A WGMD Crime Watch Article
UPDATED: Bennett Phys Ed Teacher Sentenced to Jail
UPDATED – 09/19/20 – Elizabeth Day, wife of Salisbury Mayor Jake Day, has been sentenced for a drug violation. Court records show that Day was sentenced in Wicomico District Court Friday to 10 days in jail. She entered an Alford Plea, which means that a defendant maintains their innocence, but admits that the prosecution could…
Read MoreGeorgetown Man Wanted On Assault Charges
A Georgetown man is wanted for assault and other related charges. According to Delaware State Police, an argument broke out between two people who were traveling in a vehicle on Johnson Road in Lincoln September 1st. The 19-year-old victim tells police that 29-year-old Quajer Washington pointed a gun and physically assaulted that person, causing a…
Read MoreMilford Police Investigate Shooting, Shots Fired
A shooting Wednesday night and a report of shots fired Monday night are under investigation in Milford. According to Milford Police, a male victim was located with a gunshot wound to the torso at about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Brightway Commons Apartment Complex. The victim was hospitalized in serious but stable condition. Shortly before…
Read MoreSeaford Man Arrested On Drug Charges In Dagsboro
A Seaford man has been arrested on felony drug-related charges following a traffic stop. Delaware State Police say a trooper stopped a vehicle on Power Plant Road in Dagsboro for lack of valid registration. During the stop, police say a passenger, 19-year-old Deshawn Godwin, left the vehicle and appeared to toss an object under a…
Read MorePolice Arrest Burglary Suspect For 2nd Time This Week
Dover Police have arrested a man in connection with two burglaries. According to police, the suspect used a brick to smash a window at Caribbean Market on West Loockerman Street early Wednesday morning, stole about $1,5000 worth of property and fled the scene. That same suspect, according to police, 34-year-old Brian Bower, headed to PNC…
Read MorePhone Scam Targets Small Businesses
A scam looks to take advantage of small business owners. According to the Delaware Division of Small Business, some owners have received phone calls claiming to be from the Division regarding an application for a DE Relief Grant. These calls do not originate from the Division of Small Business, which makes contact through e-mail to…
Read MoreFormer Fenwick Island Police Chief Admits To Official Misconduct
A former Fenwick Island Police Chief has pled guilty to charges of official misconduct and falsifying business records. According to the Delaware Attorney General’s Office, William Boyden was sentenced to one year in prison for each offense, suspended for one concurrent year of Level Two probation. He also was issued a suspended fine of $100.…
Read MoreThree Arrested for Shoplifting in Rehoboth
Three people have been arrested by Delaware State Police for felony shoplifting and other charges. Police were called to the Bayside Outlets for a shoplifting in progress – 25 year old Lavelle Comer of Wilmington was seen hiding clothing under his clothing in the store. Comer was with two others who left the outlets in…
Read MoreGOP Supporters Hit With Eggs At Wilmington-Area Rally
A pre-election rally near Wilmington resulted in three juveniles and three adults being ‘egged’ over the weekend. According to Delaware State Police, it happened during a pro-Republican rally Sunday in the parking lot of Crossroads Restaurant on Kirkwood Highway in the Milltown area. Three male suspects tossed the eggs from the window of a passing…
Read MoreLong Neck Convenience Store Robbery Under Investigation
A robbery at Dash-In on John J.Williams Highway in Long Neck is under investigation. Delaware State Police say just before 11 Tuesday night, a male suspect came into the convenience store, handed a plastic bag to a cashier and motioned toward the cash register. The 18-year-old employee surrendered some cash, and the suspect fled through…
Read MorePolice: Man Tossed Gun From Vehicle During Pursuit
Seaford Police have arrested a man on numerous charges following an attempted traffic stop. Police say an officer spotted a man driving along Pennsylvania Avenue who was known to be wanted for arrest. According to police, 26-year-old Christopher Viruet of Bridgeville kept going in a reckless manner, stopped on North Arch Street and fled to…
Read MoreTeen Sentenced Following Murder Plea
A teenager who pled guilty to second-degree murder in Worcester County has been sentenced to 35 years incarceration, with all but 22 years suspended. According to Worcester County State’s Attorney Kris Heiser, the case is a ‘true tragedy.’ In May 2019, 17-year-old Vershawn Hudson-Crawford and his mother visited the Berlin Police Department, at which he…
Read MoreArrests For Failure To Appear Resume In Del.
