Posts Tagged ‘Delaware State Police’
Man Arrested On Drug Charges After Traffic Stop
A Millsboro man faces drug-related charges following a traffic stop on Coastal Highway near Caveneck Road. Delaware State Police say the vehicle was pulled over for speeding, and it was discovered that the driver had a suspended license. According to police, a search turned up about 2.55-grams of crack cocaine as well as drug paraphernalia.…
Read MoreTwo Injured In Milton Crash
A two-vehicle wreck sent two people to the hospital Tuesday. Delaware State Police say a vehicle heading westbound on Route 9 turned left at Harbeson Road into the path of an eastbound pick-up truck. A passenger in the car, a 20-year-old woman from New Providence Pennsylvania, was taken first to Beebe Medical Center, then transferred…
Read MoreUPDATED: Two Dead After Crash on Harbeson Road
UPDATED- 11:00 A.M. Wed.- Delaware State Police have released the names of two people killed in a crash on Harbeson Road Tuesday morning. 46-year-old Michelle Esworthy of Joppa, Maryland and 76-year-old Robert Dahms of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania both died at the scene. Police say Esworthy’s car crossed the center line of Harbeson Road and collided…
Read MoreDispute Outside Party Leads To Man’s Arrest
A man is charged with assaulting another man outside a residence during a party. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to a home on Rogers Avenue in Georgetown over the weekend about the incident. The victim apparently was chased by the suspect, who cut the victim several times on his chest and leg with an…
Read More9 Months After Store Robbery Attempt, Suspect Arrested
A Salisbury man is charged with the attempted robbery of a convenience store in Harrington nine months ago. Delaware State Police said Monday that 32-year-old David A. Phillips was being held in Maryland on unrelated charges. He was extradited to Delaware August 7th. Last November 12th, someone approached a store employee at the register of…
Read MoreBurglary Suspect Caught Near Home In Seaford
A Seaford man is charged with burglary and other crimes after State Police say the owner of a home realized she was not alone when she got home. Early Sunday morning, troopers responded to the home and found evidence that the perpetrator got in through a window. Police cleared the inside of the home, then…
Read MoreTraffic Stop, Pursuit Lead To Woman’s Arrest
A Laurel woman faces charges following a pursuit with police in Millsboro. Delaware State Police say a trooper spotted a car traveling at a high rate of speed on Laurel Road, but the driver kept going after the officer initiated a traffic stop. Police also say she committed multiple traffic offenses before she stopped in the…
Read MoreMan Arrested After Police Pursuit
A Millsboro man is charged with leading troopers on a pursuit that went on for several miles. Delaware State Police say the driver was detected speeding on Park Avenue in Georgetown over the weekend. Stop-sticks were eventually used to puncture the vehicle’s front tire on Harbeson Road. Police say 30-year-old Tevon Savage was taken into…
Read MoreMan Arrested On Possession Of Drugs And Ammo Charges
A traffic stop leads to drug-related charges as well as a charge of possession of ammunition by a person prohibited against a Seaford man. Delaware State Police say the driver was ‘observed involved in criminal activity’ before a traffic stop over the weekend on Concord Pond Road. A search, according to police, turned up some…
Read MoreUPDATED & Breaking: Man Dies in Seaford Shooting
UPDATED: 8/8/20 11:20am – Delaware State Police are investigating a fight that resulted in a shooting death outside the Woodshed Bar and Package Store near Seaford. Police were called for a fight in progress in the parking lot. Shots were fired and they found a 28 year old Seaford man with a gunshot wound. He…
Read MoreLincoln Traffic Stop Results In Two Arrests
A traffic stop in Lincoln led to charges against two people this week. Delaware State Police say a trooper on patrol ran a computer check on a vehicle in the area of Johnson Road and Front Street and determined the registered owner had a warrant out for arrest. According to police a passenger in the…
Read MoreMan Arrested With Weapons, Drug Paraphernalia In Vehicle
A 38-year-old Seaford man is facing weapons offenses following a traffic stop in Bridgeville. Delaware State Police said a trooper on patrol saw a vehicle with a fictitious plate, and the driver was pulled over into a parking lot. Police said the driver, Jason Eskridge, had 82-grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle…
Read MorePolice: Woman Found Dead Under Fallen Tree Branch
Delaware State Police have released the name of a person who was found dead in Milford on North Shore Drive Tuesday. Troopers arrived to the scene after a family member was unable to locate 73-year-old Gloria Babel during Tuesday’s storm. Babel was found under a large branch that had fallen from a tree. Reportedly she…
Read MoreStorm A Factor In Woman’s Death In Milford
The storm Tuesday was apparently a factor in a woman’s death in Milford. Delaware State Police say Troopers responded to North Shore Drive late Tuesday morning. It is believed that the victim was struck by a tree branch as she was inspecting damage caused by the storm. The cause and manner of her death is…
Read MorePedestrian Killed In Hit-And-Run Collision
A Dover woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Smyrna over the weekend. Delaware State Police say the driver kept going after striking the victim Sunday at about 1:21 a.m. on Route 13 southbound just south of Brenford Road. The woman, for unknown reasons, was in the left southbound travel lane and…
Read MoreSingle-Vehicle Crash In Milford Kills Driver From Pa.
