New Details as Missing Radnor Teen is Found

The girl's father calls what he says happened "disgusting."

A 13-year-old girl, who had been missing since around 4 p.m. Monday afternoon, has been found by U.S. Marshals in Washington, D.C.. The young Radnor teen was found with 20-year-old Ashley Ryan Hareford, who Radnor Police said met MacMullett online and traveled to Pennsylvania from Virginia. Hareford was taken into custody by authorities in D.C. as the two stepped off a bus from Philadelphia. The girl's father talked to reporters Tuesday night after police briefed the media on new and emerging details on the case. The girl's father says he found out his daughter knew Hareford in a development the father described as "disgusting." Read the full story with updated details here on Radnor Patch.

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Missing Radnor Girl Found in D.C.

The 13-year-old went missing Monday afternoon.

*The victim's name and photos have been removed from this story because of the details of the case. A 13-year-old Garrett Hill girl, who went missing Monday afternoon, was found by U.S. Marshals in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. With her was Ashley Ryan Hareford, 20, who Radnor Police said met the girl online and traveled to Pennsylvania from Virginia. Radnor Township received an anonymous tip that the pair were arriving on a Mega Bus in Washington, D.C. around 7 p.m. Tuesday. Hareford was taken into custody without incident, said Lt. Christopher Flanagan. "Our top priority to make sure she's in good mental and physical condition," he said. The girl is being evaluated by medical staff and will be interviewed by police. She may return home …

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Wayne Ticket Leads Cops to Kidnap Suspect

Police say a 76 year was planning a kidnapping for ransom, using a taser.

Police say it was a Wayne parking ticket that was John Felder’s demise. Police the 76-year-old attempted and failed in his own plot to use a taser to kidnap a Villanova resident for ransom. Police say something went haywire at the apparently intended victim's front door. You can read the full story here on Radnor Patch.

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Shop Owner Thwarts Alleged Thief

A Wayne man is accused of stealing animal charity donation cans.

A quick thinking shop owner and a video surveillance system helped catch a man allegedly in the act of stealing animal charity donation cans on Monday, Oct. 1. Gerri Whetstone, owner of the Garden Shoppe at the corner of Lancaster Avenue and Sugartown Road in Strafford, told Radnor Patch that when she came into her store on Monday afternoon she immediately noticed that the donation collection can that is always by the cash register was gone. Two other canisters had been stolen over the summer; the second theft inspired Whetstone to buy a surveillance system in the store. She reviewed the tape and saw that about 20 minutes prior, at about 4 p.m., a man had taken the can, which was collecting donations for The Spayed Club, non-profit …

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Car Stolen from Wayne Restaurant Lot

The car had been valet parked, and the keys were inside.

  A car was stolen from the rear parking lot of Ristorante Primavera in Wayne on Friday, Aug. 24 around 8:30 p.m. According to a police report, a 2011 Honda Accord was parked by the valet in the back parking lot of the restaurant. The key was left inside of it. According to the valet, any car in the back parking lot must exit past him because of there is no other way out. He told police he never saw the car leave; he said he went inside the restaurant once for a drink of water. Will this crime make you think twice about valet parking your car? Tell us in the comments.

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5:55 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012

I think this restaurant has a lot of older customers and posters are just trying to state the reason why valet parking is needed. I don't think anyone was trying to be insulting.   more ›

Fallen Tree Blocks North Wayne Avenue

Radnor Police responded to a tree, caught in wires, that blocked the intersection with Station Road Saturday afternoon.

A fallen tree blocked traffic on North Wayne Avenue Saturday afternoon. The tree, located at the northwest corner of the intersection with Station Road near Real Pizza, fell into the roadway, catching utility wires on its way down. The traffic lights continued to work, but the road was impassable. Radnor Police responded to the scene.

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Wayne Man Arrested for Child Porn on Facebook

Police say he altered and then re-posted images from four teen girls' Facebook pages.

19-year-old Neil Geckle of Wayne is facing charges of child pornography after police say he took images of four girls from their respective Facebook pages, altered them in a sexually graphic way, and reposted them online. The Internet Crimes Against Children section of the Delaware County District Attorney's Criminal Investigation Division joined the Radnor Township Police Department in filing the charges. Click here to read the full story on Radnor Patch.

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