Posts Tagged ‘Delaware State Police’
Police: 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…
Read MoreDomestic Incident Results In Woman’s Arrest
A Seaford woman is facing numerous charges following a domestic incident, according to Delaware State Police. Troopers were summoned to a home in Seaford Tuesday evening and spoke with a man and a woman who said that 20-year-old Salena Timmons threatened them with a knife. Police said Timmons charged at the other two people with…
Read MoreDrugs Tossed From Moving Vehicle During Pursuit
Two Millsboro residents are facing drug charges following a pursuit during which drugs were tossed from a moving vehicle. Delaware State Police said at about 12:51 a.m. Wednesday, a trooper spotted a vehicle on Dagsboro Road traveling at a slow rate of speed and halfway onto the shoulder. The driver, according to police, failed to…
Read MoreMan Arrested For Parking Lot Threats
An Ocean View man has been arrested on charges that he threatened people at gunpoint in the parking lot of a liquor store. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to Banks Wine and Spirits in Millville July 10th. They learned that the driver of a pick-up truck blew the horn at the occupants of an…
Read MoreTwo People Killed In Crash On Hardscrabble Rd.
Two people are dead following a single-vehicle crash in the Millsboro-Georgetown area late Tuesday night. Delaware State Police say a vehicle was traveling eastbound on Hardscrabble Road at an extremely high rate of speed and approached a moderate curve near Shiloh Church Road. The vehicle left the roadway and traveled into the grass where it…
Read More2 Laurel Women Charged With Robbery In Lewes
Two women are charged with robbery and other offenses in connection with a recent robbery at Home Depot on Coastal Highway in the Lewes area. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to the incident last Wednesday july 15th and spoke with a 49-year-old woman who works at the store. An investigation determined that she had…
Read MoreMan Charged With Drugs / Weapons Crimes Following Traffic Stop
A traffic stop in the Dagsboro area leads to a man’s arrest on drugs and weapons charges. Delaware State Police say a driver was pulled over on Bunting Road Monday night. After it was found that the driver had an expired driver’s license, police requested and obtained consent to search the vehicle. The search turned…
Read MoreFather, Son Arrested Following Dispute In Lincoln
A father and son from Lincoln face charges of felony assault and weapons offenses. Delaware State Police say 59-year-old Russell Rosetta and 36-year-old Michael Rosetta were arrested following a domestic incident. Troopers arriving at a home discovered Michael Rosetta in a neighbor’s yard. He indicated that his father Russell was inside a trailer with a…
Read MoreBridgeville Man Arrested For Reckless Endangering
A Bridgeville man who was wanted for an incident that involved shots being fired earlier this month is in custody. Delaware State Police say 18-year-old Damaj Showell was in the passenger seat of a vehicle and fired a gunshot toward his father as his father was walking along Mill Park Drive the night of July…
Read MoreLewes Man Arrested For Attempted Murder
A Lewes man is charged with attempted murder and other offenses in connection with a shooting in Milford. Delaware State Police say 28-year-old James Satcher was developed as a suspect in last Wednesday’s incident. A 32-year-old Georgetown man was shot in the neck after he and Satcher had started to fight while at an apartment…
Read MoreDover Man Arrested For 9th DUI
A crash in Felton Sunday night resulted in a Dover man being arrested for his ninth DUI offense, according to Delaware State Police. The crash occurred in the 3,000-blick of Mid State Road west of Robbins Road. A vehicle left the roadway, struck a standing tree, then a parked landscape trailer. The vehicle continued to…
Read MoreArgument Leads To Stabbing In Dover
A 17-year-old male is taken to a hospital after being stabbed. The incident happened Sunday night at about 9:21 in the unit block of Webbs Lane on the south side of Dover, according to Delaware State Police. The victim was found inside an apartment. His injuries were not life-threatening. An investigation revealed that an argument…
Read MoreWanted Man Arrested In Milton – With Drugs, Say Police
A Milton man who was wanted for a firearm possession offense is under arrest after State Police say he was found with drugs. Troopers were looking for 20-year-old Harold Stokes-Perry and spotted him on the front steps of a home in the 28,000 block of West Spring Side Drive Thursday. According to police, troopers had…
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