July 10, 2024 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Police Log July 10: False imprisonment, thefts

Pennsylvania State Police

Media Barracks

• Police said Sharon Anderson, 54, of Wilmington, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township on June 16. Police made the stop at 12:03 a.m. but gave no reason for stopping the vehicle.

• Carlos Alarcon-Jacome was arrested for theft after he allegedly used cards from a wallet stolen at the East Marlborough Walmart to buy $3,413 worth of merchandise from Lulu Lemon and Target in Concord Township, according to a police report.

• Police said they arrested George Swink, 47, of Springfield, for false imprisonment. The incident happened at the Hillside Motel on Route 12 in Concord Township on June 26. According to the police report, Swink would not allow the woman with him to leave the room.

• State police are investigating the theft of $300 worth of laundry detergent and miscellaneous groceries from Wegmans in Concord Township on June 28. The report said police are looking for two men who fled in a 2012 Jeep Liberty with Delaware tags.

• Police are investigating the theft of $3,200 worth of gift cards taken from the Acme in Concord Township on July 1.

Avondale Barracks

• A five-vehicle crash at Routes 202 and 926 shortly after 4 p.m. on July 4 sent one person to the hospital and injured others, though the others refused transport. Cited for reckless driving was Denise L. Dougherty, 23, of Cherry Hill, N.J., according to police. Enright was also injured, police said. The report said Dougherty was driving at a high rate of speed on 202 while fleeing from Westtown-East Goshen Police. She then crossed through the intersection but lost control of the vehicle and struck four other vehicles.

• Police said they arrested a 36-year-old man from Philadelphia for DUI in Pennsbury Township on July 6. The report, which didn’t include the man’s name, said police stopped the vehicle at the intersection of East Baltimore Pike and Lenape Road at 11:55 p.m. after observing multiple traffic violations.

• A 56-year-old woman from Kennett Square, not named in the report, was arrested for DUI on W. Street Road in West Marlborough. Township shortly after 10:30 p.m. on July 5. The report said police observed traffic violations, made the traffic stop, and observed signs of impairment.

Kennett Square Police Department

• Andres Garcia-Popoca, 59, was arrested and charged with DUI and related traffic offenses after officers were dispatched to a hit-and-run accident, according to police. The incident occurred on July 1, at approximately 5:04 p.m., in the 500 block of S. Walnut Street. The report said that when officers made contact with the Garcia-Popoca, 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 content of 0.160 percent. He was processed and later released pending issuance of a summons.

• Police said Brian Birmingham, 50, of Exton, was arrested and charged with DUI and related traffic offenses after the Toyota he was operating was stopped for turning the wrong direction onto a one-way street. The incident occurred on June 15, at approximately 7:37 p.m., in the 100 block of E. Cypress Street. Upon making contact with Birmingham, the report said, police 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 blood. The toxicology report was reviewed and showed a blood alcohol level of 0.108 percent. A criminal complaint was completed, and charges were filed at District Court 15-3-04.

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Blogging Along the Brandywine: A dream that never was

Along the Ford

My old high school friends have been turning a certain age this year. It’s been earth-shattering for us to say the least. We didn’t expect it to happen so soon. It just sneaked up on us while we were still having fun.

On the positive side, I have become a self-appointed sage, able to reflect on the events of the last half of America’s 20^th century.

So, here’s a question for your consideration:

What happened to the Summer of Love and The Age of Aquarius?

In 1967, John Phillips wrote the hit song “San Francisco”. Sung by Scott McKenzie,

it was released on radio stations that May with the opening lines,

“If you’re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you’re going to San Franciso
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there.”

By June, 100,000 hippies and “Flower Children” had descended on the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco and the Summer of Love had officially begun. Pretty amazing when you realize this was decades before the days of social media.

The rock medley “Age of Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In” was also written in 1967 for the Broadway Musical “Hair.” It was written for the same generation by the team of Rado, Ragni and McDermott and contained the cryptic astrological lines,

“When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.”

With the start of college that year, we grew our hair long and had peace signs and colorful “flower power” stickers on everything from our spiral notebooks to our run-down Volkswagens, and sang songs like “Blowing in the Wind”.

But one year later, our naive dreams of the Age of Aquarius would shatter. Earlier that year, the world had witnessed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, followed by the assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on June 6.

And in the heat of Summer 1968, the Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois on August 26–29. Tens of thousands of peace activists poured into the city to protest our country’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

In response, Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley circled the convention hall with barbed wire while bringing in a total of 23,000 officers of the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois National Guard. The peace demonstrations soon turned violent with police and guardsmen beating the demonstrators with clubs and rifle butts. Shocked television viewers watched the carnage while demonstrators shouted “The whole world is watching!”

Walter Cronkite, the late CBS anchorman, kept the television cameras on young reporter Dan Rather as he was knocked down by police while interviewing an anti-war delegate being hauled off the convention floor, all in front of an audience of millions.

So, what happened to the peace and love of the Age of Aquarius? I may have to give up being a sage.

Our recessional hymn in church last Sunday was “Let There Be Peace on Earth” by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller. I didn’t need the hymnal. It was one I sang in Strafford School’s 6th grade choir so many years ago.

“With God as our Father, brothers all are we
Let me walk with my brothers, in perfect harmony.”

It’s been 57 years since the Summer of Love. What happened to the dream?

About Sally Denk Hoey

Sally Denk Hoey, is a Gemini - one part music and one part history. She holds a masters degree cum laude from the School of Music at West Chester University. She taught 14 years in both public and private school. Her CD "Bard of the Brandywine" was critically received during her almost 30 years as a folk singer. She currently cantors masses at St Agnes Church in West Chester where she also performs with the select Motet Choir. A recognized historian, Sally serves as a judge-captain for the south-east Pennsylvania regionals of the National History Day Competition. She has served as president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates as well as the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford where she now curates the violin collection. Sally re-enacted with the 43rd Regiment of Foot and the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment for 19 years where she interpreted the role of a campfollower at encampments in Valley Forge, Williamsburg, Va., Monmouth, N.J. and Lexington and Concord, Mass. Sally is married to her college classmate, Thomas Hoey, otherwise known as "Mr. Sousa.”

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