Police Log Aug. 24: Automotive thefts, $350K rip-off – Chadds Ford Dwell

Pennsylvania State Police

• Harley Molineux, 21, of Garnet Valley, was arrested for drug possession following a site visitors cease in Chadds Ford on Aug. 21, a police report mentioned. In line with that report, Molineux was stopped within the 1700 block of Wilmington Pike for car code violations and was discovered to be in possession of a small quantity of marijuana.

• State police are investigating the theft of a black 2021 Audi S8 that was stolen from the Audi of West Chester website on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township. Police obtained discover of the theft on Aug. 12, however the report mentioned the automobile had been taken “someday inside the final 10 days.”

• Police are additionally investigating the reported theft of a 2021white Honda Pilot. The theft reportedly occurred on John Hannum Circle and is believed to have occurred someday between 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 and eight:45 a.m. on Aug. 16.

• In line with a police report, a 53-year-old Chadds Ford man was scammed out of $350,000 value of Bitcoin throughout an eight-month interval. The rip-off was a part of an funding scheme, the report mentioned. No different particulars had been launched apart from police had been contacted on July 5.

• A 34-year-old man from New Fort, Del., was arrested for shoplifting at Wegmans on Aug. 5. Police mentioned the suspect, not named within the report, tried stealing nearly $300 value of merchandise from the shop however troopers arrived in time to detain him earlier than he might flee.

• Police mentioned they arrested Yasmin Octavia Stephens, 37, of Wilmington, for shoplifting at Wegmans in Harmony Township on July 17. The report mentioned she tried to steal $79 value of non-public care merchandise by hiding the objects in her shirt and bag.

• Christopher King, 38, of Glen Mills, was arrested for stealing greater than $400 value of a number of vitamin dietary supplements from Wegmans on June 11 and 12, a police report mentioned.

• An obvious dispute between neighbors resulted in a case of prison mischief in Chadds Ford Township. Police mentioned a neighbor of a 74-year-old man on Brintons Bridge Highway broke one of many man’s gentle posts and spray-painted one other. The injury is estimated at $1,050.

• Marquis Swain-Lewis, 29, of Chester, was arrested on DUI costs whereas pumping gasoline on the Wawa on Route 1 at Brinton Lake, a police report mentioned. In line with that report, police noticed a inexperienced Dodge Ram 1500 van undergo a gradual crimson gentle. Police made contact with Swain-Lewis as he was refueling and seen crimson, glassy eyes and slurred speech. Area sobriety assessments indicated impairment, and he was arrested, police mentioned.