Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Police seek public’s help in identifying jewelry thief
EAST WHITELAND » Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a person captured by video surveillance in a brazen jewelry theft in December at the QVC outlet store in Malvern.
Police said a black man distracted a QVC employee and stole an entire tray of jewelry from the display case on Dec. 18. He was operating a silver sedan at the time of the theft.
East Whiteland police said the suspect is approximately 45 years old, perhaps as old as 50. The suspect was wearing a black jacket, red shirt, maroon knit hat and was wearing a walking boot on his right leg at the time of the burglary.
The East Whiteland Township Police Department encourages anybody with information regarding this theft to contact the East Whiteland Detective Unit 610-897-4333 or email detectives@eastwhiteland.org.
Other police reports from across the region:
State Police Embreeville
BURGLARY » Police are seeking the person who burglarized the Honey Brook Express Gas Station Feb. 12 at 11 p.m. Police said entry was gained when the burglar broke a front window with a cinder block. Stolen was six cartons of cigarettes. The suspect exited the building the same way that was entered. Police ask anyone with information to call 610-486-6280.
West Goshen
Two people were arrested for identity theft and related charges after a police investigation discovered Comcast email accounts and Amazon accounts of some local residents were compromised.
Arrested were Aminat Anifowoshe, 25, of Somerset, N.J., and David Adewale Idowe, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Police said that sometime between Dec. 29, 2017 and Jan. 3 email accounts were compromised and online orders were placed for multiple Apple MacBook Pros and shipped to the UPS facility in West Goshen. Anifowoshe and Idowe arrived to claim the purchases producing fictitious Pennsylvania driver’s licenses which falsely identified them as the various victims.
They were charged with forgery, criminal conspiracy, identity theft, unlawful use of a computer and related crimes.
Southern Chester County Regional
DRUG CHARGES » Joe C. Lopez-Feliciano, 23, of Wilmington, Del. was arrested and charged with violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act after the car he was a passenger in was stopped for erratic driving. The incident occurred Feb. 10 3:29 p.m., in the parking lot of the Gigante store, in the 8800 block of Gap Newport Pike, in New Garden Township. When police made contact with the oc-
cupants of the vehicle, the odor of marijuana was detected emanating from the vehicle. HARASSMENT » A 16-yearold boy was cited for harassment, after he threw
a soda cup at a restaurant employee, splashing soda on the employee and his vehicle. The incident occurred on Feb. 10 at 10:10 p.m., in the parking lot of the McDonald’s at 399 Scarlett Road, in New Garden Township. Police were dispatched to the restaurant for the report of a disturbance. The victim employee
reported that several teenage males were playing in the inside jungle gym and were asked to leave so that it could be cleaned. They initially refused but eventually left at the manager’s request, police said.
Coatesville
HARASSMENT » On Feb. 16, at 8:11 a.m., police were dispatched
to station for a harassment complaint. Contact was made with an unidentified female victim. The victim had threats made against her by Alejandro-Escamilla-Villalva, 35, of Coatesville. Criminal charges were filed against Escamilla-Villalva. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF » On Saturday, Feb. 24, at 12:04
p.m., police were dispatched to the unit block South Fifth Avenue for a criminal mischief report. Contact was made with Stanley Twyman, 47, of Coatesville. Twyman had his passenger side mirror removed from his Jeep Patriot. There were no other signs of damage observed to the vehicle. Estimated
loss is $450. WARRANT ARREST » Gretchen Millan, 31, homeless, of Coatesville, was taken into custody on Feb. 26 while she was attending a court hearing for another person. Police discovered Millan had an outstanding felony warrant for witness intimidation in Coatesville.