• Members of the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop K, Media barracks, will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint in Delaware County during the month of August. No other information was released. State police from the Avondale barracks will be conducting their own checkpoint at an undisclosed location from Aug. 17 to Aug. 19. • No injuries were reported, but one person was cited following a two-car…
• State police from the Avondale barracks are investigating a burglary in Pennsbury Township. Little information was given in the police report, but the incident happened in the 2200 block of Hickory Hill Road sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Aug. 6. Several items of jewelry were reported stolen. • An attempted burglary in Pocopson Township was thwarted when a homeowner and two…
• Police said a 45-year-old man from Cochranville was transported with major injuries and cited for driving too fast for conditions following an accident on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township. Police identified the man as Albert E. Frank III. According to police, Frank was following another car in the right hand land of southbound Route 1 when he tried passing on the right shoulder.…
• State police are investigating a case of criminal mischief at Brandywine Battlefield Park. A police report said someone spray-painted the word “VAILE” on two dumpsters at the park sometime between 4 p.m. on July 14 and 8 p.m. on July 15. • A motorcyclist reported minor injuries after a car/motorcycle accident on Ridge Road in Chadds Ford Township on July 22. Police said…
• Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a theft at Mushrooms Café on Route 1 in Pennsbury Township. A police report said $170 was missing from the store’s cash register. The incident happened sometime between July 8 and 10. Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 610-268-2022. • State police said a 56-year-old woman from Kennett Square was taken to Christiana Hospital with…
• State police reported an attempted burglary on Peter Lane in Concord Township. The report said someone tried to pry open both the front and rear doors of the house, but access to the home was not gained. Neighbors said a green Chevy Lumina was seen loitering in the area, according to the report. The incident happened on July 10 between 8:30 a.m. and…
Pennsylvania State Police from Troop K, Media barracks, arrested a 57-year-old Wilmington man and charged him with a series of sexual assaults occurring in the 1980s. According to a press release, Richard Anthony Bellingham was arrested on June 28 for alleged assaults in Chadds Ford, Concord and other townships between 1981 and 1988 when his alleged victims ranged in age from 4 to 15 years.…
• State police are investigating two cases of criminal mischief involving gunshots fired in car dealerships on Route 202 in Chadds Ford and Concord townships. Police reported shots fired through windows at Garnet Volkswagen and Concordville Nissan. No one was injured. Police said the dealerships were unoccupied at the time. The shots were fired during the overnight hours of June 26-27. In a…
• State police reported that a man identified by police as Michael Epp, 30, of Chadds Ford, was arrested for aggravated assault. The report said three troopers responded to a 10:29 a.m. call on June 24 to 109 Wilmington West Chester Pike where a man was threatening people with a knife. Two victims, both men in their 50s, identified the suspect and said he had…
• State police from Troop K, Media barracks, are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of Featherbed Lane in Concord Township. Police said entry was gained by forcing a back door at the home. Electronics and jewelry were reported stolen. The incident happened on June 18 sometime between 8 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. • A 65-year-old man from Wilmington was transported to the hospital…
• Three Chadds Ford Township residents — living at three different homes on Harvey Road — had their cars broken into during the overnight hours of June 9 and 10. Police said the three vehicles had been left unlocked. Thieves reportedly took cash and a black GPS. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 484-840-1000. • State police are investigating a theft at…