Posts Tagged ‘Smyrna’
DOC Installs Security Cameras at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Following Governor John Carney’s Independent Review post-riot at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, the Delaware Department of Corrections has completed security camera implementation at JTVCC, ten months ahead of schedule.…
Read MoreUPDATED: Victim Identified in Deadly Car Crash in Dover
UPDATED 3/8/2019 at 12:46pm: Delaware State Police say they have identified the driver as 20-year-old Tighaira Lacree Sayles of Georgetown, DE. They were awaiting notification of next of kin to release her…
Read MoreSmyrna Teen Arrested for Stolen Handgun Possession
Smyrna Police say they have arrested a 17-year-old male for carrying a concealed handgun in his waistband, later learned to have been stolen Saturday, SPD officers were alerted of a…
Read MoreMilford PD Arrest Smyrna Man for Stalking
Judge Working to Set Start Date of 2nd Vaughn Trial
The first of multiple trials for three of the defendants involved in the prison riot at the Vaughn Correctional Institution in February of 2017 ended last week. Officials in the…
Read MoreDSP Find Meth Lab in Clayton
A Smyrna man has been arrested for operating a meth lab at a Clayton home. Delaware State Police and officers from several other agencies conducted a warrant round up on…
Read MoreContraband Seized at JTVCC
A suspicious package was seized at the Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna. Corrections officials say the package was mailed using a fictitious vendor name and shipped from an outside location. …
Read MoreSmyrna Fire Sunday Leaves 1 Dead
A fire in Smyrna Sunday afternoon has taken the life of one person. The State Fire Marshal says that one person was found deceased by firefighters inside the house trailer…
Read MoreLoaded Gun Found During Traffic Stop Near Smyrna
Cortez Hamilton Sentenced to 25 Years in Wife’s Murder
A Smyrna man will spend the next 25 years in prison for 2nd degree murder. 35 year old Cortez Hamilton pleaded guilty to his wife’s murder before authorities recovered her…
Read MoreUPDATED: 3rd Suspect Arrested for Basketball Brawl at Milford
UPDATE 2/28 – Milford Police arresting their third suspect from the brawl at the Cape Henlopen- Smyrna boys basketball game last week. Only identified as a 17-year old boy from New…
Read MoreMCCC Walk Away Arrested by DSP
An inmate from the Morris Community Corrections Center in Dover has been arrested after he failed to return from an approved job seeking pass on Thursday. Delaware State Police from…
Read MoreSmyrna Man Pleads Guilty to 2nd Degree Murder of Wife in 2015
A Smyrna man faces 15 years to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder in the 2015 death of his wife, Keisha Hamilton. DOJ officials say…
Read MoreDSP Investigating Human Skeletal Remains Found Near Smyrna
Delaware State Police have found human skeletal remains on Mount Friendship Road near Smyrna. Those remains were discovered Friday afternoon and have been turned over to the Division of Forensic…
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