Posts Tagged ‘Delaware State Police’
Domestic 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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…
Read MoreGeorgetown Man Sought For Crash That Injured Ex-Girlfriend
A Georgetown man is being sought for felony domestic assault, according to Delaware State Police. A crash at Old Furnace Road and Middleford Road in Seaford sent a 39-year-old woman to the hospital Wednesday afternoon. State Police say an investigation determined that 25-year-old Joshua Jennette was closely pursuing his ex-girlfriend in a vehicle and struck…
Read MoreUpdate: Man Arrested For Dagsboro Stabbing
A Lewes man is under arrest in connection with the stabbing of a man in Dagsboro. Delaware State Police say 52-year-old Mark Drummond was arguing with a man Tuesday at a home on Chippewa Drive when he stabbed the other man in the arm. Drummond left the scene, but police say he was later apprehended.…
Read MoreGeorgetown Man Shot In Milford
A fight between two men in Milford resulted in one of them being shot in the neck, according to Delaware State Police. Troopers responded to apartments on Betsy Ross Circle late Wednesday afternoon and found the injured 32-year-old Georgetown man. He was rushed to a hospital. Police say the suspect in the shooting produced a…
Read MoreMilton Man Charged With Threatening Ex-Wife With Rifle
A Milton man is charged with threatening to kill his ex-wife with a rifle. Delaware State Police say during a domestic incident in the 28,000-block of Fisher Road in Milton early Monday, 36-year-old Terron Brown grabbed the firearm from a bedroom closet and threatened the woman. She managed to leave the home and was not…
Read MoreLt. Col. Melissa Zebley Appointed DSP Superintendent
Delaware State Police Lieutenant Colonel Melissa Zebley was appointed Thursday as Superintendent. Zebley is a 28-year veteran of the Division and started as a trooper in 1992. She was promoted to Lieutenant in 2007. Superintendent Nathaniel McQueen was recently confirmed as Delaware Safety and Homeland Security Secretary. Zebley is the first woman to be named…
Read MoreVictim’s Ear Bitten During Assault
A man is accused of biting another man’s ear during an argument in Dover. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to a home in the 5,000-block of North Dupont Highway Wednesday night about an assault complaint. Investigators learned that an acquaintance of 34-year-old Hugo Montecino-Caal had visited Montecino-Caal’s residence. After the two started to argue,…
Read MoreJuvenile Stole Car, Crashed Into Police Vehicle
A juvenile is charged with crashing a stolen vehicle into a Delaware State Police patrol vehicle in Greenwood. State Police say the 14-year-old male from Washington D.C. was in a car that was reported stolen from a gas station in Millsboro Wednesday as he traveled northbound on Route 13 north of Route 16. The teen…
Read MoreLewes Man Arrested Following Domestic Incident
A domestic incident leads to a Lewes man鈥檚 arrest for aggravated menacing and other offenses. Delaware State Police say an argument between 33-year-old Austin Balke and his 32-year-old girlfriend became physical, with Balke grabbing her cell phone and essentially trapping her in a bedroom as he assaulted her. At one point, troopers say Balke broke…
Read MoreDagsboro Man Arrested For DUI, Drug Offenses
A Dagboro man is facing felony charges of driving under the influence as well as drug offenses. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to reports of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle that was stopped on Swamp Road. A police investigation determined that the driver had been operating the vehicle under…
Read MoreCrashes Claim Lives in Kent Co., Wicomico Co.
It was a deadly weekend on area roadways. Several lives were lost in traffic collisions, including that of a 24-year-old Frederica woman whose vehicle left Route One southbound near Dover Air Force Base and struck a light pole early on 4th of July. The vehicle overturned and State Police say Jasmyn Brummell died at the…
Read MoreFrankford Man Charged With Shooting At Occupied Vehicle
A Frankford man is facing charges that he opened fire on a moving vehicle with a rifle. The incident occurred in Millsboro at Main Street and Daisy Road Thursday night. Delaware State Police say their investigation indicates that 19-year-old Layne Parker shot toward a Silverado occupied by a 19-year-old Frankford man and a 27-year-old male…
Read MoreUPDATED: 2nd Suspect Arrested After Chase Tuesday
UPDATED – 7/3/20 1pm The second man sought by Delaware State Police after a traffic stop on Tuesday has been arrested.聽 Police say 18 year old Damaj Showell of Bridgeville turned himself in to Troop 5.聽 On Tuesday he was spotted as a passenger in a vehicle, but the driver failed to stop when police…
Read MoreUPDATED: Police Investigation Underway in Frankford
UPDATED – 10:45am – The Delaware State Police have declared the situation at the home located in the 20000 block of Shell Station Rd., Frankford, under control. Although a police presence will remain in the area, commuters may again use the affected roadways. The investigation into this incident is still ongoing. Further details will be…
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