Police Log Jan. 24: Crashes, DUI

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on January 24, 2024

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• Police said Dawn M. Ryburn, 53, of Chadds Ford, was charged with following too closely after a two-car crash at Kirk Road and Huntsman Drive in Concord Township on Dec. 21. The accident happened at 4:25 p.m. According to the report, Ryburn struck another car from behind. That other car was stopped at Kirk before turning left onto Huntsman. Both vehicles had to be towed but no injuries were reported.

• Robert Dickens, 47, of Wilmington, was arrested for shoplifting at Wegmans on Dec. 11, according to a police report. He is accused of stealing $205 worth of merchandise from the store.

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• Debra L. Thomson, 65, of West Grove, was arrested for DUI following a two-car crash in Pocopson Township, according to state police. The accident happened on Jan. 9 shortly before 7 p.m. on Lenape Road. Police said Thomson was driving north on Route 52 but crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic while trying to negotiate a slight right curve. The other car was southbound and the driver saw the other vehicle in his lane and stopped. Both vehicles suffered minor damage but there were no injuries reported.

• Police said David C. Tunstall, 47, of Marshallton, was charged with following too closely for his involvement with a two-vehicle accident on Jan. 9. The rear-ender crash happened at 2:53 p.m. on Street Road at its intersection with Lenape Road. According to the report, Tunstall was driving east and attempted to merge from E. Street Road onto Lenape Road but struck the other vehicle that was stopped. No injuries were reported but the second vehicle had to be towed.

• Javier Ortiz-Parra, 21, of West Grove, was charged with driving at an unsafe speed after he ran off the road in East Marlborough Township on Jan. 16, a police report said. The accident happened at 6:360 a.m. on Line Road west of Bancroft Road. According to the report, Ortiz-Parra was traveling north on Bancroft when he tried to stop at a stop sign before turning left but was unable to stop because of ice on the road, and slid off the road hitting a fence.