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Delaware State Police are investigating an armed carjacking in Lincoln. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred around 12:18 a.m., Thursday as troopers responded to the area of Virginia Pine Lane and Johnson Road in Lincoln for reports of a robbery with shots fired. Troopers arrived and met with a 30-year-old woman…
A Lewes man was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop and search warrant turned up close to a thousand bags of heroin. According to Delaware State Police, the incident occurred around 1:46 p.m., Wednesday when troopers observed 50-year-old Jason R. Bender, who was known to have a suspended/revoked license, operating a maroon Lincoln…
Over 180 grams of marijuana was seized and two were arrested following a drug investigation in Milford. According to the Milford Police Department, the incident occurred just after 11 a.m., Tuesday when officers made contact with two men on Kingston Terrace in Hearthstone Manor. As officers approached the men, they noticed a smell of burnt…
Delmarva Power customers in Delaware have been paying 19% more on their electric bills due to legislation that was passed in 2010 that mandated utility companies purchase a greater percentage of their power from renewable sources such as wind and solar. Over the course of the span of the utility contracts since the law was…
A traffic stop led to the arrest of a Lewes man and the discovery of over 57 grams of cocaine in Millsboro. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m., Tuesday as troopers initiated a traffic stop on Indian Mission Road for a truck that had a window tint…
An Eden, Maryland man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the first degree murder and robbery of a man in Wicomico County. 62-year-old Gregory Sterling was sentenced earlier this month in connection with the incident that occurred in May, 2016 where he stabbed a man to death with a machete during…
A bill that will be soon be circulated for sponsorship in the House of Representatives seeks to end the biased, one-party system Delaware uses to redraw the boundaries of legislative districts each decade. As required by the U.S. Constitution, every ten years a national census counts every American citizen. Following the count, the district lines…
DNREC will close The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park for the 2020 beachnesting season. The closure will occur on Sunday, March 1, and includes a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers,…
A Delmar, Maryland man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a violent burglary in Wicomico County. On December 17, 2019, Eric Frayne, 24, was convicted by a Wicomico jury of first degree burglary, two counts of first degree assault, use a firearm in the commission of a felony or crime of violence,…
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced that Delaware has joined a bipartisan, multistate investigation of JUUL Labs. The 39-state coalition is investigating JUUL’s marketing and sales practices, including targeting of youth. The investigation also concerns claims regarding nicotine content, statements regarding the risks and safety of e-cigarettes, and the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as smoking cessation devices.…
A Seaford woman was arrested on DUI charges in Harrington. According to the Harrington Police Department, around 1:45 a.m., Sunday officers stopped a vehicle on South DuPont Highway for a traffic violation. When police made contact with the driver, identified as 40-year-old Kimberly Tribbett, she was reportedly slurring her words and exhibited signs of impairment.…
The Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare has been named the best nursing school in the state of Delaware by RegisteredNursing.org. The nursing advocacy organization ranked nursing schools based on methodology that analyzes each school’s pass rate for students on the NCLEX-RN exam over a five-year window. The 2019 graduating class for…
A Houston man has been arrested on felony drug charges following a traffic stop in Rehoboth Beach. According to the Rehoboth Beach Police Department, around 11:30 p.m., Sunday officers stopped a car driven by 22-year-old Brandon Wynes for speeding on Rehoboth Avenue. As police made contact with Wynes, a strong odor of marijuana could be…
DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal, & Energy has launched a program to provide incentives to businesses to install refrigeration systems that are less harmful to the environment. The “Cool Switch – Low Impact Refrigerant Program” aims to reduce the amount of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) released into the atmosphere. Some refrigerants contain potent greenhouse gases that have…
A Connecticut man was arrested on drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop in Harrington. According to the Harrington Police Department, the incident occurred shortly after 12 a.m., Monday as officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Police made contact with the driver, 23-year-old Jovaughn Alphonse, of Hartford, at which time they smelled…
A Dagsboro man was arrested on burglary charges after police say he broke into a home in Ocean View. According to Ocean View Police, on Monday, February 17, officers received reports that a home had been broken into in Woodland Park. Police arrived and met with the homeowners who said their house was burglarized and…
Delaware State Police have arrested three suspects on drug and multiple weapon charges. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred just before 1 a.m., Sunday as troopers were dispatched to Jake’s Seafood on Coastal Highway in Rehoboth, for reports of a disorderly person. Troopers arrived and met with security who said a…
A Georgetown man was arrested after police found a slew of drugs during a traffic stop in Lewes. According to the Delaware State Police Department, around 7 p.m., Saturday troopers spotted a car going eastbound on Pinetown Road at the intersection with Sweetbriar Road that not make a complete stop or use a turn signal.…
Delaware State Police are now accepting applications for the Spring 2020 Citizens Police Academy to be held in Sussex County. The deadline for registration is March 19, 2020. The Spring 2020 Delaware State Police Citizen’s Police Academy will begin on Thursday, April 2, 2020, and will conclude on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The academy will…
Delaware State Police are currently conducting a death investigation after two people were found dead in a parking lot in Frederica. According to the Delaware State Police Department, just after 4 p.m., Saturday troopers were dispatched to the parking lot off of Cooper Avenue, Bowers Beach, Frederica. 55-year-old Kenneth J. Bowers and his wife, 40-year-old…
Milford Police are looking into recent incidents of unsafe bicycle riding. Police received multiple citizen complaints about the inappropriate behavior and are urging anyone who can identify anyone in the following video to call Sgt. Robert Masten at 302.422.8081 ext 229. Police are also asking parents to have conversations with their children about being safe…
A Felton man was arrested on a slew of drug charges after police found 175 grams of marijuana and narcotics during a traffic stop. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred aorund 10:15 a.m., Wednesday when troopers spotted a black Chrysler 200 traveling westbound on Reeves Crossing Road just east of South…
A Harrington man has been arrested on drug charges after police found raw heroin, cocaine, narcotics, and other drugs at his home during a search warrant. According to the Delaware State Police Department, a joint investigation into the distribution of illegal drugs concluded Thursday with the arrest of 34-year-old Samuel L. Thorpe, of Harrington. Police…
Mountaire Farms has reached a settlement with one of two class-action lawsuits over complaints that the company’s plant contaminated local drinking water in Millsboro. Over a hundred people connected to the lawsuit were able to reach a settlement, officials from Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A. and Nidel & Nace, PLLC announced on Thursday. Residents wells and…
A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday evening while crossing Route 1 in Lewes. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the crash occurred shortly after 6 p.m., Thursday as a Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling northbound on Route 1 in the left lane just south of Route 9. A pedestrian was crossing the highway and…