A WGMD Crime Watch Article
Fight At Country Store Leads To Man’s Arrest
A fight inside the Shawnee Country Store in Milford has led to a man’s arrest.Delaware State Police said during the incident, a man pulled out a knife and threatened to injure the other man.Troopers responded, and an investigation led to the arrest of 39-year-old Raymond Lebeau Junior of Dover.Lebeau is charged with possession of a…
Read MoreWanted Suspect Charged With Crashing Into Patrol Car
A Millsboro man is charged with crashing into an occupied State Police vehicle as troopers were trying to arrest him at a gas station on Long Neck Road. Delaware State Police said an officer approached 25-year-old Rahman Miller, who was the subject of an active warrant, as he was leaving the store Wednesday. According to…
Read MoreTwo Arrested on Drug & Weapons Charges after Milton Traffic Stop
A traffic stop by Delaware State Police Saturday afternoon on Pettyjohn Road near Milton ended in the arrest of two Millsboro residents. Police spotted a Malibu speeding around 12:30 and stopped the vehicle. They contacted the driver, 26 year old Jeremy Jones and passenger 24 year old Melissa Bliss – and smelled marijuana coming from…
Read MoreMillsboro Man Dead after Shooting in Dagsboro
A shooting in the parking lot of a Dagsboro business complex is under investigation by Delaware State Police. Police were called to a parking lot off Country Gardens early Saturday morning where they learned that a 33 year old man from Millsboro had been shot in the upper body and had been taken to an…
Read MoreDSP Investigating Shooting West of Georgetown
Delaware State Police are investigating the death of a 28 year old Salisbury man who was found lying on the ground in front of his vehicle on Old Furnace Road between Rementer Road and Fleetwood Pond Road west of Georgetown. Police say he died from an apparent gunshot wound. His vehicle was found stopped in…
Read MoreHome Health Worker Charged With Theft From Disabled Elderly Person
Felton Police have arrested a home health care worker for stealing from a disabled elderly person. Police say their investigation indicates that 55-year-old Linda O’Neal of Dover took the victim’s credit / debit card from her home and made numerous withdrawals and purchases without the victim’s permission. O’Neal was taken into custody at her workplace,…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested For Dover Arson
Dover Police have arrested a man in connection with a fire that was set in the garage of a home on Aham Street.According to police, after firefighters put out the blaze Wednesday morning investigators determined that it was deliberately set.Investigators were led to 20-year-old Balowens Duverger as the suspect.Duverger is charged with arson and reckless…
Read MoreMan Charged With Assaulting EMS Volunteer
A man is charged with accosting EMS personnel and assaulting one member of an ambulance squad who was trying to help his brother. According to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Laron Mitchell met the arriving crew at a home on Old Ocean City Road in Salisbury. One volunteer fire company member was struck in the…
Read MoreMan Arrested For Burglary, Vehicle Theft
A Seaford man is facing numerous charges in connection with a police pursuit in a stolen vehicle. Delaware State Police say a Greenwood man discovered his home had been burglarized and his vehicle was missing Wednesday afternoon. He called another family member who observed the stolen vehicle heading eastbound on Milford-Harrington Highway. Police were called,…
Read MoreMan Hospitalized With Stab Wounds
Dover Police are investigating a stabbing incident that’s left a man hospitalized. Police learned Sunday night that the 22-year-old victim had arrived at the Kent General emergency room with a serious injury due to a stab wound to the chest. It’s believed the man was stabbed on White Oak Road and that someone brought him…
Read MoreDover Police Investigate Shooting Of 22-Year-Old Man
A 22-year-old man is in the hospital after being found shot in Dover. Police responded to Burger King at East Loockerman Street and South DuPont Highway Sunday at 5:03 p.m. It was learned that the man had been shot in the 800-block of South Little Creek Road. The victim was being treated at Kent General…
Read MoreMilford Man Charged after Taking Tractor
Delaware State Police were called to a home on Benson Road in Lincoln at 7am Friday after a John Deere tractor was reported stolen from a detached garage the night before. As police investigated the burglary, a tractor matching the description of the one stolen drove past the trooper, who then conducted a traffic stop.…
Read MoreDSP Make Arrest in October Assault in Magnolia
Delaware State Police have arrested a Magnolia man in connection with an October assault in the Meadowbrook Acres community. A family member found a male victim unresponsive on the kitchen floor with signs of injury – and was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Police developed 38 year old Christopher Porter of Magnolia…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Found Guilty in Stabbings
