Thefts, vandalism and DUIs
• State police reported the theft of items valued at $1,200 from the Red Clay Studios in Chadds Ford Township. The police report said the unknown suspect parked at Hank’s Place and then ran to the studio to steal the item before fleeing south on Route 1. The incident happened 11:33 p.m. on April 30.
• Police said someone shattered the front windshield of a 2008 Toyota Sienna parked at the Best Western Concordville in Concord Township on April 27. Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 484-840-1000.
• DUI charges were pending against an Aston man following a traffic stop on Route 1 at Cheyney Road on April 28. A police report said Kevin Daniel Coleman, 27, was pulled over at 10:29 p.m. for a vehicle code violation. Upon further investigation, the report said, Coleman was determined to be under the influence of alcohol.
• Stephen Patrick Ryan, reportedly of Chadds Ford, was determined to be DUI on April 29, according to a police report. The report said the incident happened at 7:38 p.m. on Heyburn Road at Smithbridge in Chadds Ford Township.
• State police said a Downingtown man was charged with DUI following an April 28 traffic stop on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township. According to a police report, Bryan Matthew Topakbashian, 26, was observed driving in an erratic manner near Dilworthtown Road at 2:39 a.m. A traffic stop was initiated and he was determined to be DUI.
• Sometime between 10 p.m. on April 21 and 11 a.m. on April 22, someone smashed a mailbox on Patricia Lane in Concord Township, police said. The report said the damage was caused by, what appeared to be, a baseball bat.
• A deer was struck by a car on Route 202 at Woodland Drive in Chadds Ford at 6:23 a.m. on April 26. There was no report of injury to the driver.
