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DOVER, DELAWARE (2/9/2015) A Dover man was arrested and 78 bags of heroin seized after a traffic stop on Saulsbury Road, city police reported today. The incident happened about 8:25 p.m.Thursday north […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (2/8/2015) An argument inside Bubba’s night club in Dover continued outside as the business was closing early today, with a man assaulted and gunshots fired into an automobile, […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (2/7/2015) The city’s police department is offering a safe place to meet if you are buying from an online seller you don’t know. Harrington police say the transaction […]
MILFORD, DELAWARE (2/4/2015) Milford police say a Dover woman wrote a bad check to lease furniture, then resold it but claimed it was stolen. Shanita L. Foster was charged with theft by false […]
CHESWOLD, DELAWARE (2/4/2015) A 54-year-old man died early today when his pickup truck crashed into a utility pole and a house southwest of Cheswold, trapping him inside as the vehicle […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (2/4/2015) A 26-year-old Dover man was charged with child abuse after shaking his child over a 2-month period and causing serious injury, city police said this morning. Brendon […]
LITTLE HEAVEN, DELAWARE (2/3/2015) An armed man escaped with cash from a Valero gas station on Route 1, state police said this morning. The robbery happened about 11:20 a.m. Monday […]
REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE (2/3/2015) A man suspected of a burglary at the Star of the Sea Condominiums — who stayed inside 3 hours while eating and watching TV — was […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (2/2/2015) A Milton man was charged with fourth offense DUI, Harrington police reported today. Police said officers on U.S. 13 stopped a suspicious vehicle near Corn Crib Road […]
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (2/2/2015) The proposed installation of a traffic signal on Glenwood Avenue just west of U.S. 13 in Smyrna is facing opposition from the town’s police department. A public workshop on […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (2/2/2015) Two men were arrested on heroin charges after a traffic stop, city police reported. The arrests came about about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday on South Governors Avenue at […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/30/2015) An autopsy is planned for Michael A. Zimmerman, the prominent real estate developer found dead in his waterfront home in the Windswept development near Dover this morning, state […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/30/2015) Dover police are seeking tips from the public to solve a homicide from last year, and a $1,000 reward is being offered. Tyson Henry, 24, of New […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/30/2015) A 21-year-old woman was charged with trying to rob a store in the Gateway South Shopping Center near Dover, state police said Friday. The incident happened just after noon […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/29/2015) A 51-year-old man was charged with forcing a woman into a car that later crashed through a fence in Dover while he was driving, city police said. The […]
RISING SUN, DELAWARE (1/28/2015) A 79-year-old man struck by a postal truck near his home earlier this month has died of his injuries, state police said today. The accident happened […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/27/2015) City police say a Dover man was arrested after officers found cocaine in a prosthetic leg. The arrest happened about 2:30 p.m. Monday after a traffic stop on […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (1/27/2015) A DelDOT driver was taken to a hospital after his plow truck overturned on Route 14 (Vernon Road) west of Harrington this morning, authorities said. State police said […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/26/2015) The death of an 18-year-old man is being called suspicious by Dover police. Someone found the body of Jordan M. Peck of Dover about 10:30 a.m. Sunday […]
[soliloquy id=”3366″] CHESWOLD, DELAWARE (1/25/2015) Hundreds of people signed up at the Cheswold fire hall to join in the search for a missing 35-year-old woman this morning. Keisha S. Hamilton was […]
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (1/21/2015) A 30-year-old man was arrested today and charged with a hate crime, Smyrna police said. Daniel R. Lawrence, of the 400 block of Maryland Line Road west […]
CLAYTON, DELAWARE (1/21/2015) Several railroad crossings closed by a vehicle and train collision have been reopened, DelDOT reports. The accident happened at the Route 6 (Main Street) crossing in Clayton, but […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/20/2015) The death of a 24-year-old inmate from Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution near New Castle was an apparent suicide, prison officials said today. Felecia Morris, of Dover, died after she was removed from […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/19/2015) Dover police chased and captured two suspects early today after shots were fired into a car with two women sitting in it, authorities reported. Police arrived on North […]
