Posts Tagged ‘Delaware State Police’
Death Investigation Underway In Dover
A death investigation has begun in the Dover area. Delaware State Police said a 75-year-old man was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead Saturday afternoon before 4:00, as a criminal investigation was taking place in the 800-block of Sorghum Mill Road. According to police, investigators determined there was no safety threat to the public.…
Read MoreTrooper Hurt In Scuffle With Wanted Suspect
A Milford man is facing charges following an incident with Delaware State Police that left a trooper with a serious injury. Police said troopers encountered 40-year-old Walter Cotier III as he was walking in the area of Frederica Road and Waterway Road. Cotier was wanted on several arrest warrants. According to State Police, he started…
Read MoreVictim Of Frankford Fatal Accident Identified; Investigation Continues
Delaware State Police have released the name of the woman who died in a Monday morning chain-reaction crash on Route 113. 68-year-old Dianna Jones of Frankford died at the scene. Police said Jones’ vehicle was hit by an older-model tractor trailer that was traveling northbound at Lazy Lagoon Road. The truck driver kept going. Police…
Read MoreIllegal Tinted Window Leads To Man’s Arrest On Weapon Charge
A Lewes man is facing a weapon charge after State Police say his vehicle was stopped along Coastal Highway for having an illegally tinted window. According to State Police, the smell of burnt marijuana led to an investigation after the vehicle was stopped Monday afternoon. A search turned up a loaded .45-caliber pistol, a loaded…
Read MoreFrankford Woman Killed In Multivehicle Wreck
A multi-vehicle crash on Route 113 northbound in Frankford has left one person dead and several others injured. According to Delaware State Police, a westbound driver on Lazy Lagoon Road was crossing the northbound lanes of DuPont Boulevard Monday morning. The 68-year-old Frankford woman’s SUV collided with a northbound vehicle and spun around.The northbound driver…
Read MoreMilton Police Investigate Shooting
A shooting was reported in Milton late Thursday afternoon. At about 5:17 p.m., Milton Police and Delaware State Police responded to the area of Union Street and Bay Avenue. An unidentified man was found with a single gunshot wound. He was taken to Beebe Hospital for treatment. Milton Police said a possible suspect in the…
Read MoreMan Faces Charges Following Exchange Of Gunfire With Police
A Kent County man is facing charges after Delaware State Police say he opened fire on two troopers and pointed a weapon at a third trooper. The suspect was shot in the exchange of gunfire. Troopers were called to a home on East Evens Drive Wednesday evening about a disorderly person with a gun who…
Read MoreDeveloping: Heavy Police Presence In Viola Wed. Night
A criminal investigation in Viola, Kent County began Wednesday night, according to Delaware State Police. Citizens were advised that there would be a heavy police presence in the area of the 200-block of East Evens Road. There was a road closure, but it has since reopened. The area affected was west of Route 13. The…
Read MoreWounded Milford Police Officer Heads Home After Rehab
A Milford Police officer who was shot several times during a task force’s attempt to arrest an attempted murder suspect along Coastal Highway three weeks ago is back home. Senior Corporal Timothy Webb was escorted Wednesday from a Dover rehabilitation facility to his home as he continues his recovery. Webb spent two weeks at the…
Read MoreLewes Man Arrested For 5th DUI Offense
A Lewes man has been arrested for his fifth offense DUI and drug-related charges. According to Delaware State Police, troopers responded to a report of a man who was passed out in a vehicle with a syringe in his arm in the parking lot of Walmart on Rehoboth Beach Boulevard Saturday night. He had driven…
Read MoreWounded Officer Gets A Rolling Salute
A Milford Police officer who was shot and wounded while a fugitive task force was attempting to make an arrest along Coastal Highway this month received a rolling show of support Saturday. Members of Jeepers Back the Blue drove their Jeeps in the Dover area Saturday and took part in a convoy to the rehabilitation…
Read MoreMan Charged With Firing Handgun During Argument
A Harrington man is charged with firing a shot toward another man during an argument at a home on Williamsville Road in Houston. According to Delaware State Police, 30-year-old Dustin Edge pulled out a handgun, threatened to shoot a 49-year-old man, then pulled the trigger. The gunshot struck the floor, and the victim was not…
Read MoreVehicle Strikes, Kills Pedestrian In Georgetown
A 65-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle Wednesday night as she was trying to cross Route 113 in Georgetown on foot. According to Delaware State Police, a northbound vehicle driven by a 49-year-old Greenwood woman struck the pedestrian a short distance from Bedford Street at about 6:20 p.m. The driver was unable…
Read MorePolice Investigate Gunshots In Dover
An occupied home in Dover is struck by a gunshot. According to Delaware State Police, two adults and a teenage girl were in the home on Walters Way when they heard shots from outside Tuesday at about 4:49 p.m. Troopers discovered a bullet hole in the corner of the home. No one was hurt. An…
Read MoreShots Strike Occupied Home, Parked Pick-Up Truck In Kent Co.
