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Replica Gun Used In Armed Robbery In Kennett Square: Police Replica Gun Used In Armed Robbery In Kennett Square: Police
Replica Gun Used In Armed Robbery In Kennett Square: Police A 52-year-old man has been arrested for robbing a business with a replica gun in Chester County, authorities announced on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Salvador Lopez-Ortigoza, of Toughkenamon, was charged with robbery and making terroristic threats, among other charges, according to Southern Chester County Regional Police. On Tuesday, July 30, at 11:15 a.m., police responded to a report of an armed robbery at Latino Mex, 1001 W. Baltimore Pike in Kennett Square. The suspect displayed a firearm and demanded cash from the store clerk before fleeing on foot, police said. At approximately 1:30 p.m., an o…

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by Jon Craig
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Know Them? Burglars Sought For Chester County Break-In Know Them? Burglars Sought For Chester County Break-In
Know Them? Burglars Sought For Chester County Break-In Southern Chester County Regional Police are looking for the trio that broke into a Kennett Square smoke shop last month.  The three burglars made their way inside the Smoke & Vape at New Garden Center around 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 25, the department said.  Surveillance video captured the thieves driving a silver sedan with missing hubcaps on the front wheels, said police.  Anyone who can identify them or their car is asked to contact Sergeant Kushner at rkushner@sccrpd.org or submit an anonymous tip through Crimewatch. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Speeding Driver Punches, Threatens To Kill Officer In Chester County: Police Speeding Driver Punches, Threatens To Kill Officer In Chester County: Police
Speeding Driver Punches, Threatens To Kill Officer In Chester County: Police A man was arrested and charged last week after fleeing from police in a speeding car and punching an officer in Chester County, authorities said. Michael A. Watson, 38, of Boothwyn, was speeding in a stolen car with front-end damage and a missing tire when police tried to stop him in New Garden Township around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, Southern Chester County regional police said. Watson fled through the intersection, a business parking lot, and an opposing lane of traffic, before coming to a stop in the 1200 block of Newark Road, according to police. Police apparently told Watson to get out o…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PD: Kennett Square Passenger With Cocaine In Traffic Stop Charged With Evidence Tampering PD: Kennett Square Passenger With Cocaine In Traffic Stop Charged With Evidence Tampering
PD: Kennett Square Passenger With Cocaine In Traffic Stop Charged With Evidence Tampering A Kennett Square man was found in possession of cocaine during a routine traffic stop and charged evidence tampering, authorities said. Rodrigo Guzman-Hernandez, 37, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped Monday on Baltimore Pike in New Garden around 8 p.m. for a moving violation, Southern Chester County Regional police said. Officers saw Guzman-Hernandez making "furtive movements" toward the floor, and was removed from the vehicle, authorities said. That's when police found a plastic bag containing cocaine on the floor next to the passenger seat in plain view, police said…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Arrest Made In Hit-Run Baltimore Pike Crash That Cost 1 Motorcyclist His Leg, Injured Another Arrest Made In Hit-Run Baltimore Pike Crash That Cost 1 Motorcyclist His Leg, Injured Another
Arrest Made In Hit-Run Baltimore Pike Crash That Cost 1 Motorcyclist His Leg, Injured Another An arrest was made in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend that injured two motorcyclists on the Baltimore Pike in Avondale, costing one of them his leg, police announced. Alfonso Vasquez-Lopez of West Grove, was behind the wheel of the Ford Econoline work van that was pulling out of a 1636 Baltimore Pike in New Garden Township when the eastbound motorcyclists struck the side of the vehicle around 4:40 p.m. Sunday, Southern Chester County Regional police said. Vasquez-Lopez, 30, fled west on the Pike and then made a left turn south onto Penn Green Road, police said. Upon arr…

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by Cecilia Levine