By Pattie Price
Walter Mau, 55, of Newtown waived a hearing Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Lee Hunter on the charges of simple assault and harassment. The charges stem from a domestic altercation 9:58a.m., April 12, at his Newtown Towers apartment in Newtown, Pa.
According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Chris Barksdale said the complantant reported she had an argument with Mau over the television cables. She said the argument turned physical when he pushed her to the floor. The victim suffered a minor laceration to her thumb and an abrasion on her knee.
Mau was released on $5,000 unsecured bail. He is scheduled for a May 24 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Sean Conner, 33, of Newtown waived a hearing on the charges of receiving stolen property. In exchange for the waiver, the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 11:02a.m., Feb. 22, at his Rhoads Avenue apartment.
According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Dan Dougherty responded to Conner’s apartment to assist Delaware County Probation and Parole to recover stolen property. Several credit cards and drivers licenses belonging to a West Goshen woman were located under Conner’s mattress. Conner said that someone gave him the items.
Doughtery contacted West Goshen Police and learned that the victim’s Coach purse was reported stolen from her car while she was at the Gay Street Wawa, Oct. 18.
Also confiscated from the apartment were two crack cocaine pipes.
Conner was released and is scheduled for a May 24 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Shauna Kane, 30, of West Chester waived a hearing on the charges of DUI and lane violations. The charges stem from an incident 3:45a.m., Dec. 31, in the 3700 block of Goshen Road.
According to the affidavit, Newtown Sgt. Gary Sebra said a black vehicle that was traveling in front of him was swerving and crossed the center line on Goshen Road. He attempted to stop the vehicle at Echo Valley Lane but the driver did not respond. Sebra activated his siren and Ms. Kane came to an abrupt stop in the middle of Goshen Road near Crum Creek Road.
Ms. Kane had a strong odor of alcohol, bloodshot glassy eyes, slurred speech, was unsteady on her feet and failed field sobriety tests. A portable breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of .228 percent. Ms. Kane was transported to Riddle Memorial Hospital for a blood test.
Ms. Kane admitted consuming five beers and three mixed drinks with Crown Royal at her friend’s Upper Darby home.
Ms. Kane was released and is scheduled for a May 24 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Sean Stewart, 24, of West Chester waived a hearing on the charges of DUI and possession of a controlled substance. In exchange for the waiver the three charges of possession with the intent to sell drugs, seven counts of possession of a controlled substance, drivers required to be licensed, and operating a vehicle without an official registration were withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 12:15a.m., Jan. 4, at Chestnut Street and Summit Avenue.
According to the affidavit Newtown Officer Dan Dougherty saw the male passenger standing outside a white truck with a flashlight. He said he dropped something and was looking for it. Dougherty saw two small straws commonly used for snorting narcotics on the center console, a piece of plastic with a white powdery substance, an American Express card with white residue, a small piece of metal with white residue, and a few pills in a cylinder.
The driver of the truck, Stewart, was removed from the vehicle and patted down. Confiscated from Stewart were one-and-a-half pills.
The passenger admitted they were snorting a Percocet and when he dropped some and got out of the truck to look for them.
Stewart’s pupils were extremely dialated and his nose was running. He refused a blood test.
Stewart is scheduled for a May 24 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
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Eric Rathmann, 19, and Zachary Perales, 18, both of West Chester pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for an incident 1:40p.m., Jan. 5, at West Chester Pike and Bryn Mawr Avenue. In exchange for the guilty plea the charge of possession of a small amount of marijuana was withdrawn.
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Charges of forgery, theft by unlawful taking or disposition and receiving stolen property were withdrawn against Sean Harper, 25, of Newtown. The charges stem from an incident 10:30a.m., Dec. 27, at his Woodhill Road residence.