A WGMD Crime Watch Article
Ocean City, MD Police Looking for Woman Wanted for Assault, Malicious Destruction of Property
In Ocean City, Maryland, police are looking for 35-year-old Lindsay Donophan who is wanted for 2nd Degree Assault, Malicious Destruction of Property, Harassment, Resisting Arrest, and 2nd Degree Escape. Donophan is 5’1 and 125 pounds. If you have information on Donophan’s whereabouts, call your local law enforcement agency. You can submit an anonymous crime tip…
Read MoreTroopers Investigating Road Rage Incident in Georgetown
Delaware State Police are investigating a road rage incident involving a gun that occurred yesterday in Georgetown. Police say that the incident happened on November 12th on Springfield Road and Gravel Hill Road in Georgetown. Police say that a Chevrolet Silverado, driven by a 37-year-old victim, was heading westbound on Johnson Road, approaching the intersection…
Read MoreDover Man Arrested For Robbery
Dover Police have made an arrest in connection with a robbery that occurred Tuesday evening in the Wawa parking lot. Police investigated and learned that the victim was getting gas when three black males approached him. One of the individuals displayed a firearm demanding that the victim turn over the keys to his vehicle. The…
Read MoreDelaware State Police Detectives Arrest Camden, DE Man for Murder
Delaware State Police have arrested a 63-year-old Camden, Delaware man for murder. Gregory Bratcher was taken into custody on November 8th and charged with 1st Degree murder and Strangulation–both felonies. Bratcher was arraigned by Kent County Superior Court. He is now at Sussex Correctional Institution on a $1,000,000 cash bond. According to police, on June…
Read MoreSmyrna Man Charged with Weapons & Drug Charges after Running from Police
A Smyrna man has been arrested on multiple charges. The Kent County Governor’s Task Force began an investigation of 25 year old Nasir Wayman for distribution of illegal drugs. Police learned there was also a warrant for his arrest. Monday evening around 7:30 police spotted a Kia driven by Wayman in the parking lot of…
Read MoreFelton Man Charged with Theft of a Firearm
A Felton man has been arrested on several gun offenses following an investigation by Delaware State Police and Dover Police into a stolen gun which began in September. Police began an investigation into the theft of a firearm on West Loockerman Street in Dover and identified 18 year old Sahir Samuels as the person responsible…
Read MoreUPDATED: Additional Arrests in Salisbury Assault & Hate Crime
UPDATED – 11/08/24 – A dozen suspects have now been arrested in connection with an assault that occurred in mid-October at Salisbury University.  Police have arrested the following on charges of First Degree Assault, False Imprisonment, Reckless Endangerment, and Hate Crime charges, and are currently held at the Wicomico County Detention Center waiting to be…
Read MoreCrisfield Man Sentenced in Wicomico County for False Imprisonment and Assault
A Crisfield man has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for false imprisonment and 2nd degree assault. Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Maciarrello sentenced 31 year old Kendall Sneade of Crisfield immediately following his conviction after a two-day bench trial. Sneade was sentenced to 40 years with all but 20 years suspended. Upon…
Read MoreThree Arrested during Warrant Search at Rehoboth Beach Hotel Room
Three people have been arrested by Delaware State Police after a search warrant was served at a Rehoboth Beach hotel on Tuesday. The Sussex County Drug Unit and Sussex County Governor’s Task Force went into a room at the Rodeway Inn on Coastal Highway on Tuesday following an investigation into drug distribution from the hotel…
Read MoreWorcester County Sheriff’s Deputy Involved in Head-on Crash
The Worcester County Sheriff’s office is investigating a head-on crash involving a Sheriff’s deputy on Racetrack Road near North Ocean Pines on Friday. Officials say the driver of a van exited the TidalHealth Ocean Pines Campus and drove north in the southbound lane – colliding with a southbound deputy’s vehicle. Both drivers were treated for…
Read MoreGreenwood Man Arrested Following Pursuit near Lincoln
Delaware State Police members of the Kent County Governor’s Task Force were on patrol near Lincoln Tuesday evening around 7 when they spotted a Durango on the side of Calhoun Road with it’s hazard lights on. Police stopped to check on the Durango, but the driver pulled away – and did not stop when police…
Read MoreMilton Police Looking for Man Wanted on Charges Related to Domestic Incident
The Milton Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Tyler Michael Houchens in reference to a physical domestic incident resulting in multiple charges. Anyone with information on Houchens’ whereabouts should call the Milton Police Department at 302-684-8547 or call 911.
