Lower Pottsgrove's Police Department

SANATOGA PA – A Buchert Road resident was arrested Saturday evening (Feb. 18, 2012) and charged by Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township police with resisting arrest and fleeing to avoid apprehension following their attempt to serve a bench warrant.

Akira Kelley, 29, of Bronx NY and living at 2120 Buchert Rd., was placed in custody at about 9:44 p.m. after he was apprehended in a foot pursuit, Ofc. Richard Smith reported. Kelley allegedly fled through a rear sliding glass door of his apartment when police tried to serve the warrant. He was arraigned in magisterial district court and committed to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000 cash bail.

A preliminary hearing on the case is scheduled for Feb. 28 (Tuesday).

In addition to news of Kelley’s arrest, township police on Sunday (Feb. 19) also released information on four earlier and unrelated incidents. They included:

• The Feb. 10 arrest, on a charge of driving while under the influence, of Marc R. Spinelli, 25, of Birdsboro PA. Sgt. Robert Greenwood said a vehicle Spinelli was driving at Rupert Road and High Street was stopped after it was reported to have been moving “in an erratic manner.” Spinelli allegedly failed field sobriety tests. A March 22 hearing is scheduled in magisterial district court.

• The Feb. 8 issuance of a citation for public drunkenness to Patricia M. Border, 30, of Coatesville. Greenwood said police found her “staggering around Gerald Richards Park” on Buchert Road during the course of their search for a subject involved in another incident. Border allegedly was “under the influence of alcohol to a degree she was a danger to herself and others,” Greenwood reported. She also was wanted for a parole violation, he said. She was arrested and transported to the Pottstown Police Department.

• The Feb. 5 arrest, on charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, of James K. Heflin, 44, of East Norriton (PA) Township. Greenwood said police allegedly observed him defecating and urinating along the roadway near the Armand Hammer Boulevard exit of U.S. Route 422. He was “found to be under the influence,” Greenwood said. Police allege he presented “a danger,” and he was transported to the Pottstown Police Department.

• The Jan. 22 arrest, on charges of DUI and related offenses, of Steven M. Hegeman of the 2700 block of Hollywood Court, Reading PA. Ofc. David Slothower said the arrest followed police response to “a cross-over two-vehicle accident” at the Armand Hammer Boulevard interchange of U.S. Route 422. They allege he “appeared intoxicated to the degree he could not safely operate his vehicle.” He subsequently was taken to the emergency room at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center for a test of blood alcohol content.