November 1, 2023

Pennsylvania State Police

Avondale Barracks

• Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Avondale for shoplifting at the East Marlborough Township Walmart on Oct. 27. The value of the item stolen is $24.88.

• Police said a 46-year-old man from Boothwyn was also arrested for shoplifting at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Oct. 27. The value of the stolen items totals $176.

• A 40-year-old man from West Chester was arrested for shoplifting $102 worth of Duster from the East Marlborough Township Walmart on Oct. 27.

• A 59-year-old woman from Avondale was arrested for shoplifting at the Walmart in East Marlborough Township on Oct. 13. Details of the theft were not released.

• Brandon R. Higgins, 23, of Lincoln University, was arrested for DUI in Pennsbury Township, a police report said. The arrest followed a one-vehicle crash on S. Creek Road just south of Cossart Road. According to the report, Higgins’ Jeep Grand Cherokee went off the right side of the road and hit a guide rail, then overturned and traveled down an embankment. Police said Higgins displayed numerous indicators of alcohol impairment and was arrested for DUI.

• State police said they arrested a 24-year-old woman from Essex, Md. on drug possession charges following a traffic stop at Route1 and Walnut Road in Kennett Township on Oct. 27. No reason for the stop was given in the report, but police determined that the suspect had been driving while under the influence of a controlled substance. The arrest came at 11:44 p.m.

• Police arrested a 74-year-old- man from Kennett Square on DUI charges following a traffic stop on Lenape Road at Wayne Drive in Pocopson Township on Oct. 29. No details regarding the 12:43 a.m. stop were mentioned in the report.

• Police said Barry J. Corcoran, 63, of West Chester, was cited after he attempted a left turn from southbound Lenape Road onto Pocopson Road but struck a northbound vehicle in the process. Corcoran was not injured but the other driver, an 18-year-old girl from Dundalk was transported to Chester County Hospital for treatment of what police said were minor injuries.

• State police are investigating a three-car rear-ender accident on E. Street Road in Pennsbury Township on Oct. 14. However, the driver that started the accident fled the scene. No injuries were reported. The accident happened at 10:33 p.m.

Kennett Square Police Department

• Police have filed criminal charges of access device fraud, count of dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, theft by unlawful taking or disposition, and receiving stolen property against Angela Rosado, 34, of Philadelphia. According to the police report, someone used a stolen cell phone to transfer $720 from the victim’s account using the CashApp on the stolen phone. The account to which the money went belongs to Rosado, the report said.

• Borough police said they filed criminal charges against Benjamin Timmonds, 21, of Wilmington, for burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct following an incident in which Timmonds admitted to breaking into his deceased grandmother’s home on E. Linden Street and causing damage to the property while breaking in.