A WGMD Crime Watch Article
MSP Recover Guns During Multiple Traffic Stops & Crashes Statewide
During the past weekend, troopers from one end of the state to the other recovered guns during traffic stops, while responding to 15 crashes involving impaired drivers. Shortly before 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 15th, a trooper from the Berlin Barrack stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Rt. 50 near Berlin in Worcester…
Read MoreDSP Investigating Dover Murder
A murder investigation is underway in Dover after Delaware State Police were called to the Uplift Barber Shop on Governors Avenue for a reported shooting. Police say a 23 year old Dover man was a patron in the barbershop when an unknown male suspect entered, fired multiple shots at the victim and left on foot.…
Read MoreDewey Beach PD Investigating North Beach Stabbing
Female Bicyclist Charged after Collision with Auto on Coastal Hwy Near Rehoboth Mall
Update (1 p.m. Saturday): Delaware State Police have charged an 18-year-old woman from Seaford after she crossed into the path of a Volkswagen around 9 p.m. Friday. According to Cpl. Heather Pepper, state police spokeswoman, the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas, driven by a 33-year-old man from Easton, Pa., was traveling south in the right lane on…
Read MoreFight with Stabbing at Dewey’s Northbeach
There’s been trouble again at Northbeach. Dewey Beach police were called to a fight with a stabbing at the popular nightspot around 1 a.m. on Saturday. That is where officers found a significant amount of blood, but the victims had fled the scene. Police later found two males at the hospital who had been stabbed.…
Read MoreFire Marshal: 2 Oak Orchard Fires Deliberately Set
Two fires this week in the Oak Orchard area are under investigation, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Fires occurred at adjacent, unoccupied structures in the 32,000-block of Oak Orchard Road Wednesday afternoon and again Thursday. Investigators determined that the fires were deliberately set and were linked to other criminal mischief incidents in the…
Read MoreBurglary Investigation Leads To 2 Arrests
A man is charged with multiple burglaries in Kent County that Delaware State Police say have occurred since March of this year. Police started an investigation of burglaries and thefts at residences and sheds as well as reports of several stole vehicles. 33-year-old Stephen Lemmons of Felton, according to police, was identified as a possible…
Read MoreMan Charged With Pepper-Spray Attack
An Ellendale man is charged with pepper-spraying a 17-year-old girl he knows, who went to meet with him in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Delaware State Police said Wednesday that 21-year-old Mardis Powell Junior became aggressive with the girl, grabbed her cellphone and threw it to the ground, then deployed the pepper spray.…
Read MoreUpdate: Police ID Suspect, Victim In JTVCC Homicide
Delaware State Police provided the following update Wednesday afternoon: The Delaware State Police have arrested 55-year-old John Cameron of Claymont, DE, for murder. The incident occurred on Monday, May 10, 2021, at approximately 08:13 a.m., when troopers responded to the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center located at 1181 Paddock Road, Smyrna, for a reported homicide. Investigation has…
Read MoreOak Orchard Fire Sends 3 To Hospitals For Observation
A fire in the Oak Orchard area sent three people to area medical facilities for observation early Wednesday. According to the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company, the blaze was reported with people possibly trapped on Cherokee Avenue in Riverdale Park. Firefighters determined that all occupants were accounted for and out of the home. Firefighters from…
Read MoreMilton Juvenile Arrested After Assaulting Two Police Officers
A 17 year old from Milton has been arrested after he left the scene of a collision, resisted arrest and assaulted two police officers. The incident occurred Friday afternoon just before 2:30 in the area of Route 9 and Josephs Road in Lewes and witnesses told police that a black male wearing black jeans and…
Read MoreNJ Man Sentenced for 2017 Shooting in Salisbury
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison – with 17 ½ years in active incarceration – after a shooting incident in October of 2017 at a party at the VFW in Salisbury. Officials say 38 year old Jerry Hamilton pleaded guilty to one count of attempted 2nd degree murder. Officials…
Read MoreDSP Arrest Laurel Man for April Burglary
A Laurel man who was wanted in connection with a burglary on April 26th has been arrested by Delaware State Police. A trooper had spotted 49 year old Robert Jefferson in the area of East Trap Pond Road on Thursday and attempted a traffic stop, but Jefferson failed to stop – and a pursuit began.…