Delaware State Police are investigating a crash in Milford early Sunday morning that left the driver dead. At about 6:30 a.m., a northbound car on South DuPont Boulevard left the roadway near Buccaneer Boulevard and crashed into a traffic light pole. Police said the driver, 19-year-old Malik Thompson of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, died at the scene.…
Read MoreHarbeson Man Arrested For Aggravated Menacing
A man is accused of chasing two people around with a knife. According to Delaware State Police, troopers were sent to a home in Harbeson and took a man into custody who was outside. An investigation, police say, determined that 59-year-old Edward Rossiter was arguing with a 25-year-old man when Rossiter obtained a knife and…
Read MoreMan Arrested In Store Parking Lot On Drug Charges
A traffic stop at a convenience store parking lot led to a man being arrested on drug charges. Delaware State Police said troopers became aware that a Harbeson man was driving with a suspended license. He was located in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, and police said he tossed suspected drugs out the passenger…
Read MoreFlorida Man (In Del.) Arrested On Drugs, Weapon Charges
A welfare check on a driver at a Starbucks drive-through on Coastal Highway leads to a man’s arrest on weapons and drug charges. Delaware State Police say troopers were called to the establishment Wednesday. The vehicle appeared to have a flat tire and a bicycle hanging from the roof. The driver appeared to be driving…
Read MoreMan Charged With Threatening Hotel Worker With A Knife
A Rehoboth Beach man is charged with going after a hotel employee with a knife. Delaware State Police say the suspect apparently was in distress when he made threatening statements toward a 26- year–old man who works at the Holiday Inn Express on Kates Lane. During the confrontation in the obby, police say 26-year-old Christopher…
Read MoreMan Charged With Parking Lot Gunfire In Kent Co.
A Felton man is charged with opening fire on a group of people in a deli parking lot. Delaware State Police say troopers who were dispatched to Uncle Willie’s on Route 13 at Woodside June 19th learned that five people got into an argument with some other people in a vehicle. Someone came out of…
Read MoreWoman Charged With Assault, Other Offenses Following Millsboro Incident
A Laurel woman is charged with assaulting an acquaintance and pointing a handgun at someone. Delaware State Police say an investigation into a reported assault in Millsboro determined that during a child custody exchange, 50-year-old Christina Pilley ran up to a man in his vehicle and struck him in the head several times. According to…
Read MoreUpdate : Police Release Names Of Victims In Fatal Crash
Delaware State Police have released the names of two men who died when a vehicle flipped over several times on Hardscrabble Road late Tuesday night. The driver, 26-year-old Carlos Santos-Lopez of Millsboro, and passenger, 30-year-old Mynor Rodriguez of Millsboro, died at the scene of the wreck. State Police said their initial investigation indicates that the…
Read MoreDrug Investigation Leads To Arrest In Greenwood
A drug investigation in the Greenwood area has resulted in a man’s arrest. Delaware State Police say officers with Sussex County Probation and Parole and DSP spotted a vehicle driven by a man whose driver’s license was suspended. Officers approached the vehicle when it pulled into a convenience store parking lot. According to State Police,…
Read MoreChicken Truck Overturns On Isaacs Rd. In Milton
A tractor trailer carrying live chickens overturned early Thursday morning on Isaacs Road just north of Route 16 (Milton-Ellendale Highway). Delaware State Police say an initial investigation determined that the crash happened at about 5:00 a.m. The driver of the truck did not appear to be injured. Isaacs Road was closed north of Route 16…
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