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Body found along Route 896 in Glasgow

December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 Delaware Free News

GLASGOW, DELAWARE (12/16/2014) A body was found in a ditch this morning along southbound Route 896 (South College Avenue). According to reports from the scene, a passerby spotted the body […]

Woman robbed outside Walgreens on Philadelphia Pike

December 16, 2014 Delaware Free News

BELLEFONTE, DELAWARE (12/16/2014)  A 29-year-old woman walking in the Walgreens Pharmacy parking lot just east of Bellefonte was robbed of her purse, state police said Monday. The crime happened about […]

Inspections to close lanes on I-95 near Wilmington

December 15, 2014December 16, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) Inspections of the I-95 viaduct at the south end of Wilmington will cause lane closures on the highway through Monday, according to DelDOT. Contractor Pennoni Associates Inc. […]

Repairs to close 2 lanes on SB I-495

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) Repairs will close two lanes on southbound I-495 south of Wilmington starting Tuesday, DelDOT announced. The work begins at 9 a.m. at a bridge over an abandoned […]

Gunman robs gas station near New Castle

December 15, 2014December 16, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A masked man with a handgun robbed a gas station near New Castle, state police reported Monday. The crime happened just after 9 p.m. Sunday at […]

Man robbed at knifepoint in Dover

December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A 27-year-old bicyclist was robbed while riding to work by a man with a steak knife, Dover police reported today. The robbery happened about 5:15 p.m. Saturday […]

Pot buy brings robbery try, gunshots in Dover

December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) An attempt to purchase marijuana led to a robbery try by the two sellers, a struggle over a gun and shots being fired, Dover police said today. […]

Crime/Fires

Police seek Hartly man after vehicles, house damaged near New Castle

December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A Hartly man is being sought by police in connection with damage to two vehicles and a home  in the Coventry neighborhood near New Castle on […]

Harrington man charged with fourth DUI

December 15, 2014December 16, 2014 Delaware Free News

HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A 55-year-old Harrington man was charged with his fourth DUI, police reported today. Harrington police said John W. Moffett, of the 200 block of Delaware Ave., was arrested […]

2 charged with robbing woman in Dover

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) Two Dover men were arrested and charged with robbing a woman on U.S. 13, police reported today. The incident happened about 12:55 a.m. Sunday at North DuPont […]

Teen shot
Crime/Fires

Teen shot in Wilmington

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A 17-year-old boy was shot in the hand today, but city police haven’t determined where it happened. Officers were called to the 900 block of N. Madiston […]

Fire
Crime/Fires

67-year-old man dies in Newark house fire

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEWARK, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A 67-year-old man died and a woman was injured this morning when fire swept through a home in the Elan Of Huntington Hills neighborhood in Newark. Three other occupants […]

Bicyclist killed crawling under train is identified

December 14, 2014December 15, 2014 Delaware Free News

WYOMING, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A 37-year-old bicyclist was killed Sunday evening when, tired of waiting for a train stopped at a signal crossing, he decided to crawl under it and the train […]

21-year-old Dover man killed in crash

December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) A 21-year-old man was killed when his car crossed the double yellow line and collided with an oncoming vehicle west of Dover early today, state police said. The […]

Roads

Truck pushes pickup into home near New Castle

December 14, 2014December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A tree-service truck hit a parked pickup in the Coventry neighborhood near New Castle early today, pushing it into a home. The front of the house […]

Resident forced to ground in home invasion robbery near Felton

December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

FELTON, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) A 56-year-old man was forced to the ground during a home invasion robbery west of Felton early today, state police said. The robbery happened about 3:30 a.m. […]

Wilmington police seek witnesses to rollover crash

December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) City police are seeking witnesses to a crash Friday involving an overturned vehicle in the 500 block of S. Market St. The female driver of the overturned […]

Paramedics distribute holiday gifts at Ministry of Caring

December 14, 2014December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

DUI charge after 3 hurt in crash near Lewes

December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

LEWES, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) Three people were injured, two of them seriously, in a crash early today west of Lewes, state police said. The accident happened about 2 a.m. on Log […]

72-year-old struck in robbery try near Wilmington

December 14, 2014December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) A 72-year-old Wilmington man was struck several times with a blunt object when a man tried to rob him after he left a bank southwest of the […]

Newark police: Truck had green light when bicyclist struck

December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEWARK, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A bicyclist suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a Ford F-350 pickup truck, city police said. The accident happened  about 5:55 p.m. Friday  at the […]

Restaurant robbed near New Castle

December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A man with a handgun robbed a restaurant on Route 141 near New Castle on Friday, state police reported Saturday. The robbery happened about 6:30 p.m. […]

N.J. man charged in Bear, Pike Creek home improvement fraud

December 13, 2014December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE (12/13/2014) A New Jersey man has been charged with home improvement fraud for taking money for work he didn’t complete at two New Castle County homes, […]

Shooting
Crime/Fires

Newport-area shooting victim, 22, dies

December 13, 2014December 13, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE (12/13/2014) A 22-year-old man wounded Friday night in the Cedar Heights community northwest of Newport died of his wounds, county police said this afternoon. Thomas Fergusen, of […]

Flames
Crime/Fires

12 homeless after fire hits Milltown home; $50,000 damage

December 13, 2014December 13, 2014 Delaware Free News

MILLTOWN, DELAWARE (12/13/2014) Fire caused heavy damage to a Kirkwood Gardens home early today, leaving 12 people homeless. The blaze was reported by a passing motorist about 2 a.m. at 2401 […]

Teen charged after Wilmington officer injured

December 13, 2014December 14, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) A 17-year-old boy was charged with assault and resisting arrest after a city police officer was injured during a struggle while investigating a domestic dispute. The 33-year-old […]

