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December 17 Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks

Andrew J. Sullivan, 42, of Aston, was cited following a one-car crash at the intersection of Garnet Mine Road and Bethel Road in Concord Township, police said. Sullivan and his 73-year-old passenger were both injured and transported to Paoli Hospital. The accident happened at 8:20 a.m. on Nov. 10. The report said Sullivan was northbound on Bethel Road when he had a seizure and struck a utility pole. He was cited for operating a vehicle with no valid inspection.

Police said Colleen P. Delacy, 43, of Aston, was cited for failing to stop at a red light on Conchester Highway at Fellowship Drive in Concord Township on Dec. 9. According to the police report, Delacy was driving west on Conchester when she failed to stop at the light and struck a vehicle that had a green light on Fellowship.

State police from the Media barracks are investigating a report of a suspicious person on Dec. 9. A report said an unknown person knocked on a door on Patricia Lane at 9 p.m., asking the resident to lend a pair of sweatpants for a prison visitation. The resident declined, and the person departed.

Police are investigating a reported wire fraud theft at Maris Grove. The victim, an 82-year-old woman, was scammed out of $1,000.

Speed was cited as the cause of a one-car crash at Route 202 and Oakland Road in Chadds Ford Township on Nov. 23. Police identified the driver as 22-year-old Jonathan E. Denenno of Garnet Valley. According to the report, Denenno said he was driving without traction control in the left lane of 202 and lost control of his car, causing him to strike the guide rail on the left shoulder. No injuries were reported. The accident happened on Nov. 23 at 9:43 p.m.

Police said Leilaine T. Godeiro De Souza Aquino, 30, of Riverside, N.J., was cited following a two-car crash on Cheyney and Glenview roads in Concord Township on Nov. 24. According to police, Godeiro De Souza Aquino made a left onto Glenview Road without ensuring it was safe to do so. As a result, the front of her vehicle struck the front of another car.

Avondale Barracks

Police said Marlie R. Sloan, 18, of Cochranville, was cited for following too closely after a three-car crash on E. Baltimore Pike and School House Lane in East Marlborough Township on Dec. 11. According to the police report, Sloan was driving north in the right lane of E. Baltimore Pike but was following too closely to the vehicle in front. She hit that car, which, in turn, struck the vehicle in front of that, which was at a full stop. No injuries were reported.

A 36-year-old man from Kennett Square, not identified in the report, was arrested for DUI after he drove his vehicle into a creek on Burrows Run Road in Kennett Township. Police said they observed indicators of alcohol-based impairment. Two other people, a 70-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman, both from Chadds Ford, were in the vehicle, but no injuries were reported.

Zachary R. Stewart, 26, of West Chester, was arrested for DUI following a one-car crash on Lenape Road near Street Road in Pocopson Township on Dec. 6, according to police. The report said Stewart was driving north on Lenape when he failed to make a sharp left curve while looking at his phone.

Police arrested a 21-year-old man from Wilmington, not identified, for DUI following a traffic stop on Nov. 17. Police said they made the stop because of traffic code violations.

Kennett Square Police Department

Raymundo Martinez-Ramirez, 42, of Wilmington, was charged with indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children, and corruption of minors, according to police. These charges are the result of an investigation involving Martinez-Ramirez having inappropriate contact with a minor child. Charges were filed with District Court 15-3-04, and an arrest warrant was issued on Dec. 12.

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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