A WGMD Crime Watch Article
Oak Orchard Fire Sends 3 To Hospitals For Observation
A fire in the Oak Orchard area sent three people to area medical facilities for observation early Wednesday. According to the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company, the blaze was reported with people possibly trapped on Cherokee Avenue in Riverdale Park. Firefighters determined that all occupants were accounted for and out of the home. Firefighters from…
Read MoreMilton Juvenile Arrested After Assaulting Two Police Officers
A 17 year old from Milton has been arrested after he left the scene of a collision, resisted arrest and assaulted two police officers. The incident occurred Friday afternoon just before 2:30 in the area of Route 9 and Josephs Road in Lewes and witnesses told police that a black male wearing black jeans and…
Read MoreNJ Man Sentenced for 2017 Shooting in Salisbury
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison – with 17 Ā½ years in active incarceration ā after a shooting incident in October of 2017 at a party at the VFW in Salisbury. Officials say 38 year old Jerry Hamilton pleaded guilty to one count of attempted 2nd degree murder. Officials…
Read MoreDSP Arrest Laurel Man for April Burglary
A Laurel man who was wanted in connection with a burglary on April 26th has been arrested by Delaware State Police. A trooper had spotted 49 year old Robert Jefferson in the area of East Trap Pond Road on Thursday and attempted a traffic stop, but Jefferson failed to stop ā and a pursuit began.…
Read MoreMd. Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges
A Caroline County man has pled guilty to possession of child pornography. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, 47-year-old Daniel Provencal entered his plea Thursday.Prosecutors said Provencal acknowledged he was on supervised release at the time for a 2006 federal conviction for distribution of child pornography. Provencal, according to the…
Read MoreBar-Restaurant Employee Charged With Decking Unruly Patron
An employee of a Millville establishment is charged with slugging a 26-year-old man who became unruly and who is himself facing a pending charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. According to Delaware State Police, troopers arrived at Hooked Up Ale House on Town Center Road last weekend, where the 26-year-old man was unconscious in…
Read MoreUPDATED: OCPD Arrest MD Teen in Tagging Incident on Boardwalk; Bethany PD Charge 2 for Graffiti
On Sunday, Ocean City Police Department officers responded to a report of ātaggingā in the downtown area with blue spray paint. During the course of the investigation, patrol officers located the suspect in the area of 4th Street and the Boardwalk. The suspect, 17 year old male from Lutherville-Timonium, MD, was arrested and charged with…
Read More3 Arrested In Connection With Gunshots In Harrington
Harrington Police have arrested three suspects in connection with an incident involving shots fired toward a home. Police say a vehicle pulled up to a residence on Mill Street Monday night. Two people got out and opened fire on the home that was occupied by adults and juveniles. No injuries were reported. According to police,…
Read MoreWoman Charged In Smyrna Child’s Death
A woman faces two counts of Murder by Abuse or Neglect in connection with the death of her child, whose remains were discovered near a softball field in Smyrna but went unidentified for months. 28-year-old Kristie Haas faces new charges in a superseding indictment, according to Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings. Haas and her husband,…
Read MoreDover Man Arrested In NYC On Murder Charges
A Dover man has been arrested in Brooklyn, New York in connection with a shooting death last month in the capital city. According to Dover Police, 22-year-old Riley Braswell was apprehended by members of the US Marshals Service First State Fugitive Task Force, with assistance from the US Marshals Service Eastern District. Braswell faces extradition…
Read MoreUpdate: Police Locate Burglary Suspect
A man is in custody in connection with burglary, theft of a firearm and other offenses. Delaware State Police had been looking for 21-year-old Ryan Hicks of Felton. Police said Hicks was located Sunday at a home in Felton and taken into custody without incident. Hicks has been arraigned and released on his own recognizance.
