Kennett Middle School locked down over rifle round
Students kept in classrooms Wed. as police investigate
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
NEW GARDEN — Kennett Middle School was placed in a “soft” lock down Wednesday after a live rifle round was found in a classroom.
Township police said that the round was discovered Tuesday evening in a sixth grade classroom by the school’s janitorial service.
Juvenile arrested in KMS threats
NEW GARDEN — A 12-year-old student at Kennett Middle School was arrested and charged Wednesday with making two bomb threats at the school this fall, township police said.
The arrest of the juvenile — whose name was not released because of the student’s age (The Times complied with a request from township police to remove references to the student’s gender or grade, which was originally...
Three arrested on drug charges
NEW GARDEN — After tips from the public led to an undercover operation and a two-month investigation township police announced Monday that they had arrested and charged three local residents with various charges related to allegedly operating an illegal drug sales operation out of a Baltimore Pike home.
Police said they executed a search warrant on Oct. 16,in the early morning hours, at 947...
Phone call saves family from kidnapping
New Garden man alleged to have kidnapped family to N. Carolina; family rescued, man eludes capture
NEW GARDEN — A phone call Tuesday morning to the Chester County Crime Victim’s (CVC) Center may have saved the life of a township woman and her two children, after her estranged husband kidnapped them and spirited them off to North Carolina.
Police said that the CVC received a call from an unknown...
Altercation leads to three arrests in borough
Two teens, 50-year-old man involved, police said
A Nov. 18 altercation in the 400 block of Magnolia Street at 1:14 p.m. resulted in three arrests, Kennett Square police said: a 17-year-old from Avondale, who was referred to juvenile authorities; Joseph Miller, 50, of Avondale; and Sherri Lilley, 19, of Kennett Square.
Kennett Square police said they are investigating several reports of criminal...
