Crime & Safety

Police Activity: Thefts, DUI and Drug Possession

An assault case also was investigated.

 police responded to 172 calls last week throughout Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne, up from , department records show.

A version of the department's most recent report, sorted by the type of incident with incidents from the rest of Lower Merion removed, is attached to this article.

Patch also has reported some incidents from the past week that were relayed in a .

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In the past week, police calls (which do not necessarily indicate arrests were made or charges filed) include:

  • 2 drug possession cases (one including a charge of a forged prescription)
  • 1 DUI, at 5:45 a.m. April 13 on the 100 block of South Bryn Mawr Avenue
  • 1 fire, at 9:49 a.m. April 15 on the 1300 block of West Montgomery Avenue in Rosemont
  • 1 credit card/ATM fraud
  • 1 car accident with injuries, at 6:43 p.m. April 15 on the 1900 block of West Montgomery Avenue in Villanova
  • 3 car accidents with property damage
  • 2 citations for public drunkenness
  • 1 simple assault, at 10:16 a.m. April 15 on the 1800 block of West Montgomery Avenue in Villanova
  • 1 suicide
  • 6 thefts

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