A WGMD Crime Watch Article
Man Arrested On Drug Charges In Wicomico Co.
A motorcycle that was reported to be driven erratically led to the arrest of a man in Willards. The Wicomico County Sheriffâs Office says a deputy responded to a gas station on Main Street just off Route 50. The motorcycle did not have a registration plate, and police say an investigation indicated that 34-year-old Clint…
Read MoreMoped Crash Leads To Operator’s Arrest
A moped crash has led to charges against a Milton man. Delaware State Police say the accident occurred on Ramblewood Drive in Rehoboth Beach Sunday afternoon. Troopers responded and noticed a smell of alcohol at the scene, at which the operator struck a branch in the roadway and fell to the ground. 32-year-old Travis Terry…
Read MoreDispute Outside Party Leads To Man’s Arrest
A man is charged with assaulting another man outside a residence during a party. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to a home on Rogers Avenue in Georgetown over the weekend about the incident. The victim apparently was chased by the suspect, who cut the victim several times on his chest and leg with an…
Read More9 Months After Store Robbery Attempt, Suspect Arrested
A Salisbury man is charged with the attempted robbery of a convenience store in Harrington nine months ago. Delaware State Police said Monday that 32-year-old David A. Phillips was being held in Maryland on unrelated charges. He was extradited to Delaware August 7th. Last November 12th, someone approached a store employee at the register of…
Read MoreBurglary Suspect Caught Near Home In Seaford
A Seaford man is charged with burglary and other crimes after State Police say the owner of a home realized she was not alone when she got home. Early Sunday morning, troopers responded to the home and found evidence that the perpetrator got in through a window. Police cleared the inside of the home, then…
Read MoreTraffic Stop, Pursuit Lead To Woman’s Arrest
A Laurel woman faces charges following a pursuit with police in Millsboro. Delaware State Police say a trooper spotted a car traveling at a high rate of speed on Laurel Road, but the driver kept going after the officer initiated a traffic stop. Police also say she committed multiple traffic offenses before she stopped in the…
Read MoreMan Arrested After Police Pursuit
A Millsboro man is charged with leading troopers on a pursuit that went on for several miles. Delaware State Police say the driver was detected speeding on Park Avenue in Georgetown over the weekend. Stop-sticks were eventually used to puncture the vehicleâs front tire on Harbeson Road. Police say 30-year-old Tevon Savage was taken into…
Read MoreMan Arrested On Possession Of Drugs And Ammo Charges
A traffic stop leads to drug-related charges as well as a charge of possession of ammunition by a person prohibited against a Seaford man. Delaware State Police say the driver was âobserved involved in criminal activityâ before a traffic stop over the weekend on Concord Pond Road. A search, according to police, turned up some…
Read MoreUPDATED & Breaking: Man Dies in Seaford Shooting
UPDATED: 8/8/20 11:20am – Delaware State Police are investigating a fight that resulted in a shooting death outside the Woodshed Bar and Package Store near Seaford. Police were called for a fight in progress in the parking lot. Shots were fired and they found a 28 year old Seaford man with a gunshot wound. He…
Read MoreLincoln Traffic Stop Results In Two Arrests
A traffic stop in Lincoln led to charges against two people this week. Delaware State Police say a trooper on patrol ran a computer check on a vehicle in the area of Johnson Road and Front Street and determined the registered owner had a warrant out for arrest. According to police a passenger in the…
Read MoreTeen Charged With Setting Two Vehicle Fires
A juvenile is charged with setting two vehicles on fire in Salisbury last month, within a block of each other in the neighborhood around Salisbury University. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshalâs Office, the 17-year-old suspect is connected to a fire July 15th on Elberta Avenue and a fire July 21st on Loblolly Lane.…
Read MoreConvicted Child Sex Abuser Gets 90 Years In Prison
A former Parsonburg man has been sentenced in Wicomico County to 90 years in prison for his conviction of four counts of sex abuse of a minor and other crimes. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, 41-year-old Allan Willard Scarborough was sentenced Wednesday for his February conviction. Scarborough is also required to register…
Read MoreMillsboro Man Arrested For 5th DUI Offense
A Millsboro man is facing his fifth DUI offense after being arrested in Rehoboth Beach. Rehoboth Beach Police say an officer tried to stop a driver for an illegal left turn Monday night, but the man kept going and exceeded the speed limit before he eventually pulled over on Rehoboth Avenue Extended. 33-year-old Patricio Bautista,…
