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Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks Police said they arrested a 19-year-old woman from Wilmington on drug charges following a traffic stop on Marshall Bridge Road near Southbridge Drive in Kennett Township on Sept. 21. According to the report, troopers initiated the stop for vehicle code violations at 12:30 a.m. Once police contacted the driver, the report said they could smell marijuana. They performed a search…

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police arrested a 30-year-old man from Philadelphia for shoplifting from the Target store in Concord Township on Sept. 12. The suspect, not named in the report, is alleged to have fled the store with more than $700 worth of mixed electronic merchandise. Police said the man fled in a silver Nissan Sentra with no tags but located the…

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • State police from the Media barracks are investigating the reported loss of a firearm from a residence on S. Creek Road in Chadds Ford. The theft happened sometime between Sept. 10 and Sept. 20. A report said the victim went to the police barracks to report the loss of a Sig Sauer MPX pistol valued at $1,500. Police said…

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks • State police from the Avondale barracks arrested a 48-year-old Chadds Ford woman in Pennsbury Township for harassment with physical contact on Sept. 19. A report said the woman, not identified in the report, struck a 51-year-old Wilmington man on Chaddbury Lane. • Police arrested a 45-year-old man from Lincoln University on DUI charges after a one-vehicle crash on Doe…

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police said Patrick L. Duffy, 23, of Wilmington, was cited for DUI following a Sept. 1 crash on Route 202 when he struck a vehicle parked on the right shoulder of southbound 202 near Route 1. According to the report, the parked vehicle had its hazard lights on and triangle reflectors adequately displayed. Duffy’s vehicle left the traffic lane…

State police said Richard Falcone has been charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, making terroristic threats, and recklessly endangering another person following the Saturday morning incident on Webb Road in Chadds Ford Township. According to the press release, troopers were called to the 400 block of Webb Road (near Oakland Road) at approximately 2:40 a.m. Saturday. Once there, they saw the suspect,…

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police are investigating a report of a missing vehicle. A 68-year-old Garnet Valley man told police on Aug. 22 that he had lent his green Ford Ranger to an employee on Aug. 4 but it had not been returned. • Deshawn Gibbs, 34, of New Castle, Del., was arrested in Concord Township on drug possession charges, police said. According…

Pennsylvania State Police State police are advising people there has been an influx of crime committed by Romanian transnationals. A press release said these criminals are usually described as being Middle Eastern or Hispanic and may pose as stranded motorists needing money. They offer to sell fake gold jewelry. At other times, they overwhelm people and steal their jewelry. Avondale Barracks • An Aug. 20…

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Harley Molineux, 21, of Garnet Valley, was arrested for drug possession following a traffic stop in Chadds Ford on Aug. 21, a police report said. According to that report, Molineux was stopped in the 1700 block of Wilmington Pike for vehicle code violations and was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana. • State police…

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks State troopers from the Avondale barracks will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this coming weekend, Aug. 19 to 21. Kennett Square Police Department Crystal Thompson, 43, of Rockland, Del., was arrested and charged with DUI and related traffic offenses, according to borough police. A report said she was driving 51 m.p.h. in a 25-m.p.h. zone. The incident occurred on Aug. 7,…