Read MoreMd. Fugitive Arrested In Felton
Felton Police have arrested a fugitive from Maryland who was wanted for sex offense, assault, child abuse and sex abuse of a minor. Police said the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office requested that a warrant be conducted on 37-year-old Raymond Burris of Felton. Burris was pulled over during a traffic stop and taken into custody…
Read MoreKitchen Clash Leads To Man’s Arrest
A fight in a home’s kitchen has led to charges against a Milton man. Delaware State Police said troopers were called about a situation on Mulberry Street Saturday night. An investigation determined that an argument escalated and that the man ‘aggressively displayed a kitchen knife’ toward a 14-year-old girl and a 47-year-old woman. A 12-year-old…
Read MoreCitizen’s Tip Leads to Arrest of 4 in Ocean City
Last week a boardwalk business owner in Ocean City reported suspicious possible drug activity in a parked vehicle in the area of 8th Street. Members of the Narcotics Unit and Special Enforcement Unit responded and observed people from the vehicle to to the boardwalk and meet with a group of people where a suspected drug…
Read MoreDSP Need Your Help to Identify Suspect
Delaware State Police need your help to identify a suspect in an attempted theft of a motor vehicle and several thefts from vehicles in the IG Burton parking lot on Bay Road in Milford. The incident occurred last Sunday around 1:20am. The suspect is a white or light skin black male about 6-feet tall with…
Read MoreSeaford Police Investigate Gunshots Wednesday Night
Seaford Police are investigating gunshots in the area of Collins Avenue near Nutter Park. Officers in the area who were conducting a traffic stop Wednesday night at about 8:30 heard numerous gunshots, and saw a group along Collins Avenue quickly dispersing. Additional Seaford officers and personnel from surrounding agencies arrived and secured the scene. A…
Read MoreBridgeville Man Charged With DUI, Resisting Arrest
A Bridgeville man has been arrested on multiple offenses following a hit and run accident. Delaware State Police said troopers determined that a pick-up truck with a trailer attached crossed the center line of Seaford Road Tuesday night and collided with a work van. The pick-up driver kept going, and the other driver was not…
Read MoreOC Drug Investigation Results In 2 Arrests
A three-month investigation in Ocean City has led to two arrests on drug-related charges. Police said Wednesday that 32-year-old Brandon Hudson was under investigation for suspicion of selling cocaine at various bars in Ocean City and at his residence. According to police a search warrant carried out last week resulted in seizure of about one…
Read MoreUpdate: 2 Fatally Shot In Smyrna; Suspect Turns Gun On Self
Update: Delaware State Police have released the names of the people who died in a double murder-suicide Tuesday as 38-year-oldĀ Stephanie GillĀ of Smyrna, DE, the victim involved at Smyrna Middle School, and 21-year-oldĀ Deanna Dominick-DaltonĀ of Clayton, DE, the victim involved at McLane Gardens. The suspect was identified asĀ Llewellyn GillĀ of Hartly, DE. This incident continues to remain under…
Read MoreMd. Taxpayers Warned Of Attempted Scam
Marylanders are being warned about a fake collections agency that’s attempting to steal from taxpayers. According to Comptroller Peter Franchot, scammers are using publicly-available information about liens to notify people by letter that they are a collections agency operating on behalf of the Comptroller of Maryland. Franchot said the letter is not legitimate, and anyone…
Read MoreDOJās Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust Indicts Two Public Officials
Attorney General Kathy Jennings and the DOJās Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust (DCRPT) announced Tuesday the indictments of two public officials, William Freeborn and Rebecca Walker. āWe cannot and will not tolerate violations of the public trust,ā said Attorney General Jennings. āWe fought hard to make DCRPT a permanent part of our office, and…
Read MoreUpdate: Woman Shot Dead Outside Smyrna Middle School
A 38-year-old woman was shot to death Tuesday morning in the parking lot of Smyrna Middle School. Delaware State Police said the suspect is a 47-year-old man who led police into Maryland and crashed into a tree. Police said the suspect and victim are family. Their identities have not been released. Also, the victim was…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested For Wicomico Co. Shooting Death
A man is facing first-degree murder charges following a weekend shooting in Salisbury. According to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home on Pocahontas Avenue, and a shooting victim was found lying in the front yard. Jerome Moss died later at a hospital. 44-year-old Clifton Jones was found inside the home and…
Read MoreUpdate: Homicide-Suicide In Clayton Leaves 3 Dead
Update: Delaware State Police have determined that a shooting incident that left three people dead in Clayton, Kent County was a homicide – suicide. Police say an investigation determined that 45-year-old Raymond Bell and 39-year-old Heather Truitt were found dead inside a home Sunday of apparent gunshot wounds. Raymond Bell has been identified as the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Arrest Made after Delmar Officer Seriously Injured, Elderly Couple Assaulted
UPDATED – 11pm – An arrest has been made in connection with Sunday’s attack on a Delmar police officer and an elderly couple in the Yorkshire Estates. Police have arrested 30 year old Randon Wilkerson, who was being disorderly and fighting with others in the house and a couple who lived across the street. Police…
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