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[soliloquy id=”6062″] UPDATED STORY: Male shooting victim dies WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (04/04/2015) Two people were wounded by gunfire this afternoon in Wilmington, and two suspects were captured by police after a […]
BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE (4/4/2015) A 35-year-old man died Friday night in an apparent suicide as police pursued a car linked to a Milford bank robbery, state police said. The driver of the car, […]
WOODSIDE EAST, DELAWARE (4/4/2015) Three people were arrested after illegal drugs were found to be sold from a home in the Meadowbrook Acres community, state police said Friday. The arrests […]
NEWARK, DELAWARE (4/4/2015) A Wilmington woman was arrested east of Newark on Friday and charged with her fifth offense DUI, state police said today. About 1:05 p.m., a trooper saw […]
ELSMERE, DELAWARE (4/4/2015) New Castle County and Philadelphia police officers paid tribute to fallen officer Lt. Joseph Szczerba on Friday by bringing Easter dinner to his mother in Elsmere. This has […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (4/4/2015) A 29-year-old woman was wounded when gunfire erupted during a fight outside the Gold Club south of Wilmington, state police said Friday. The incident happened about 2:15 […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (4/3/2015) Two men have been arrested and a third is being sought by police in a year-old homicide in Wilmington. The arrests today came a year after the […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (4/3/2015) A male was shot multiple times in Wilmington this morning, according to reports from the scene. The shooting happened about 10:30 a.m. at Seventh and West streets. […]
GLASGOW, DELAWARE (4/3/2015) A 17-year-old boy from Delaware City has been arrested and a second suspect is still being sought in the armed robbery of a 7-Eleven store in Glasgow, […]
UPDATE: Police say man commits suicide in car linked to Milford bank robbery after chase MILFORD, DELAWARE (4/3/2015) An armed man escaped with cash from a PNC Bank branch on Thursday, […]
GUMBORO, DELAWARE (4/1/2015) A poultry house fire killed 21,000 six-week-old chickens and caused $400,000 damage this evening, authorities said. The fire in the 36000 block of Jones Church Road was […]
GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE (4/1/2015) A Georgetown resident has pleaded guilty to illegal deer hunting charges after a trail camera showed a man hunting with a rifle on private property in December, state […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (4/1/2015) A Felton man has been charged with a third DUI offense, Harrington police said. James H. Baines Jr., 49, of the first block of Pinewood Acres Road, […]
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (3/31/2015) Two people were arrested on drug charges after police received calls about a suspicious vehicle on North Howard Street. The incident happened about 2:35 p.m. on March 24, police reported […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/31/2015) A man sitting in a minivan was wounded when a gunman opened fire late Monday, according to reports from the scene. The shooting happened about 11:10 p.m. […]
UPDATE: Tips bring arrests in Treadway Towers burglaries; 1 still sought DOVER, DELAWARE (3/31/2015) Five offices in the Treadway Towers complex were burglarized, Dover police reported this morning. The thefts at […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/31/2015) A 23-year-old burglary suspect was arrested with a stolen handgun after a traffic stop near Queen and Cecil streets, Dover police said Monday. Emilio Freeman, of Darby, […]
[soliloquy id=”5885″] WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/29/2015) A 17-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in a shooting Friday in the 400 block of S. Franklin St., city police reported […]
NEWPORT, DELAWARE (3/29/2015) Fire heavily damaged a home in the Silview neighborhood west of Newport this morning, authorities said. The blaze was reported at 7:21 a.m. in the first block […]
UPDATED STORY: Police identify Dover man as suspect in 2015 homicide WOODSIDE EAST, DELAWARE (3/28/2015) State police have released the name of a 44-year-old Dover man shot to death in the Meadowbrook […]
BETHEL, DELAWARE (3/28/2015) A 21-year-old Laurel man was arrested on drug and gun charges after a trooper stopped his SUV near Bethel for making an illegal U-turn, state police reported […]
LEWES, DELAWARE (3/28/2015) A 21-year-old man was arrested early today on drug charges after a state trooper stopped his car for not having his license plate light working, police said. […]
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (3/28/2015) A masked gunman fled empty-handed when employees at a Pizza Hut restaurant near New Castle left the store when he tried to rob it, state police […]
[soliloquy id=”5885″] UPDATED STORY: 17-year-old charged with updated murder WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/27/2015) Multiple shots were fired in the 400 block of S. Franklin St. this afternoon, wounding one person, according […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/27/2015) A 50-year-old woman was injured in a fire near Dover this afternoon, authorities said. The fire happened shortly before 3 p.m. in the first block of State […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/27/2015) A 27-year-old man was arrested after he fled when Dover police approached him, authorities reported today. The incident happened about 4:35 a.m. Friday in the first block […]
