Posts Tagged ‘Delaware State Police’
School Bus Safety Enforcement Initiative Generates 15 Citations
Delaware State Police have sent a message about school bus safety and the rules of the road. During a recent initiative in the Woodbridge School District, troopers followed several school buses on their morning and afternoon routes. 15 drivers received citations for violations that ranged from speeding to ignoring stop signs. Drivers on both sides…
Read MoreFootprints In Snow Lead Police To Burglary Suspect
A Lincoln man has been arrested for burglary and other criminal charges after being tracked through footprints in the snow. According to Delaware State Police, troopers were advised about a possible burglary in progress at a home on Cedar Drive early Thursday morning. Footprints in the snow led police from the residence to a shed…
Read MoreLaurel Man Charged With Assaulting Woman
A Laurel man has been arrested in connection with an assault that resulted in the hospitalization of a 48-year-old woman. According to Delaware State Police, troopers responded to a local home Wednesday night and spoke with the injured victim. An investigation led police to contact 49-year-old Sung K. Park, who was found at another nearby…
Read MoreDel. Prison Inmate Dies Following Overdose
An inmate at Delaware’s largest prison has died following an overdose. According to the Department of Correction, 35-year-old Travis Jones and another 35-year-old male inmate were found unresponsive in their housing unit at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Monday. Correctional officers and medical staff administered CPR and Naloxone. Jones died in a hospital Wednesday. The…
Read MoreGeorgetown Man Charged With Taking Ex-Roommate’s Dog
A Georgetown man is facing charges in connection with two separate incidents. Delaware State Police said Thursday that a police investigation determined that 30-year-old Tyler Melvin went to a home on Sussex Pines Road to retrieve belongings and got into an argument with his 66-year-old former roommate, struck that person and took that person’s golden…
Read MoreSearch Turns Up Drugs, Ammo, $102,000 In Suspected Drug Money
An investigation into suspected heroin distribution and activity involving illegal weapons at a home has led to a man’s arrest. Delaware State Police said troopers took part with Harrington Police and Animal Control in execution of a search warrant at a home on Hanley Street. The search turned up a Glock handgun with a laser…
Read MoreSuspicious Object Leads To Lengthy Investigation Along Coverdale Rd.
(Update, 5:46 p.m. – The discovery of something resembling a pipe bomb resulted in an extensive investigation along Coverdale road in the Bridgeville area Wednesday.Delaware State Police said someone who was picking up trash in the area of Mill Park Drive Wednesday morning noticed a pipe ‘contraption’ that he suspected could have been a pipe…
Read MoreFight Leads To Rehoboth Man’s Arrest
An argument between two men got physical and resulted in a Rehoboth Beach man’s arrest on criminal charges and a weapons offense. According to Delaware State Police, troopers were dispatched to a home on Magnolia Road Tuesday night. An investigation determined that one man punched the other man, grabbed some items and put them in…
Read MoreSuspect Sought For Rehoboth Bank Robbery
Delaware State Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Rehoboth Beach area. At about 3:17 p.m., troopers responded to PNC Bank at 19745 Sea Air Avenue for a reported robbery. Investigators learned that a male suspect came into the bank, showed a handgun and ordered everyone who was inside to…
Read MoreDC Man Arrested On Drug Charges In Rehoboth Area
A Washington, DC man has been arrested at a motel in the Rehoboth Beach area on drug-related charges. According to Delaware State Police, troopers investigated a suspicious parked vehicle in back of the American Inn and Suites on Airport Road. Police said 21-year-old Darius Coulbourn was the only occupant of the vehicle, and that marijuana…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested For Oct. Dover Homicide
A suspect has been arrested in connection with an October homicide in Dover. Delaware State Police said 21-year-old Deon’te Reaves of Middle River, Maryland is charged with murder and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. According to police, Reaves has been extradited from Baltimore to Delaware. A 21-year-old man was shot in…
Read MoreMore Phone Scams Circulate In Del.
Two telephone scams are growing in frequency in Delaware as 2021 gets underway. According to the Delaware Attorney General’s Office, State Police and the Department of Correction, callers are threatening probationers with re-arrest for allegedly committing new crimes. One caller pressed a person to deliver cash at a specific location. Scammers sometimes spoof their phone…
Read MoreBridgeville Man Arrested On Drug Charges
A Bridgeville man has been arrested on drug-related charges following a criminal investigation that led members of the Delaware State Police Governors Task Force and Probation and Parole to visit a home on Evans Drive. During this investigation, according to Delaware State Police, some heroin and crack cocaine were found as well as drug paraphernalia…
Read MoreDeath 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…
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