Crime/Fires

Elsmere shooting suspect arrested, heroin seized

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 Delaware Free News

ELSMERE, DELAWARE (12/12/2014) A suspect in a double shooting was arrested and 4,000 bags of heroin seized from his home early today, Elsmere police said.. Town police and a Wilmington […]

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Roads

Police ID pedestrian killed on Kirkwood Highway

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 Delaware Free News

STANTON, DELAWARE (12/12/2014) State police today identified the victim in the state’s third pedestrian fatality in two days. Brian M. Dougherty, 32, of Wilmington, was trying to cross the eastbound […]

5 charged with making meth at Long Neck home

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 Delaware Free News

LONG NECK, DELAWARE (12/12/2014) Five people have been charged with operating a methamphetamine lab in a Long Neck home, state police said today. The five were arrested about 4:50 p.m. […]

2 arrested in ID theft after 100 mph chase

December 12, 2014 Delaware Free News

SMYRNA-DOVER, DELAWARE (12/12/2014) Smyrna police arrested two identity theft suspects after a high-speed chase down U.S. 13 that ended with a crash in Dover. The two suspects first tried to […]

Video: Package theft suspect

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE (12/12/2014) County police have released video of a suspect in the theft of packages from a home in the Willow Run community. Anyone with information is […]

78-year-old man assaulted in home invasion

December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

LAUREL, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) A 78-year-old man was assaulted, tied up and robbed in a home invasion southwest of Laurel early today, state police say. The victim was asleep in a […]

Crime/Fires

Teen charged with murdering father with crossbow

December 11, 2014December 16, 2014 Delaware Free News

HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014)  A 17-year-old Harrington-area boy is charged with murdering his father with a crossbow. Seth H. Ramsey, 17, is being held at Stevenson House detention center in Milford. […]

Roads

3rd pedestrian fatality in 2 days

December 11, 2014December 12, 2014 Delaware Free News

STANTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) In the third pedestrian fatality in Delaware in the past two days, one man was killed this evening when he was struck by two cars on Kirkwood Highway. The […]

Photo released in Hockessin burglary investigation

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

HOCKESSIN, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) New Castle County police released a surveillance image today in connection with a burglary in Hockessin last month. The burglary in the 800 block of Westridge Drive […]

Arrests in 3 Wilmington shootings

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) City police have made arrests in three recent shootings, police announced today. A 15-year-old was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder, possession with intent to deliver heroin […]

Local

Light snow accumulates at spots; weather delays flights

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

  DELAWARE (12/11/2014) Light snow falling across Delaware this afternoon may bring some accumulation, the National Weather Service says. And the weather is delaying flights at Philadelphia International Airport. Less than […]

Roads

Police ID pedestrian killed near Delaware Park

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

STANTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) A 30-year-old man who was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday evening near the entrance to Delaware Park was identified by state police this afternoon as John […]

Plans for I-95/U.S. 202 interchange closures revised

December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) DelDOT has revised plans for closures to allow work on the I-95/U.S. 202 interchange north of Wilmington, eliminating a planned weekend closure of northbound I-95. The new […]

5 tips for businesses to avoid robberies

December 11, 2014December 17, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) In the wake of three store robberies in the past week, Dover police are offering tips to businesses to avoid being the target of similar crimes: Control […]

Men with shotgun rob Glasgow 7-Eleven store

December 10, 2014 Delaware Free News

GLASGOW, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) Two men, one armed with a shotgun, robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store at 100 Four Seasons Parkway early today, state police said. The robbers confronted the 54-year-old […]

Pizza deliveryman beaten, robbed in Dover

December 10, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) A pizza deliveryman was hospitalized after being beaten in the Captal Green neighborhood Tuesday night, Dover police said today. The incident happened about 10:25 p.m. in the 400 […]

Grant to help infants, toddlers

December 10, 2014 Delaware Free News

DELAWARE (12/10/2014) A $5.5 million federal grant will help Delaware offer more services for infants, toddlers and their families. The award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]

25-year-old woman struck by car, killed in Dover

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) A 25-year-old woman was killed early today when she was struck by a car as she walked across Leipsic Road. City police said the accident happened about […]

Milford police arrest burglary suspect, recover items stolen

December 10, 2014January 11, 2015 Delaware Free News

MILFORD, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) City police say the arrest of one burglary suspect led to the recovery of numerous stolen items but the man’s accomplices are still being sought. Wayne Waltman, […]

44 arrested in New Castle County drug probe

December 10, 2014December 11, 2014 Delaware Free News

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) An 11-month investigation into drug trafficking in New Castle County has resulted in the arrest or indictment of 44 people, state police reported today. The […]

Crime/Fires

Dover clerk cut in 3rd store robbery in week

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) A clerk was cut with a bandit’s knife during the third convenience store robbery in a week in Dover, city police said Tuesday. The latest robbery happened about […]

Healing fire
Crime/Fires

2 charged with arson in 3 church fires

December 9, 2014April 21, 2015 Delaware Free News

UPDATE: 2 plead guilty in church arson FELTON, DELAWARE (12/9/2014) Two men have been charged with setting three fires at churches in the Felton area last week, officials reported late […]

Local

Nor’easter dumps 2 inches of rain along coast; roads flood

December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 Delaware Free News

DELAWARE (12/9/2014) A nor’easter pounded the Delaware coast overnight, with more than 2 inches of rain recorded by 6:30 a.m. at Bethany Beach and Long Neck. Flooding was reported on […]

Dover man charged with rape

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 Delaware Free News

DOVER, DELAWARE (12/8/2014) A 39-year-old Dover man was charged with first-degree rape over the weekend, city police reported today. The incident happened at a home on Chelsea Way while the […]

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