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (3/27/2015) Five arrests have been made in connection with the shooting of two men on Sunday at Rogers Manor Park that happened during a drug deal, New […]
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED, DELAWARE (3/26/2015) A 19-year-old Claymont man was taken to a hospital after two men assaulted him during a carjacking in the parking lot of the Regal Cinema, state […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/26/2015) A fugitive from Puerto Rico sought on a murder charge was arrested in Wilmington, city police reported today. Jorge Alberto Marrero-Negron, 20, was arrested about 8:30 a.m. […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/25/2015) A 15-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to his neck and was in stable condition at Christiana Hospital, city police report. Officers were called to Fourth and […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/25/2015) City police found small droplets of blood at a tanning salon where a burglar smashed a window to get inside and officers suspect the burglar was injured. […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/24/2015) A Dover man was surprised in mid-burglary when the residents arrived home, city police said today. The incident happened about 1:40 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of […]
[soliloquy id=”5812″] PIKE CREEK, DELAWARE (3/24/2015) Three people have been arrested at the Heritage Court Apartments on drug and firearm charges and for possessing 17 dangerous reptiles, New Castle County […]
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (3/24/2015) A fugitive was captured near New Castle on Monday night by a U.S. Marshal’s task force, Wilmington police reported this morning. The arrest of Ross Mason, […]
REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE (3/24/2015) A 63-year-old Georgetown man was arrested Monday in the theft of a purse from Renove Med Spa earlier this month, Rehoboth police reported this morning. The […]
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (3/23/2015) A 40-year-old Felton man was charged with stealing $4,600 worth of jewelry from a home where he was working, Smyrna police reported today. The homeowner in the 600 […]
BROOKSIDE, DELAWARE (3/23/2015) Two teenage men were charged with home invasion after a 53-year-old man was cut with a large knife in his home in the Todd Estates neighborhood, New Castle […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/23/2015) A former deputy attorney general pleaded guilty today to fourth degree rape. The plea by Daniel Simmons, 35, of Pike Creek, came in New Castle County Superior […]
NEWARK, DELAWARE (3/23/2015) A woman had a knife held against her neck as she was pinned against her car by two men during a robbery at the Victoria Mews apartments, Newark […]
UPDATED STORY: Police arrest 5 in Rogers Manor Park shootings NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (3/22/2015) Two men where found shot in a vehicle early today in Rogers Manor Park near New […]
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (3/22/2015) Two suspects are being sought in connection with an attempted robbery inside the Walmart on Wilton Boulevard near New Castle and an assault on a customer outside […]
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/21/2015) A 21-year-old Wilmington man was shot in his leg, city police reported this evening. The victim was taken to Christiana Hospital by private vehicle about 1:30 p.m., […]
LAUREL, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) Fire broke out this evening in an auto repair shop north of Laurel, causing substantial damage to the business and three vehicles inside, authorities said. Blades firefighters […]
[soliloquy id=”5669″] WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) Seven members of a heroin distribution organization involving inmates in Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution and residents of the Swanwyck and Collins Park areas near New Castle were sentenced today […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) A man wounded Monday in a shooting in the Rodney Village neighborhood south of Dover has been charged with attempted murder in a shooting north of the […]
DELMAR, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) Three male suspects are being sought after a home invasion north of Delmar this morning, state police said. The incident happened about 8 a.m. in the 10000 block […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) Harrington police used a stun gun to subdue a man who fought with officers and later was found to have 301 bags of heroin on him, authorities […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) A 59-year-old registered sex offender has been charged with 20 counts of fourth-degree rape after a 15-year-old girl delivered his child, Dover police said. Larry Cunningham, of […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (3/20/2015) Dover police are trying to locate a 22-year-old man who tried to rob the Old Navy store at the Dover Mall last month and beat an employee […]
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (3/19/2015) The wreckage of a tractor-trailer that caught fire on Intestate I-295 near New Castle this morning has been removed and all lanes have been reopened, Delaware Memorial […]