Delaware judges will resume issuing bench warrants for people who fail to appear for certain proceedings. Such actions were suspended early in the pandemic, when court facilities were closed for several weeks. With bench warrants now restored, someone who does not show up for a scheduled appearance on a criminal matter, traffic case or a…
Read MoreGeorgetown Man Arrested For Indecent Exposure
A Georgetown man has been arrested in a case of indecent exposure. According to Georgetown Police, a teenage girl who was leaving Wal-Mart was ‘contacted’ by a man in a nearby vehicle. He was described as partially nude and in the process of committing a lewd act. The girl took a photo of the suspect…
Read MorePolice: Woman Bit Trooper During Arrest Attempt
A woman is charged with aggravated menacing following an incident involving a knife, and a confrontation during which she allegedly bit a Delaware State Trooper. Delaware State Police say their investigation reveals that 43-year-old Michelle Henderson of Lincoln swung a large kitchen knife at another person who was arriving home at a residence in Cedar…
Read MoreSalisbury PD Warning of Scam Letters
Salisbury Police are warning of a scam where city residents have received fake letters which look to be from the Salisbury Housing and Community Development Department. The letters in question are simply print-outs of a portion of the City’s municipal code, with certain sections underlined or starred in a slightly passive-aggressive manner. If you have…
Read MoreDSP Charge Rehoboth Man with DUI after Sideswiping Trooper’s Tahoe
A DSP Tahoe making a traffic stop was sideswiped by another vehicle just after midnight Saturday morning on Old Landing Road. The Trooper was just getting back into the vehicle when it was struck – the trooper was not injured but the driver’s side door was damaged. The Chrysler that struck the Trooper was also…
Read MoreDSP Arrest Man Wanted in February Assault Near Georgetown
A man wanted in connection with a February assault on Garden Circle near Georgetown has been arrested. Delaware State Police say 34 year old Alvaro Marroquinn allegedly shot an acquaintance in the head and then left the scene. Police learned that Marroquinn returned to Guatemala and Mexico – in June he was arrested by US…
Read MoreCharges & Fine after State of Emergency Violations at Bridgeville Rodeo Festival
Three administrative charges were filed against the licensee, Mexican Folkloric Dance Society of New York, in connection with an outdoor rodeo festival hosted in Bridgeville last weekend and two previous indoor events. The Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement (DATE) officers, who investigated the rodeo festival, charged Alex Garcia who is the director of this…
Read MoreSeaford Man Arrested Following 6-Month Drug Probe
A Seaford man is facing several charges related to drugs and weapons following an investigation that Delaware State Police say lasted for six months. According to troopers, an investigation determined that 37-year-old Adan Montalvo-Cruz arranged shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Delaware using the mail. Police say Montalvo-Cruz was arrested after being seen accepting…
Read MoreBridgeville Man Arrested For Assault
A Bridgeville man is charged with assault and other criminal offenses, according to Delaware State Police. Police say an investigation determined that the suspect and a 63-year-old man got into an argument in the 18,000-block of Wesley Church Road. According to police, 40-year-old Howard Page left the scene, then came back with an aluminum pipe…
Read MoreMan Accused Of Striking Vehicles With His Own
A Lewes man is facing multiple criminal charges and traffic offenses after Delaware State Police investigated reports that a driver in a black Jeep had struck vehicles in a parking lot. Troopers responded to Belle Grove Road in Lewes and located a vehicle in a field. 34-year-old Clinton Dulaney was taken into custody, but police…
Read MorePolice Seek Suspects In Burglary
Three suspects are being sought in connection with the theft of two motocross-style bikes from a shed in the Dagsboro area. Delaware State Police say the suspects broke into a shed in the 30,000-block of Sandy Landing Road at about 2:37 a.m. Monday by using bolt cutters. They were caught on surveillance. One suspect is…
Read MoreOccupied Home Hit By 11 Gunshots
An occupied residence in Felton was struck by eleven gunshots over the weekend, according to Delaware State Police. The shots were fired Sunday just after 10:30 p.m. in the 5,000-block of Canterbury Road. Three adults and a teenager were inside the home at the time. No one was hurt. State Police say there is no…
Read MoreTraffic Stop Leads To Man’s Arrest On Weapons Charge
A traffic stop on Middleford Road results in charges against a Seaford man. Delaware State Police say the vehicle that was stopped over the weekend had a fictitious license plate. An investigation, according to police, determined that the driver, 32-year-old Garland Church, had a folding knife longer than three inches hidden in his waistband. Police…
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