• State police are investigating a burglary at Leaders’ Sunoco on Route 1 at Creek Road in Chadds Ford Township. The break happened 11:37 p.m. on Dec. 5. According to the early report, someone broke the front glass door with a metal object, gained access to the cash register and removed an undisclosed amount of cash.
• David Monroe Richardson, 19, of Chester, is charged with theft by unlawful taking for allegedly stealing merchandise from the Target department store in Concord Township where he was an employee. According to a police report, store security said Richardson stole a Samsung Galaxy II phone and a Samsung 32 inch television. The arrest happened on Dec. 4.
• Police are looking for an unidentified black man for passing a counterfeit $100 bill at California Tortilla in the Concordville Town Centre shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 7. Police said the suspect bought two burritos valued at $15, then paid with the bogus bill. Store surveillance cameras captured good photos, the report said. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 484-840-1000.
• Speed is considered the cause of an accident on Ridge Road near Rocky Hill Road in Chadds Ford Township on Dec. 4. Police said Francis Harrison, 20, of Wilmington, was driving south on Ridge when he lost control of his car rounding a curve and crashed into a fence and an embankment. He was not injured, the report said.
• Speed is also being blamed for a one-car accident on Route 202 near Ridge Road on Dec. 8. According to a police report, Melissa L. Boleslawski, 25, of West Chester, was driving south in the left hand lane of Route 202 when she lost control while changing lanes. Her 2011 Mazda began to skid on the snow and crashed into a curb. There were no injuries reported.
• A Downingtown woman, 29-year-old Heather Ann Schnepp, was charged with DUI following a traffic stop on Route 202 north of State Farm Drive on Nov. 28. Birmingham Township police saw her green 2012 Nissan Sentra on the shoulder of the road. According to a report, Schnepp was seen vomiting outside the driver side door. The Birmingham police officer contacted the state police who found the accused to be under the influence.
• Police said two women received moderate injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Conchester Road near Evergreen Drive in Concord Township on Nov. 27. According to a report, Silvia C. Valentini, 63, of West Chester, was traveling east when she failed to stop for a red light and struck a westbound vehicle that was attempting to make a left hand turn onto Evergreen. Both vehicles had to be towed, police said, and the drivers both refused medical attention at the scene.
