A WGMD Crime Watch Article
2 Wounded In Dover Shooting Over Weekend
Two people have been shot in Dover in the midst of a large crowd behind a bar. Dover Police said officers were in the area of South Bradford Street and West Loockerman Street early Saturday to monitor bar closings due to recent incidents. Police heard a gunshot, and found a female with a gunshot wound…
Read MoreDover Police Investigate 3 Burglaries Before Sunrise Monday
Dover Police are investigating a wave of burglaries. Within about 30 minutes early Monday: -at about 4:08 a.m., the front door of the Exxon station at 1710 North DuPont Highway was shattered. Someone used a trash can to steal about 167 packs of cigarettes. A concrete block was used to break in. -a short time…
Read MoreWoman Pleads Guilty In Husband’s Shooting Death
A Sharptown woman has pled guilty to second-degree murder and use of a firearm in a crime of violence for the September 2020 shooting death of her husband. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, 55-year-old Sharon Kohlhoff will be sentenced in October. Police responded to reports of the shooting and discovered Kohlhoff going…
Read MoreSuspect Charged In Feb. Dover Shooting
A Milford man faces charges in connection with a shooting last February in the parking lot of the IHOP Restaurant in Dover. According to Dover Police, warrants were obtained two weeks ago for 24-year-old Calvin King. King turned himself in this week. He is charged with possession of a firearm and reckless endangering. He was…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty, Gets Sentenced In Animal Cruelty Case
A Salisbury man pleads guilty to one count of animal cruelty by starvation. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, the plea from 41-year-old Ryan Shull was accepted by Chief Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Beckstead, who sentenced Shull to two years of incarceration, which was suspended. Prosecutors said Animal Control officers responded to concerns…
Read MoreCaught On Camera: Milford Police Investigate Pharmacy Burglary
Milford Police are investigating a burglary at CVS on Route 113. At about 3:32 a.m. Monday, officers responded to an alarm at the pharmacy and discovered that the front glass doors were damaged. A review of surveillance footage determined that the suspect stole some cash from the store and fled. Anyone with information about the…
Read MoreMan Tased Following Police Pursuit
A Kent County man is facing DUI and numerous other offenses following a pursuit with police in Harrington. An officer tried to stop a driver for a traffic violation on South DuPont Highway over the weekend. According to Harrington Police, the driver kept going and ignored the officer’s sirens and lights. The man got out…
Read MoreMan Shot In Dover Royal Farms
Dover Police are investigating a shooting inside a Royal Farms store at 295 South DuPont Highway. Police responded to a report of shots fired at about 2:00 a.m. Sunday. Police learned that a shot was fired during an altercation between two “males,” and everyone fled from the store. A 35-year-old man was driven to Bayhealth…
Read MoreFires Set At Trash Containers In Wicomico Co.
The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating fires that were apparently set in a large dumpster behind the Goodwill store in Salisbury, and in two small trash cans at the neighboring Wawa on South Salisbury Boulevard. Firefighters arrived and quickly put out the fires early Friday at about 2:20 a.m. Investigators said someone was…
Read MoreMan Shot In Leg In Seaford
Seaford Police are investigating a shooting that resulted in a man being treated at a local hospital. According to police, the victim was found along Atlanta Road late Thursday night with an apparent gunshot wound to the leg. The 28-year-old man was released after treatment. The Seaford Police Criminal Investigations Division is still investigating the…
Read MoreTraffic Stop Leads To Laurel Man’s Arrest For Drugs-Weapons Charges
A Laurel man is facing weapons-and-drug related charges following a traffic stop in Seaford. According to Delaware State Police, troopers on patrol Wednesday afternoon stopped a vehicle with an expired registration. They discovered that its operator was the subject of an active capias for failure to appear in Justice of the Peace Court. State Police…
Read MoreMagnolia Man Wanted
An argument over a barking dog led to a man pulling out a loaded handgun and threatening to shoot the dog, according to Delaware State Police State Police said 44-year-old Denano Blair of Magnolia also tried to strike another man with the handgun early Wednesday morning. Blair was identified by a computer check as a…
Read MoreMillsboro Man Indicted For Possession of Destructive Devices, Stolen Firearm
A Millsboro man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possession of four destructive devices and a stolen AK-47 with an altered serial number. According to US Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss, 23-year-old Job Gillette was found with the makings of homemade bombs as well as the stolen firearm in…
