Police Log March 15: Child sex abuse, striking a trooper

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police said they would be conducting an Operation Checkpoint on Friday, March 17, in Middletown Township. • State police from the Media barracks are investigating a report of child sexual abuse. A report said police were dispatched to Garnet Valley Elementary School for possible indecent and sexually explicit photos on a student's iPad found by school staff. The iPad…

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Police Log March 8

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police said they arrested 72-year-old Kenneth Brown, of Concord Township, for making terroristic threats during a domestic incident on Feb. 8. • Claudia V. Smith, 63, of Perkasie, was charged in connection with a two-car crash on Route 202 in Concord Township on Feb. 24, police said. According to the report, Smith was in the right lane driving…

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Police Log March 1: DUIs, theft

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • State police from the Avondale barracks arrested a 39-year-old woman from Kennett Square on DUI charges following a traffic stop in Birmingham Township on Feb. 26. They made the stop at 1:08 a.m. on S. Creek Road north of its intersection with Street Road. Police did not identify the driver. • State police also arrested a 29-year-old man from…

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Police Log Feb 22: Thefts, DUIs

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks Police said two men stole items from two unlocked cars parked on Thomas Speakman Drive in Concord Township on Feb. 17. The unknown suspects stole a bulk ring of keys and a $120 Lancer makeup kit, then fled in two stolen vehicles out of New Castle, Del. Avondale Barracks • Police arrested a 26-year-old man from Kennett Square for DUI…

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Police Log Feb. 16: Traffic fatality, corruption of minors

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police said Taso Solanakis, 57, of West Chester, was arrested for retail theft after he stole two televisions from Costco in Concord Township. The arrest came on Feb. 10 at 2:45 p.m. The sets were valued at $950 each but, according to the report, Solanakis replaced the barcodes to indicate they were valued at $370 each. • State police…

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Police Log Feb. 8: DUIs, crashes

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police said they arrested a 22-year-old man from Rising Sun, Md. for DUI in Chadds Ford Township. Few details were released in the report, but it did say police made a traffic stop at 1:02 a.m. on Feb. 2 at Ring Road and Route 1. Police did not identify the driver. • Two men from Brooklyn were arrested…

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Police Log Feb. 1:Thefts, DUIs, crashes

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks Police are investigating smash-and-grab thefts involving two vehicles parked on Applied Bank Boulevard in Concord Township on Jan. 17. Avondale Barracks • Police said they arrested a motorist for DUI at Pocopson and Lenape roads in Pocopson Township on Jan. 30. The driver was not identified in the report. The operator submitted to field sobriety tests and a breath sample…

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Police Log Jan. 25: Break-in, DUIs, drug possession

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • Police are investigating a report of a drug sale at Unionville High School that allegedly took place on Friday, Jan. 20. Police received the report shortly before 4 p.m. No other details were released. • Lisa D. Cottman, 59, of Oxford, was cited following a one-car crash in Kennett Township on Jan. 22, police said. According to the report,…

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Woman faces torture, sexual abuse charges

Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced today that multiple felony charges of child endangerment, aggravated indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, and related crimes, have been brought against Anais Munoz, 19, of Chester. The four minor victims range in age from 7 to 13. It is alleged that the abuse occurred over a two-year period beginning in 2020, the year that the…

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Police Log Jan. 18: DUIs, crash, theft

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Patrick A. Doherty, 20, of Phoenixville, was charged with following too closely following a rear-ender accident on Route 202 south of Oakland Road near Garnet Ford in Chadds Ford Township on Jan. 4, according to police. According to the report, Doherty was southbound on 202 when he could not stop in time for upcoming traffic congestion, and struck one…

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Police Log Jan. 11: DUIs, drug possession, theft

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • Police said they arrested a 22-year-old man from Coatesville for DUI with drugs in West Marlborough Township on Jan. 6. According to the report, police conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle because of canceled insurance. Once they made contact with the driver, police said they could smell marijuana and that a marijuana cigarette was in plain view. The…

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