Crime & Safety

Park Lights Vandalized, Hockey Ball Smashes Home Window, and More Police News

A rundown of the week's police news in Marple and Newtown.

The following incidents occurred in and around Marple and Newtown townships. Arrests, when mentioned, do not suggest conviction. 

Also, coins were stolen from a woman's home on Longview Circle on March 1.

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A 50-year-old Philadelphia man told police he had not been drinking after witnesses saw the man swerve and strike three separate vehicles along West Chester Pike, police say.

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Lights were also damaged at Veterans Memorial Park in Broomall, and a hockey ball is thrown a resident's home window.

Ten of those crashes were related to DUI arrests and a total of 191 arrests were made last month.

 


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