Read MoreDover Man Arrested for Illegal Drug Dealing and Prostitution Following Months Long Joint Investigation
Dover Police have arrested a 62-year-old Dover man for illegal drug dealing and prostitution that was occurring at a residence associated with James Paz in the unit block of South State Street. The Dover Police Department’s Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime Unit (DVOC), the Delaware State Police Human Trafficking Unit, and the FBI Delaware Violent…
Read MoreSmyrna Police Make Arrests in Elementary School Child Endangerment and Abuse Case
Smyrna Police Investigators have concluded their investigation into child abuse/neglect allegations that began in February 2024, with the arrests of three women this week. This long and detailed investigation, conducted in partnership with the Delaware Department of Justice and with the cooperation of the Smyrna School District, has revealed accusations of a pattern of abusive…
Read MoreFormer Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Charged with Campaign Sign Theft
Rehoboth Beach Police have arrested former City Commissioner, 78 year old Richard Byrne, after an investigation into the theft of campaign signs. Police were contacted on October 30th that a candidate’s campaign signs had been removed on multiple occasions. On Monday, November 4, police observed Byrne in possession of several of the stolen signs in…
Read MoreDover Man Arrested After 5-Month Drug Investigation
A Dover man has been arrested after a search warrant was executed at an apartment on Webb Lane in Dover Estates on October 31st. Members of the Kent County Drug Unit and Kent County Governor’s Task Force executed the search warrant following a five-month investigation of 36 year old Samuel Seymour of Dover and the…
Read MoreWicomico County Man Sentenced to Life Plus 65 Years for Sexual Abuse of Minor
A Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge has sentenced 36 year old Darnell Jenkins to life plus 65 years in prison after he was convicted in August after a three-day trial on two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, 2 counts of attempted 2nd degree rape and 3 counts of 3rd degree sexual offense. Court…
Read MoreUPDATE: Former Easton PD Sergeant Sentenced for Misconduct in Office
UPDATED – 11/01/24 – A former Easton Police Sgt, Jason Dyott, was sentenced Friday in Circuit Court for Talbot County on two counts of misconduct in office. He was sentenced on both counts to 4 years of incarceration with all but six months suspended – the sentenced to be served concurrently. Dyott’s employment with the…
Read MoreSeaford Man Charged with 3rd Offense DUI, Drug & Weapons Offenses
Delaware State Police were called to the Woodland Ferry Tuesday afternoon for a driver that appeared to be unconscious. Police found 51 year old Leslie Riggleman of Seaford being evaluated by EMS, but he refused medical treatment. When troopers contacted Riggleman, the observed signs of impairment and he was arrested. During a search of Riggleman…
Read MoreUPDATED: William Pruitt Sentenced in Murder of Dequan Fields in Somerset County
UPDATED – 11/01/24 – Somerset County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Powell on Monday sentenced 41 year old William Pruitt of Crisfield to life in prison after Pruitt pleaded guilty to the 1st degree murder of 27 year old Dequan Javon Fields of Princess Anne in January of 2023. ========================================================= UPDATED – 05/23/24 – Following a…
Read MoreMaryland Prison Inmate Death Investigation Continuing in Somerset County
Maryland State Police investigators are continuing an investigation into the death of a state prison inmate that happened in Somerset County on September 21st. The inmate is identified as 38-year-old Virgil Bernard Robinson. He was declared dead on the scene. Robinson was a state prison inmate serving time at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Westover,…
Read MoreDelaware State Police Investigating Assault in Georgetown
The Delaware State Police are investigating an assault that occurred on Sandhill Road in Georgetown. According to Delaware State Police on October 31st at approximately 1:30 a.m., detectives responded to Beebe Healthcare in Lewes for a report of an assault. Police say that on October 30th at about 10:30 p.m., a female victim was pulling…
Read MoreUPDATE: Dover Man Surrenders Without Incident in Barricade Situation
UPDATE: Barricade Situation Ends in Dover Man’s Surrender Dover Police arrested 36-year-old Michael Moran of Dover, following an incident that began early this morning. The investigation began at 1:42 a.m., when Dover Police received a call from a victim saying that Moran was inside of her residence on Holmes Street, and he was not supposed…
Read MoreMilford Police Arrest 2 on Weapons Charges following Traffic Stop
Two teens have been arrested on weapons charges after a traffic stop last Friday in Milford. Milford Police stopped a vehicle at the intersection of Routes 113 and 14 just after 9pm and found the driver, 18 year old Zion Demby of Dover, did not have a valid driver’s license. Further investigation revealed the passenger…
Read MoreUPDATED: MSP & Cambridge PD Arrest 2 in Deadly Shooting Oct 20 in Cambridge
UPDATED – 10/28/24 – Maryland State Police with help from Cambridge Police have arrested two teens in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday, October 20 in the area of Pine Street and Dunns Court in Cambridge. Police have arrested 18 year old Jo’Mir Omar Norman and 15 year old Brian Wongus, Jr. –…
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