Read MoreMd. Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges
A Caroline County man has pled guilty to possession of child pornography. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, 47-year-old Daniel Provencal entered his plea Thursday.Prosecutors said Provencal acknowledged he was on supervised release at the time for a 2006 federal conviction for distribution of child pornography. Provencal, according to the…
Read MoreBar-Restaurant Employee Charged With Decking Unruly Patron
An employee of a Millville establishment is charged with slugging a 26-year-old man who became unruly and who is himself facing a pending charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. According to Delaware State Police, troopers arrived at Hooked Up Ale House on Town Center Road last weekend, where the 26-year-old man was unconscious in…
Read MoreUPDATED: OCPD Arrest MD Teen in Tagging Incident on Boardwalk; Bethany PD Charge 2 for Graffiti
On Sunday, Ocean City Police Department officers responded to a report of “tagging” in the downtown area with blue spray paint. During the course of the investigation, patrol officers located the suspect in the area of 4th Street and the Boardwalk. The suspect, 17 year old male from Lutherville-Timonium, MD, was arrested and charged with…
Read More3 Arrested In Connection With Gunshots In Harrington
Harrington Police have arrested three suspects in connection with an incident involving shots fired toward a home. Police say a vehicle pulled up to a residence on Mill Street Monday night. Two people got out and opened fire on the home that was occupied by adults and juveniles. No injuries were reported. According to police,…
Read MoreWoman Charged In Smyrna Child’s Death
A woman faces two counts of Murder by Abuse or Neglect in connection with the death of her child, whose remains were discovered near a softball field in Smyrna but went unidentified for months. 28-year-old Kristie Haas faces new charges in a superseding indictment, according to Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings. Haas and her husband,…
Read MoreDover Man Arrested In NYC On Murder Charges
A Dover man has been arrested in Brooklyn, New York in connection with a shooting death last month in the capital city. According to Dover Police, 22-year-old Riley Braswell was apprehended by members of the US Marshals Service First State Fugitive Task Force, with assistance from the US Marshals Service Eastern District. Braswell faces extradition…
Read MoreUpdate: Police Locate Burglary Suspect
A man is in custody in connection with burglary, theft of a firearm and other offenses. Delaware State Police had been looking for 21-year-old Ryan Hicks of Felton. Police said Hicks was located Sunday at a home in Felton and taken into custody without incident. Hicks has been arraigned and released on his own recognizance.
Read MoreMd. Fugitive Arrested In Felton
Felton Police have arrested a fugitive from Maryland who was wanted for sex offense, assault, child abuse and sex abuse of a minor. Police said the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office requested that a warrant be conducted on 37-year-old Raymond Burris of Felton. Burris was pulled over during a traffic stop and taken into custody…
Read MoreKitchen Clash Leads To Man’s Arrest
A fight in a home’s kitchen has led to charges against a Milton man. Delaware State Police said troopers were called about a situation on Mulberry Street Saturday night. An investigation determined that an argument escalated and that the man ‘aggressively displayed a kitchen knife’ toward a 14-year-old girl and a 47-year-old woman. A 12-year-old…
Read MoreCitizen’s Tip Leads to Arrest of 4 in Ocean City
Last week a boardwalk business owner in Ocean City reported suspicious possible drug activity in a parked vehicle in the area of 8th Street. Members of the Narcotics Unit and Special Enforcement Unit responded and observed people from the vehicle to to the boardwalk and meet with a group of people where a suspected drug…
Read MoreDSP Need Your Help to Identify Suspect
Delaware State Police need your help to identify a suspect in an attempted theft of a motor vehicle and several thefts from vehicles in the IG Burton parking lot on Bay Road in Milford. The incident occurred last Sunday around 1:20am. The suspect is a white or light skin black male about 6-feet tall with…
Read MoreSeaford Police Investigate Gunshots Wednesday Night
Seaford Police are investigating gunshots in the area of Collins Avenue near Nutter Park. Officers in the area who were conducting a traffic stop Wednesday night at about 8:30 heard numerous gunshots, and saw a group along Collins Avenue quickly dispersing. Additional Seaford officers and personnel from surrounding agencies arrived and secured the scene. A…
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