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A 22-year-old woman, an employee at Home Depot in Concord Township for stealing. The suspect was not identified by name in the report, but police said an Asset Protection employee reported that the woman in question had been stealing from the register for about a month. The report said the suspect finally admitted to stealing.
Avondale Barracks
• Police said they arrested a 44-year-old man from Coatesville for DUI on June 8. The arrest came after a traffic stop on Street Road in West Marlborough Township at 2:15 a.m. on June 8. The driver was not identified in the report. The stop was made because of an unspecified traffic violation.
• Charles Cornelius, 65, of West Chester, was arrested for DUI in Kennett Township on June 7, a police report said. According to that report, police attempted a traffic stop on a black, 2009 Lincoln Continental Town car at 10:28 p.m. in the 1000 block of E. Baltimore Pike for multiple traffic violations. The driver began to pull over but then continued driving for another mile, the report said. Once stopped and contacted, police said they observed indications of impairment.
• Police said they’re investigating the reported theft of approximately $6,800 worth of jewelry from the Chadds Ford Antiques mall on May 24. The unknown suspect fled in a red Honda Pilot with Delaware tag PC406937.
• Caroline A. McManus, 32, of Bryn Mawr, was arrested on DUI charges following a two-car crash in East Marlborough Township on May 1, police said. The accident happened a little after 5 p.m. on E. Baltimore Pike near Village Lane. According to the report, McManus was driving south on Route 1 behind another car, but rear-ended that lead car when it stopped for a red light.
• State police said they arrested two Delaware men, Christopher Trexler, 28, of Newark, and Tierece Garvin, 38, of Wilmington, on theft charges. Details of the theft were not released, but the two are accused of stealing shoes from Famous Footwear on May 25.
• Police said speeding was the cause of a two-car crash in Pennsbury Township on May 22, and cited Johnathan R. Sandoval, 18, of Oxford. The accident happened on Route 1 near Parkerville Road at 11:39 p.m. during a period of rain. According to the police report, Sandoval was westbound in the right lane of Route 1 but moved into the left lane to pass another vehicle. That second car swerved to the left and braked hard, which forced Sandoval to also brake hard. He then swerved, but lost control of the car because of the excess speed, swerved back into the right lane, and struck a berm. The car went airborne, rotated, and rolled, striking a wooden fence. The car came to rest on its roof roadside. The report also said Sandoval was able to extricate himself from the overturned car. Minor injuries were reported, but he refused transport.
• Police from the Avondale barracks are handling a case in which a 55-year-old Pocopson Township woman went to the Birmingham Township Police Department to report a sexual assault. The report said the woman told police she had been sexually assaulted years earlier and that she was now getting threatening messages carved in her barn underneath her bedroom. She also reportedly said there are drones outside her window every night.
