Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Police: Man scammed students with phony fundraiser
NEW GARDEN » A 26-yearold Delaware man has been charged with scamming students at Kennett Middle School.
Lenard E. Ruebeck, 26, of New Castle, Del., was charged with several theft offenses, following the investigation into a report that he scammed students at the Kennett Middle School into making donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, only to deposit the donated money, totaling $123, into his own personal checking account.
Kennett Middle School administrators reported that between August and November of 2017, Ruebeck ran a fundraiser for the LLS by informing students about diseases, through seminars held during class and gym. Other police reports from across the region:
Southern Chester County Regional Police
HIT AND RUN » Maria G. Rosales-Estrada, 28 of New Castle, Del. was arrested and charged in connection with a hit and run accident that occurred on March 23 at 9:23 p.m., at Newark and Starr Roads, in New Garden Township. Police were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident and were advised that the at-fault operator had fled the scene, without exchanging information with the other operator. A description of the striking vehicle and the operator was provided and the vehicle was located by police, approximately 10 minutes later and several miles from the scene.
DRUG CHARGES » Jonathan K. Berger, 30, of Landenberg was arrested and charged with violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act following an incident that occurred on March 23 at 8:55 p.m. Police were dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of Buttonwood Road, New Garden Township for a complaint of possible drug use occurring in one of the apartments.
DUI » Gregory S. Eastridge, 55 of Avondale was arrested and charged with DUI (controlled substances) and related traffic offenses, as well as with violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act after the 1997 Buick he was driving was stopped for inspection and lighting violations. The incident occurred on March 23 at. 7:18 p.m., in the 9100 block of Gap Newport Pike, in New Garden Township.
DRUG CHARGES » Rachel Lynn Hannaford, 30, of Newark, Del. was arrested and charged with violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act along with a traffic offense, after the 2009 Mitsubishi she was driving was stopped for having an obscured registration plate. The incident occurred on March 24 at 3:09 a.m., in the 500 block of Newark Road, in New Garden Township. Upon making contact with Hannaford, police immediately detected the odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle.
DRUG CHARGES » Carl L. McNeil, 33, of Avondale was arrested and charged with DUI and with violations of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act. The incident occurred on March 24 at 8:24 p.m. in the 200 block of West Summit Avenue, in West Grove Borough. Police on patrol came upon a 2001 Pontiac parked and idling on the side of the road, in a residential neighborhood, with the radio blaring and headlights on.