Police

Police Log May 31: Crashes, threats, thefts

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • Police said they arrested a 21-year-old man from Wilmington on drug possession charges in East Marlborough Township. The arrest followed a traffic stop for a traffic violation on Route 1 near Orchard Avenue on May 23. Police did not identify the driver in the report, but said he was charged with drug possession and DUI. • ...

 
 

Police Log May 24: Crashes, DUI, harassment

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • Kendall W. Bird, 43, of Kennett Square, was cited for her involvement in a three-vehicle crash in Pennsbury Township on May 16, police said. The accident happened at 5:12 p.m. at the intersection of Street and Lenape roads. According to the police report, Bird was driving west on Street Road (Route 926) when she made an ...

 

Pennsbury updated on police activity

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Daniel Steele, commander of the Avondale barracks, updated Pennsbury Township supervisors and residents on the past year’s state police activity in the township. He said the number and types of calls varied little from the previous year. Steele said that in 2022, police responded to 964 calls, investigating 141 criminal incidents, 64 ...

 

Police Log May 17: Sobriety checkpoint, thefts

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police from the Media barracks will conduct a sobriety checkpoint during the Memorial Day weekend, May 26-29. The location is not disclosed. • Police are investigating a report of a student at Garnet Valley High School being harassed. A report said a 15-year-old girl was slapped in the face by a 16-year-old male ...

 

Police Log May 10: DUIs, thefts, harassment

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • A 24-year-old man from Kennett Square, not identified in the report, was arrested for DUI following a May 7 traffic stop near the intersection of Longwood and School House in East Marlborough Township. The report said police made the stop after observing the vehicle failing to stop at two stop signs on School House. ...

 

Police Log May 3: Thefts, DUIs

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • Police from the Avondale barracks are investigating a burglary in Pocopson Township. The report said two men — no descriptions — broke into a garage at a residence on Crestview Drive at 3:40 a.m. on April 29 and stole numerous power tools. • A 35-year-old woman identified only as being from Landenberg, was arrested on ...

 

Police Log April 26: Celebrity arrest warrant

Pennsylvania State Police • Police are looking for a missing Pennsbury Township woman. A report said family members reported Maureen Daliesio, 76, missing on Tuesday, April 25. She is described as 5’5” tall and weighing 160 pounds. Media Barracks • Police said Mackay Greenlaw-Scully, 18, of Media, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop for multiple vehicle ...

 

Police Log April 19: FBI warning, car break-ins, arson

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police from the Media barracks are investigating two March 23 incidents on Hunters Lane in Chadds Ford Township. A report said troopers were dispatched to the street at 6:27 a.m. because of a theft of a backpack with two laptop computers from a motor vehicle. But during the initial investigation, they learned that an ...

 

Police Log April 12: Hit and run, lost guns, thefts

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police said they arrested Hassan Ali, 46, of Lansdowne following a hit-and-run accident in which a 17-year-old pedestrian was struck in Concord Township on March 19. The accident happened at 6:52 p.m. on Smithbridge Road near Concord Road. Police said Ali originally fled the scene but was later identified, located, and ...

 

Police Log April 5: Harassment, DUIs, theft

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • Pennsylvania State police are investigating a report of a break-in at a barn on Parkerville Road in Pennsbury Township. The victim, a 74-year-old man, reportedly told police that someone entered the barn and ransacked the place sometime between March 11 and 21. Police said so far it’s unknown what, if anything, might have ...

 

Police Log March 29: DUIs, harassment, theft

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • On March 24, state police arrested a man who arrived at the Avondale barracks for DUI. The unnamed suspect was there to pick up a passenger from a previous DUI investigation. • State police arrested a 20-year-old Oxford man on drug possession charges in Kennett Square on March 24. According to the report, the suspect, not ...