatening statements to an adult female.
• Police said a 17-year-old girl from Glen Mills was cited for her involvement in a two-car crash on Kennett Pike in Pennsbury Township on Sept. 9. A passenger in the other car was injured, according to the report. The crash occurred as the teen was attempting to make a left turn from S. Fairville Road, into the northbound lane of Kennett Pike. Police said she stopped before the stop sign at the intersection but then proceeded without clearance, subsequently being struck by the second car as it was traveling south on Kennett Pike.
• State police from the Avondale barracks arrested two women on drug charges following a traffic stop in Kennett Square on Sept. 21. The suspects were not named in the report, but it did say one is 22 years old from Kennett Square and the other is 30 years old from West Grove. The report said police stopped the vehicle, a 2014 Jeep, for vehicle code violations. Police said, they could smell marijuana when they approached the vehicle, and that the driver displayed indicators of impairment. The passenger was arrested on three warrants and later transported to Chester County Prison, police said.
• Walmart in East Marlborough Township was ripped off again and police said they arrested a 48-year-old woman from West Chester for shoplifting. No details of what the suspect took, but she was apprehended and taken to state police barracks for fingerprinting and processing.
• A domestic dispute in Pocopson Township led to the arrest of a 30-year-old woman from West Grove. Details of the incident were not related, but the report said the woman pushed a 42-year-old man during a verbal argument on Aug. 17. 
Kennett Square Police Department
Police said they arrested Ruben Palacios-Valadez, of Kennett Square for DUI while in his home. At 12:38 a.m. on Sept. 23, borough police were dispatched for a report of a hit-and-run accident involving two parked vehicles in the 100 Block of W. South Street. There was significant damage to both legally parked vehicles, including splatter marks of coolant approximately ten feet from in front of the vehicle's final resting place. There were two separate trails of coolant, one leading from the initial impact point to the final resting place of the damaged vehicles and one reversing from the initial impact point and continuing eastbound on W. South Street. Officers were able to follow the trail of coolant from the scene of the crash to a gray Toyota in the 800 block of Park Avenue. Upon making contact with the homeowner and operator of the vehicle, Ruben Palacios-Valadez, police said they observed indicators suggesting intoxication, and field sobriety tests showed impairment. He was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI and submitted to a chemical test of his breath, resulting in a blood alcohol level of 0.131 percent.
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