A home and a parked pick-up truck were struck by gunfire in the Camden area of Kent County Monday morning. Delaware State Police say an unknown person fired the shots toward an occupied home in the 500-block of Cow Marsh Creek Road.No one was struck or injured. The front of the home was struck twice…
Read MoreAltercation Leads To Bridgeville Man’s Arrest
A Bridgeville man is charged with pointing a handgun at another man during an argument. Delaware State Police responded to a reported altercation on Blanchard Road in Greenwood Monday night. Police said an investigation determined that 39-year-old Antonio White retrieved a handgun from inside a home and threatened to harm a 24-year-old man. During a…
Read MoreUpdate – 2 Drivers Hurt In Route 1 Wreck
Delaware State Police are investigating a crash on Route 1 near Milton that sent two drivers to a hospital Tuesday morning. Police say a northbound pick-up truck driven by a 22-year-old Bethany Beach man traveled into the median near the Broadkill Bridge and struck a guardrail on the southbound side. Then the vehicle flipped several…
Read MoreDel. State Police Probe Fatal Crash In Kent Co.
A crash in the Camden area has claimed the life of a 23-year-old man. According to Delaware State Police, a car left Willow Grove Road west of Steeles Ridge Road on a curve early Sunday morning, crashed into two trees and rolled over several times before it landed in a driveway. The driver, a Clayton…
Read MoreWounded Officer Released From Hospital For Rehab
One week after he was shot during an attempted arrest along Coastal Highway near Rehoboth Beach, Milford Police Senior Corporal Timothy Webb was released from Christiana Hospital Thursday. Webb, a member of a fugitive task force, suffered several gunshot wounds during an exchange of gunfire with Evelio Rivera of Reading, Pennsylvania. Rivera was shot and…
Read More76-Year-Old Millsboro Man Arrested On Drug Charges
A 76-year-old Millsboro man is facing drug-related charges following a traffic stop along Coastal Highway. According to Delaware State Police, troopers on patrol spotted an expired temporary registration plate on a vehicle. The driver was pulled over in a shopping center parking lot, after allegedly committing several traffic violations. An investigation led to consent to…
Read MoreDSP Captain Promoted To Major
A 23-year veteran of Delaware State Police has been promoted to the rank of Major. Captain William Crotty has recently served at Troop 4 Commander in Georgetown. His career also included positions as Criminal Intelligence Commander for Delaware State Police, as well as eleven years on the Special Operations Response Team. Crotty became a Delaware…
Read MoreTraffic Stop On Coastal Highway Results In Drug Arrest
A traffic stop along Coastal Highway at Cave Neck Road has led to the arrest of a Smyrna man for drug-and-weapons offenses. Delaware State Police said a speeding vehicle was pulled over Wednesday morning, and the smell of marijuana led to an investigation. According to police, a search turned up some marijuana, two large throwing…
Read MoreBody Of Missing Pittsville Man Found In Millsboro
The body of a missing Pittsville man has been discovered in Millsboro. David Hall’s wife reported him missing last week after not seeing him since November 20th, according to Maryland State Police. The body was discovered Wednesday afternoon. Delaware State Police and Millsboro Police are investigating his death.
Read MoreTrooper Briefly Dragged During Attempted Traffic Stop
A suspect pulled over for a seat belt violation in Kent County this week drove away, dragging a trooper for about two feet. Delaware State Police said a trooper on South DuPont Highway at Reeves Crossing Road spotted the violation Wednesday afternoon. The officer smelled marijuana, and during the investigation the trooper reached in to…
Read MoreRehoboth Man Arrested On Drug-Related Charges
A months-long investigation into alleged drug dealing has led to the arrest of a Rehoboth Beach man. According to Delaware State Police, 23-year-old Dishere Tingle was pulled over after leaving a residence on Airport Road. Police said a search turned up some crack cocaine and more than $5,200 in suspected drug proceeds. A legal search…
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