Delaware State Police Investigating an Officer-Involved Shooting in Greenwood

Police line do not cross. Photo 漏 Carl Ballou/Shutterstock Shallow depth of field image taken of yellow law enforcement line with police car and lights in the background. 漏 Carl Ballou/Shutterstock Image 漏 Carl Ballou/Shutterstock_56280433

Delaware State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday, March 11th while troopers served a warrant on Wheatfield Road in Greenwood, Delaware. Authorities say 60-year-old Jeffrey Mitchem barricaded himself inside a camper and made threats before a trooper shot him in the arm. Mitchem, who was forced to surrender, is hospitalized with serious…

Read More

UPDATED: Delaware DOC Apprehend Absconder from SCCC

UPDATED – 03/06/26 –聽An offender who walked away from an approved work pass from the Sussex Community Corrections Center has been apprehended. Corrections officials say 54 year old Adam Blades was apprehended on Thursday by DOC officers and returned to custody. Blades was arraigned at JP Court 2 before being committed to SCI on an…

Read More

Inmate Who Failed to Return to SCCC After Approved Pass Apprehended

The Delaware Department of Correction has announced that an offender from the Sussex Community Corrections Center (SCCC) in Georgetown who failed to report to his work location while on an approved pass has been apprehended. The date of the walk-away was October 17th. Department of Correction Officers in Rehoboth Beach apprehended 32-year-old Ollee Lincoln-Plummer yesterday,…

Read More