State police are investigating a two-car accident involving
a 17-year-old youth from Chadds Ford. The youth received minor injuries but the
driver of the other car was listed in critical condition after being airlifted
to the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, the report said. According to police, the youth was traveling south on Route
1 as he approached the intersection with Thornton Road at a speed in excess of
the posted 45 mph and struck a car turning left on to Route 1 northbound from
Thornton. The accident happened at 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 12.
• Two cars were broken into in the parking lot of Target
Master on Route 202 in Concord Township, police reported. The incidents
happened sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9. Personal items were stolen,
the report said, but no other information was available.
• The Victoria’s Secret store in the Shops at Brinton Lake
was the scene of a disorderly conduct incident on Jan. 8. According to a police
report, a woman attempted to return multiple bottles of perfume without a
receipt. When told she needed a receipt for the return, police said, the woman
began shouting and cursing in front of store employees, shoppers and young
children.
• A day of drinking may lead to more than a DUI charge for a
Glen Mills man. According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, police
received a call of a white van in the area of Bullock Road in Chadds Ford.
According to the report, the car’s occupants were shooting at deer about 4 p.m.
on New Year’s Day. Police arrived on the scene and saw a white 1995 GMC van in
the area and initiated a traffic stop. There was a strong odor of alcohol, the
report said. The driver, identified as John Francis Flood, and an unidentified
passenger were determined to have been drinking all day. Flood was taken into
custody after failing a field sobriety test, the report said. While examining the vehicle, police found a scoped shotgun
with ammunition, a loaded crossbow and other hunting equipment, the report
said. Police contacted Fish and Game Enforcement and began an investigation.
• State police are investigating a retail theft at
Marshall’s in the Concordville Town Center. Police allege store employees,
through a combination of tag switching and under-ringing, stole more than
$1,200 in merchandise.
• A man identified by police as Gary Yannuzzi, 21, of
Chadds Ford, was arrested on burglary charges following an incident at
Pennsbury Way East in Pennsbury Township at 11 p.m. on Jan. 3, a police report
said. No details were included in the report, but the nature of the incident
involves burglary, criminal trespass, theft, theft from motor vehicle and
prowling at night. Yannuzzi was arrested 1:40 a.m. on Jan. 4.
• A car left running and unlocked was stolen from the Wawa
parking lot at Route 202 and Naaman’s Creek Road, police report. The
unidentified suspect is described only as a white male, wearing a black hooded
sweatshirt, tan pants and a black knit Eagles cap. The car is a blue Volvo with
Pennsylvania tag GCL0140. The theft took place 12:43 p.m. on Jan. 6.

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