CAMDEN, DELAWARE (1/19/2015) Two downstate Delaware men have been charged in connection with appliance thefts from 52 homes in Kent and Sussex counties, some of them under construction or renovation, state […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/19/2015) A burglar came through the roof of a Dover liquor store and fled with two cash registers, city police said this morning. The theft at Happy 13 […]
[soliloquy id=”2986″] DOVER, DELAWARE (1/17/2015) State police say the arrest of 15 people came as a drug network was about to distribute a deadly mix of Fentanyl and heroin in Kent […]
MILFORD, DELAWARE (1/17/2015) A 27-year-old man has been charged in connection with a month-long burglary spree, city police said Friday. Xavier Rivera was arrested Friday after he was released from […]
LITTLE CREEK, DELAWARE (1/16/2015) A 64-year-old Little Creek man was arrested Thursday on 10 charges of dealing in child pornography on the Internet, authorities reported. Edward Angwin was arrested at […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/16/2015) A 23-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for the Valentine’s Day slaying of a Smyrna-area man nearly five years ago. Juan Restrepo-Duque, of the […]
[soliloquy id=”2657″] UPDATED STORY: Cortez Hamilton indicted on first-degree murder charge SMYRNA, DELAWARE (1/14/2015) A 32-year-old man found in Indiana after an Amber Alert was issued for his two […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/12/2015) A 35-year-old man was charged with a third-offense felony DUI after causing a three-car accident that sent one driver to a hospital, Dover police said today. The […]
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (1/11/2015) A trespassing and assault complaint led to the arrest of one man on drug charges and police are seeking a second man, Smyrna police said Saturday. A […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/11/2015) Wine, electronics and jewelry taken in a Dover burglary were recovered in a bag just outside the home, Dover police said. The break-in happened about 11 p.m. […]
UPDATED STORY: Missing children found safe in Indiana SMYRNA, DELAWARE (1/10/2015) State police have issued an Amber Alert for two Smyrna-area children missing with their mother and police say they […]
City police say shoplifting complaints have dropped 19 percent since the agency began posting the names and booking photos of those arrested on the department’s website. The trial program began […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (1/9/2015) A burglary suspect’s mother was arrested on drug charges when officers went to her home in an attempt to locate stolen property, Harrington police said today. Laurie […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/8/2015) A 44-year-old man was shot in a restaurant parking lot along U.S. 13 north of Dover this afternoon, then drove himself to a nearby Redner’s supermarket gas […]
MILFORD, DELAWARE (1/8/2015) Milford police charged a 29-year-old Millsboro man with using counterfeit $100 bills at the Grotto Pizza Restaurant on Route 1. Isaiah Fields was arrested at the restaurant Monday […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (1/8/2015) A 23-year-old Harrington man was arrested and charged with burglarizing an apartment building he once lived in, city police said today. Timothy M. Brown, of the first […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/8/2015) A frigid week in January may seem early for thinking of a springtime festival, but Dover Days organizers are getting ready for the annual event that takes place […]
DELAWARE (1/7/2015) Code Purple will be in effect through Sunday to shelter the homeless as cold weather grips the state. Various shelters, organized and staffed by volunteers, are available through […]
RISING SUN, DELAWARE (1/7/2015) Two Dover men were arrested on weapon charges and one of them on drug charges after state police said they stopped their SUV for speeding in Rising […]
MILFORD, DELAWARE (1/7/2015) A propane leak that forced evacuation of a downtown shopping center in Milford is under control, city police say. The Carlisle Fire Company ordered the evacuation of the […]
WOODSIDE EAST (1/7/2015) A 19-year-old man was shot in the upper torso near Polytech High School on Monday, state police said. The shooting came about 4:30 p.m. on Terry Drive, […]
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (1/6/2015) A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on identity theft charges, Harrington police reported today. Lisa M. Kellam, of the first block of Arkansas Drive in Harrington, was […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/6/2015) Cash was taken in a burglary at the English Village apartment complex, Dover police said. The burglar climbed a fire escape to enter an apartment at Dover […]
DOVER, DELAWARE (1/6/2015) A 29-year-old man sought in connection with a fight at Irish Mike’s bar in downtown Dover was arrested Monday, Dover police said. Joshua Fosmire, whose last known […]
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (1/5/2015) DNA evidence led to the arrest of a rape suspect in a cold case from 2013, Smyrna police said today. Tyrone A. Turcotte, 22, of the 4100 […]