Guilty of 1st and 2nd degree murder, 1st and 2nd degree attempted murder and other offenses. That was the finding for 343 year old Brendon Lee Fields of Salisbury on Friday. He pleaded not guilty in the stabbing death of 62 year old Frank Donaldson of Delmar and the stabbing of 62 year old Charles…
Read MoreWicomico Co. Man Sentenced For Murder Of Ex-Wife
A Mardela Springs man has received a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole – plus 85 years -for the killing of his ex-wife. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, 37-year-old Jameal Gould was sentenced Thursday. He was convicted of multiple charges last January including murder, attempted murder, assault and firearms offenses.…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested For Catalytic Converter Thefts
A man has been arrested and charged with stealing catalytic converters from several vehicles in Kent County and southern New Castle County. Delaware State Police say an investigation into numerous thefts of the auto parts began this month. Mostly Ford trucks and vans were targeted. According to police, 41-year-old Steven Roussell of Clayton was developed…
Read MoreBlades Man Charged With DUI Following Police Pursuit
A police pursuit has led to the arrest of a Blades man. Delaware State Police said the driver kept going after ignoring a stop sign on Oak Road at Seashore Highway in Bridgeville Monday night, and failing to stop when a trooper activated his emergency equipment. According to police, 47-year-old Andre Mifflin committed numerous traffic…
Read MoreLewes-Area Property Vandalism Investigated
The chair of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice believes she was targeted in an act of vandalism. Someone used weed killer or some other chemical to inscribe what appears to be a misspelled “trump” message in the grass on the lawn of their Wolfe Point home near Lewes. According to The Cape Gazette,…
Read MoreDSP Looking to Identify Suspects in Thefts in Georgetown Area
A rash of thefts from vehicles in the Georgetown area is under investigation by Delaware State Police. Police say during the first week of November multiple vehicles were broken into and numerous debit and credit cards were stolen. Police learned one of the credit cards was used at a Harbeson convenience store they obtained surveillance…
Read MoreDSP Investigating Robbery at Uncle Willies in Lewes
Police are investigating a robbery at the Uncle Willie’s on Coastal Highway in Lewes. Delaware State Police say the suspect entered the store around 9pm Saturday and waited till other customers left – then went to the counter and handed the clerk a plastic bag and demanded money. The suspect did show a gun and…
Read MoreDSP Looking to Identify Suspect in Milford Robbery
Delaware State Police are trying to identify the suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at the Shore Stop Valero on Bay Road in Milford. Police say the suspect entered the store around 9:30 Saturday night and demanded cigarettes and money. He implied that he had a weapon, but none was shown. He left with…
Read MoreMilford Woman Charged with Burglary
A Milford woman has been arrested after an incident Sunday in Seaford. Delaware State Police were called for a reported burglary at a home on Bridgeville Highway. During the investigation police learned that 34 year old Sherelle Evans entered the home of an acquaintance without permission while he and his children were sleeping. When the…
Read MoreFormer Sussex Co. Man Convicted In Wicomico Co. On Drug Charges
A former Laurel man has been found guilty in Wicomico County of drugs-and-weapons related offenses. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, 30-year-old K’lin Gootee was arrested in Delmar in October of 2019. A jury recently convicted him of firearm possession during drug trafficking, possession of narcotics, possession with intent to distribute a fentanyl-heroin…
Read MoreUPDATED: Pedestrian Killed; Driver Kept Going
A fatal hit-and-run incident involving a pedestrian in the Georgetown area is under investigation, according to Delaware State Police. At about 6:34 a.m. Thursday, 49-year-old Jamal Woodlin of Lincoln man was walking eastbound on the shoulder of County Seat Highway, just west of Old Furnace Road. A driver failed to negotiate a curve in the…
Read MoreDUI Suspect Resists Arrest, Crashes Into Traffic
A Felton man who was found asleep at the wheel of a vehicle is facing charges after Smyrna Police said the man nearly struck them with his vehicle. According to Police, 25-year-old Mazen Faraj of Felton became combative when he was awakened by police, in the vehicle along Route 13. Police said Faraj sped away…
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