April 22, 2026

Pennsylvania State Police

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Police are only now releasing information about a theft on Maris Grove Way sometime last September. A reported $10,139 was stolen. According to the report, a former CVS employee tasked with depositing the lottery machine winnings was not depositing the total earnings that had been reported. Investigation is ongoing.

Kennett Square Police Department

• Borough police said they arrested Donald Maxwell, 56, of Malvern, following a traffic stop on W. Cypress Street on April 11. According to the report, officers stopped the car because the vehicle’s registration was under a suspended driver, Maxwell. During further investigation, it was determined that Maxwell’s license clearly stated that he could only operate a vehicle with an installed interlock system. He was taken into custody for violating the operator restriction, processed, and later released pending issuance of a summons

• No name was mentioned, but at 6:35 a.m. on April 13, officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had pulled out in front of the patrol vehicle and continued to speed down the roadway. Upon checking the driver’s information, a confirmed active bench warrant out of Chester County from 2002 was observed. He was taken into custody and transported to Chester County Prison.

• At 11:51 a.m. on April 16, while conducting a routine patrol in the area of Broad Street and Cypress Street, officers conducted a traffic stop on a Cadillac bearing a registration that returned to an Acura. Upon further investigation, multiple traffic citations and a non-traffic citation for disorderly conduct were issued for the THC vape located inside the vehicle. No names were given.

• Borough police conducted a traffic stop in the 200 Block of N. Garfield Street for a vehicle displaying no emissions or inspection stickers on April 10. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the vehicle operator had provided police with false identification and that a wallet containing several IDs was located inside the vehicle. The operator was taken into custody and transported to Central Booking at Chester County Prison. No names were given.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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