Read MorePedestrian Killed In Hit-And-Run Collision
A Dover woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Smyrna over the weekend. Delaware State Police say the driver kept going after striking the victim Sunday at about 1:21 a.m. on Route 13 southbound just south of Brenford Road. The woman, for unknown reasons, was in the left southbound travel lane and…
Read MoreMan Arrested for Princess Anne Fire
Fire broke out early Friday morning outside a Princess Anne home that had been converted to a three-unit apartment building. When emergency personnel arrived on the scene the residents were out of the building and had put out the small fire. Firefighters found a charred fur coat that smelled of gasoline and requested the State…
Read MoreHarbeson Man Arrested For Aggravated Menacing
A man is accused of chasing two people around with a knife. According to Delaware State Police, troopers were sent to a home in Harbeson and took a man into custody who was outside. An investigation, police say, determined that 59-year-old Edward Rossiter was arguing with a 25-year-old man when Rossiter obtained a knife and…
Read MoreMan Arrested In Store Parking Lot On Drug Charges
A traffic stop at a convenience store parking lot led to a man being arrested on drug charges. Delaware State Police said troopers became aware that a Harbeson man was driving with a suspended license. He was located in the driverâs seat of the vehicle, and police said he tossed suspected drugs out the passenger…
Read MoreFlorida Man (In Del.) Arrested On Drugs, Weapon Charges
A welfare check on a driver at a Starbucks drive-through on Coastal Highway leads to a manâs arrest on weapons and drug charges. Delaware State Police say troopers were called to the establishment Wednesday. The vehicle appeared to have a flat tire and a bicycle hanging from the roof. The driver appeared to be driving…
Read MoreInvestigators Seek Clues In Dec. 2019 Shooting Death
Investigators donât want a murder case to grow âcold.â Stefon Hagans was found dead of gunshot wounds outside his Salisbury home on Dale Lane early last December 14th. The Wicomico County Sheriffâs Office is hoping the public will come forward with any information, possible security footage or other clues that could help. Several people were…
Read More70-Year-Old Milford Man Dies Of Gunshot To Chest
Milford Police are investigating the death of a 70-year-old man who was shot in the chest. Police said Wednesday that the victim is identified as David W. Parcher of Milford. The shooting was reported Tuesday at about 3:40 a.m. at a home on Pennsylvania Avenue. The victim was found at that location. Members of the…
Read MoreMan Charged With Threatening Hotel Worker With A Knife
A Rehoboth Beach man is charged with going after a hotel employee with a knife. Delaware State Police say the suspect apparently was in distress when he made threatening statements toward a 26- yearâold man who works at the Holiday Inn Express on Kates Lane. During the confrontation in the obby, police say 26-year-old Christopher…
Read MoreMan Charged With Parking Lot Gunfire In Kent Co.
A Felton man is charged with opening fire on a group of people in a deli parking lot. Delaware State Police say troopers who were dispatched to Uncle Willieâs on Route 13 at Woodside June 19th learned that five people got into an argument with some other people in a vehicle. Someone came out of…
Read MoreWoman Charged With Assault, Other Offenses Following Millsboro Incident
A Laurel woman is charged with assaulting an acquaintance and pointing a handgun at someone. Delaware State Police say an investigation into a reported assault in Millsboro determined that during a child custody exchange, 50-year-old Christina Pilley ran up to a man in his vehicle and struck him in the head several times. According to…
Read MoreMan Arrested For July 9th Shooting Death In Dover
A 25-year-old man is charged with a murder in Dover three weeks ago. Dover Police say Tysheen Maxwell was arrested in Newport News, Virginia Friday by members of the US Marshalâs Service. 32-year-old Thomas Gilbert was shot to death early July 6th in the 200-block of South New Street. Police say Gilbert was shot several…
Read MoreBerlin Man Gets 10 Years For Fatal Crash
A Berlin man has received a ten-year prison sentence, with all but four years suspended, for a conviction of homicide by motor vehicle while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance. According to the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office, the charges against 32-year-old Bryan Lee Wersten resulted from a December 2018 incident in which a pickup…
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