Local and state police report the following incidents.
Pennsylvania State Police
Media Barracks
• Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident in Concord Township on Nov. 5. The accident happened on. Baltimore Pike at its intersection with State Farm Drive. Police said the offending driver made an unsafe lane change and struck the second car.
• It was reported that more than $37,000 worth of jewelry was missing from a home on S. Valentine Drive in Concord Township on Oct. 3. The victim is a 90-year-old woman who said she couldn’t find the jewelry.
• Police said Marissa P. Tancredi, 33, of Ambler, was cited for her involvement in a two-car crash that led to her and the two occupants in the other car being transported to area hospitals for treatment of injuries. The accident happened at the intersection of Route 1 and Creek Road on Sept. 27 shortly before 7 p.m. According to the report, the second car was waiting at the northbound intersection to make a left onto N. Creek Road. The light was green, but the southbound traffic flow prevented the turn while the car was in the middle of the intersection. The light turned red, but the car began turning while the light was red in all four directions. Police said it was then that Tancredi entered the intersection against a full red signal, striking the other car in the side.
• No names were given, but one driver was cited for DUI following a two-car crash on Oct. 31 on Route 202 in Concord Township. Police said the second car was stopped at a red light when it was struck from behind by the first car.
Avondale Barracks
• Police said Thomas E. Ruiz-Rhoades, 23, of Toughkeman, was cited for driving at an unsafe speed following a one-car crash on Doe Run Road in West Marlborough Township. The accident happened on Oct. 28 at 5:21 a.m. According to the report, Ruiz-Rhoades lost control of his car after cresting a hill. The car spun out of control and hit a speed limit traffic sign.
• Michele L. Christiano, 47, of Wilmington, was cited following a two-car crash on Parkerville Road near E. State Street in Pennsbury Township on Oct. 21, police said. According to the police report, Christiano was driving north on Parkerville when she failed to clear the intersection and was struck by an oncoming car.
• A bus driver, Jenny M. Taylor, 63, of Avondale, was cited after a two-vehicle crash at W. Street Road at its intersection with Byrd Road on Oct. 14 at 8:04 a.m., police said. According to the report, Taylor was driving north on Byrd when she tried to turn right onto W. Street Road and wound up colliding with the second vehicle. No injuries were reported. 
Kennett Square Police Department
Borough police said they arrested Alicea Matias on multiple assault charges, resisting arrest, and more shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 2. According to the report, police were dispatched for a hit-and-run accident on E. South Street. While attempting to approach the vehicle’s operator, the male driver became combative towards the officers, and a female subject, identified as Matias, became involved in the ongoing investigation by approaching officers erratically and causing further disturbance. Charges were also filed against Joel Sanchez-Dominguez during the same incident. Charges against him include assault, resisting arrest, and seven other offenses. All charges were filed in district court, and the incident is pending a preliminary hearing.
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.