Read MoreMan Arrested For Assault Of Woman In Bridgeville
A Harrington man is charged with assaulting a female acquaintance in the presence of two children. According to Delaware State Police, the incident occurred Monday evening in Bridgeville. The woman needed hospital treatment for serious injuries. State Police learned that 32-year-old Charles Moore of Harrington could be at a home in Milton. Moore was found…
Read MoreDownstate Corporate Secretary Pleads Guilty to Willfully Failing to Pay Over $930,000 in Payroll Taxes Withheld from Employees
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Harrington, Delaware woman pleaded guilty today to intentionally failing to pay employment taxes on behalf of a local business. U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark accepted the plea. According to court documents, Sara Collins, 49, served as the Corporate Secretary of…
Read MoreFelton Man Charged after Crash Near Milton
A Felton man has been arrested by Delaware State Police after a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning. Police say a pickup truck driven by 23 year old Dylan Martin of Felton went off northbound Coastal Highway in the area of Broadkill Road near Milton and struck a tree. A passing motorist located Martin in…
Read MorePolice: Driver Clocked At 108 M.P.H. Tried To Flee
A Harrington man is charged with speeding 108- miles-per-hour in a 30-MPH zone, and with fleeing from police. Harrington Police said an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Dorman Street near Lake Forest South Elementary School over the weekend, and clocked the speeding vehicle. According to police, 20-year-old Shawn Allen nearly hit someone who was…
Read MoreMore Trouble with Counterfeit $20s on Rehoboth Boardwalk
This man allegedly tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill atĀ FunlandĀ around 9 p.m. this past Friday. He wore a redĀ Chicago BullsĀ baseball cap, the red/white T-shirt split down the middle and black shorts.Ā FunlandĀ did not accept his bill and he tried at least one other business before Rehoboth Beach police were alerted and began searching for him.…
Read MorePolice Charge Man with DUI after Messy Coastal Hwy Pile-Up
Injuries amazingly minor considering the extensive debris field It took nearly two hours for officials to clean up Coastal Highway this past Saturday night after a five-vehicle crash left an unusual amount of debris scattered on Coastal Highway. Amazingly, ambulances took only three people with minor injuries to the hospital. First responders closed the northbound…
Read MoreMan Shot, Wounded In Dover Community
A 26-year-old man was shot in the shoulder while standing outside in Dover over the weekend. Police said the shooting occurred early Sunday morning (3:38 a.m.) in the unit block of Stevenson Drive in Manchester Square. The victim told police he was approached by an unknown male who shot him once and fled. Police said…
Read MoreRoad Rage Incident in Lewes Leads to Arrest of Wilmington Man
A Wilmington man has been arrested after a road rage incident in Lewes early Friday morning. Delaware State Police responded after a 31 year old man called 9-1-1 because he was being followed by an aggressive driver ā who then followed the victim into the Home Depot parking lot in Lewes where he screamed at…
Read MoreMillsboro Man Faces Traffic, Drug and Weapons Charges after Leading DSP on Early Morning Pursuit
A Millsboro area man has been arrested on traffic, drug and weapons offenses after he led Delaware State Police on a chase early Friday morning. Police spotted 47 year old Edward McCarron operating a green camouflage ATV on Mount Joy Road just after 1am. When troopers tried to stop him McCarron refused to stop and…
Read MoreGeorgetown Man Arrested for 3rd DUI in Harrington
Harrington Police arrested a Georgetown man for a 3rd offense DUI and other charges after a traffic stop on Thursday. Patrol officers stopped a vehicle on Route 14 and when they contacted the driver, 60 year old Michael Patterson, they smelled alcohol coming from the vehicle. They also saw an open alcohol container on the…
Read MoreDewey Police Search For People Involved In Officer Assault
Dewey Beach Police continue their search for two people who were involved in an incident that left a police officer hospitalized last weekend. Police have released cell phone photos of two individuals. One suspect is in custody, who police say first assaulted an employee of The Starboard, then knocked out a Dewey Beach officer when…
Read MoreGreenwood Man Charged With Assaulting Woman With Firearm
A Greenwood man faces charges in connection with an assault that resulted in a female acquaintance being injured. Delaware State Police say an investigation determined that 43-year-old Dennis Buckley struck a 42-year-old woman in the upper body with a firearm several times. The woman was treated for serious injuries at a local urgent care center.…
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