Posts Tagged ‘dover’
Motorcycle crash claims 2 lives near Dover
Two people were killed when a motorcycle lost control and crashed near Dover. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, as a 2001 Suzuki Katana 600 motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Voshells Mill Star Hill Road east of Burton Drive in front of the Star Hill Elementary…
Read MoreDover Man Surrenders After Barricade Situation
Dover PD Arrest Wanted Fugitive
Dover Police and the US Marshal First State Fugitive Task Force have arrested a man wanted out of North Carolina on weapons charges. Police arrested 32 year old Tyan Collins of Dover Friday after he ran from officers. After Collins was arrested he was found in possession of heroin, crack cocaine and oxycodone pills. He’s…
Read MoreDeployment Ceremony for 300 DE Army National Guardsmen at DSU Saturday
The Delaware National Guard is holding a deployment ceremony for nearly 300 Delaware Army National Guardsmen on Saturday at 11am, at the Delaware State University Football Stadium in Dover. The Guardsmen will be deploying to Southwest Asia in support of U-S Central Command later this month. The Guardsmen are from the 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion,…
Read MoreDover Man Faces Drug Charges
A drug investigation by Dover Police ended with the arrest of a Dover man. Police executed a search warrant at a Forest Street residence Friday morning – and seized 10 grams of crack cocaine, over 3 grams of marijuana, oxycodone pills and drug paraphernalia. Police arrested 26 year old Alex Rodriguez of Dover on a…
Read MoreState Clean and Drinking Water Loan Fund Workshop Scheduled
DNREC and the Delaware Division of Public Health will host a State Revolving Loan Fund public workshop in Dover, focusing on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. The event, scheduled for Thursday, July 25 at 2 p.m. at the Kent County Administrative Complex, Conference Room 220 will focus on…
Read MoreLate Night Dover Shooting Under Investigation
Troopers say they are investigating reported shots fired in the late evening hours of Thursday. The incident happened shortly after 11 p.m. at a residence in Autumnwood Court in Dover. Troopers made contact with a 23-year-old residence who said she and two females, aged 19 and 14 were sitting in the living room when they…
Read MoreDover Man Arrested for Sexual Assault in a Shopping Center
UPDATED: Man Involved in Dover Barricade Situation in June Charged
UPDATED – 7/13/19 – 4am – A Dover man who held State Police at bay during a barricade situation last month has been arrested by Delaware State Police. Police say 38 year old Justin Topolski was released from the Rockford Center on Friday and taken to Troop 2 where he was charged with attempted 1st…
Read MoreDover Police Search for Suspect Following Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash
Dover Police have released surveillance camera footage of the suspect vehicle involved in a Friday hit-and-run. The incident happened around 8:48pm on July 5th in the area of Forrest Avenue (Route 8) and Independence Boulevard. Police say 21-year-old Brandon Pleines of Dover was operating a Toyota Rav-4 eastbound on Route 8 approaching Independence when a…
Read MoreBurglary at Longhorn Steakhouse in Dover
The Dover Police Department is investigating a burglary at the chain restaurant Longhorn Steakhouse’s location in Dover, following an early morning incident on July 4th. Police say an unknown suspect gained entry into the restaurant around 12:54 a.m. by breaking a window into the building. Once inside, the suspect damaged registers in an attempt to…
Read MoreTroopers Arrest Camden-Wyoming Man for Dover Robbery Spree
Delaware State Police have arrested a Camden-Wyoming man following a string of robberies committed at a local convenience store over the past several weeks. 35-year-old Jerry W. McGinnis Jr. was identified as the suspect and was taken into custody near the Shore Stop on South State Street where the robberies had occurred. On July 4th…
Read MoreDover Man Charged with DUI Hit-and-Run
Delaware State Police have arrested and charged a Dover man after he led hit a vehicle and fled, leading Troopers on a chase, all while under the influence of alcohol. Troopers say the incident happened shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning in the area of Steele Drive in Kent Acres in Dover. 25-year-old John L.…
Read MoreDSP Investigate Dover Shore Stop Robbery
Wilmington Man Arrested in Dover with 650 Bags on Heroin
Dover Police have arrested a Wilmington man on numerous drug charges after he was found with hundreds of bags of heroin. Police say at 12:04 a.m. on Wednesday morning they contacted a group of people in the area of East Loockerman Street and South New Street. The suspect fled from officers on foot but was…
Read MoreSuspect On the Run After Dover Convenience Store Robbery
Delaware State Police are investigating after a suspect robbed a convenience store on State Street in Dover on Tuesday night. Troopers say the incident occurred around 11:33 p.m. at the Shore Stop at 2636 South State Street. They responded for a reported robbery and met with a store clerk who said an unknown suspect entered…
Read MoreDover Police Searching for Home Intruder
Dover Police say they are investigating following a residential burglary that took place early Monday morning. The incident happened around 12:29 a.m. at a residence in the 100 block of East Sheldrake Circle in Dover. A male resident returned to their home, noticing an unknown black male suspect in the stairwell a short time later.…
Read MoreDSP Searching for Dover Burglary Suspect
Delaware State Police are investigating a burglary at a business that took place in the early morning hours of May 18, 2019. The incident happened at the Trading Post Pawn Shop in the 4000 block of DuPont Highway in Dover. Troopers say the suspect forced entry into the business by throwing a brick into the…
Read MoreDover Police Arrest Man For Two Shooting Incidents
Bill to End Daylight Saving Time Passes in DE Senate
The Delaware State Senate has passed legislation to end the practice of Daylight Saving Time in the first state. Introduced in April, Senate Bill 73 would add Delaware to a growing list of states that are searching for a way out of the process of switching on and off of daylight saving time. Senate President…
Read MoreDelaware Senate Passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Delaware’s Democratic controlled Legislature has announced bills that would reform the state’s criminal justice system. Namely, the bill would make law that those who have served jail time would not be barred from electrician jobs. Currently, state law bars an electrician from being granted a license in Delaware if they have been convicted of a…
Read MoreDelaware Legislators Pass Safe Storage Gun Bill
Both chambers of the Delaware state legislature has approved a bill that would require the “safe storage” of firearms, so that those who are not legally allowed to access them cannot do so. Democratic Governor John Carney signed House Bill 63 on Thursday. It expands an existing provision regarding unlawfully permitting a child access to…
Read MoreDover Parents Charged Following One Year Old’s Death
Delaware State Police have arrested a mother and father after a child death investigation was later determined to be a homicide. The investigation began in the early morning hours of April 30, 2017 when Troopers arrived at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital for a death investigation of a child. They later learned that the parents had…
Read MoreVerbal Argument Leads to Shooting at Dover Salon
The Dover Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place at Janaid’s Salon in Dover on Saturday afternoon. Officers say around 3:10 p.m. they responded to the salon on West Loockerman Street for a reported shooting. They located a 31-year-old male with a single gunshot wound to the shoulder. They later learned the victim…
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