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Teen Shot Execution Style During Broad Daylight Thursday
Wilmington Police are actively investigating a shooting that took place just after 3:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to the scene at the intersection of 2nd Street and Franklin Street, where they discovered a male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, identified as an 18-year-old male, was transported...
'I screwed up,' motorcyclist told police after causing crash that killed UD freshman
Sitting on a curb handcuffed, smelling of alcohol with his face bloodied and his right eye swollen, motorcyclist Brian Briddle claimed to have no memory of the high-speed crash that killed a University of Delaware freshman and injured four other pedestrians. But as he rode in an ambulance to Christiana Hospital, Briddle appeared to have one moment of clarity. “I screwed up,” he told the police officer riding in the ambulance with him, according to court documents. ...
Car slams into building at Polly Drummond Shopping Center
An 85-year-old woman was seriously injured when she drove her car into a building at Polly Drummond Shopping Center on Saturday afternoon. The crash happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. at a two-story brick building that sits apart from the main shopping center structure and houses a Dunkin' Donuts, Dimple's Nail Boutique, Delaware Hospice and other tenants. The impact damaged a stairwell that separates the Dunkin' and the nail salon. Both...
Horrifying Video Shows SUV Speeding Onto Golf Course & Slamming Into Innocent Golfer
Just a heads up that this footage is very distressing. It's unclear how something like this could happen other than inebriation, road rage, or some combination of those two. Regardless of the circumstances, the driver of this car who sent a man flipping into the air deserves to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Basic details of what happened are provided in the caption below. A Ford Bronco driver either lost control of the vehicle or deliberately drove onto the Deerfield Golf Course in Newark, Delaware, rammed into a pedestrian and almost hit another before whipping around and...
Father and son stole $230K worth of scrap metal from Lancaster County employer: police
Christiana police have charged a Salisbury Township father and son with stealing more than $230,000 worth of scrap metal and over $70,000 in company funds from their employer. Police said Jonas Stoltzfus, 53, and Andrew Stoltzfus, 25, of Gap, stole scrap metal from their employer, Little Washington Fabricators in Christiana, over a number of years and sold the metal to scrap yards in the Philadelphia area.
UPDATE | Suspect now caught for gas station robberies
Delaware State Police have arrested a man in connection with a run of robberies this week at area gas stations. 38-year old Joshua Liebal was stopped by a Delaware State trooper Wednesday night, August 28, 2024, near Marshallton, after allegedly robbing the Star Gas Station on Kirkwood Highway at Dunlinden Acres.
Elderly Woman Seriously Injured After Crashing Into Building Saturday
Delaware State Police are investigating a crash where a vehicle struck a building in Newark. Officials said an 85-year-old woman sustained serious injuries following a motor vehicle collision on the afternoon of August 31, 2024, at the Polly Drummond Hill Shopping Center in Newark. Crews from the New Castle County Paramedics and the Aetna Hose, Hook, and Ladder Company of Newark were dispatched to the crash at approximately 4:30, Saturday afternoon.
Delaware man with 9 warrants charged with home improvement fraud
WILMINGTON, De. - A Delaware man accused of duping people into making down payments for home improvement projects that he had no intention of finishing was charged Thursday. Perren Davis, 61, was arrested after investigators say an 81-year-old woman reported that she paid a $250 down payment for a home improvement project, and he never returned to finish the work.
Motorist charged with driving SUV through Newark-area golf course, hitting golf cart
A motorist under the influence of drugs erratically drove an SUV through a Newark-area golf course, hitting a golf cart and injuring one person, police said. The incident happened at approximately 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Deerfield Golf Club, which is part of White Clay Creek State Park on Thompson Station Road, according to Delaware Natural Resources Police. Video of the incident circulating on social media shows the Ford Bronco drive...
Warning issued amid surge in mail theft, check washing incidents across Pennsylvania suburbs
Police are searching for the suspect or suspects who have been driving around in a Mercedes and stealing mail directly from mailboxes across multiple Pennsylvania neighborhoods. According to Solebury Township Police, they are searching for the person or people driving around in a black 2018-2022 Mercedes model C300 2matic with...
Ford Bronco Strikes Golfer On Course In Alleged Hit & Run, Insane Video
A man in a Ford Bronco terrorized golfers on a Delaware course Thursday -- running into at least one cart while driving through holes at a high rate of speed ... and the wild scene was all captured on video.
Colora woman gets six years in prison for fentanyl, cocaine
COLORA — A woman who was caught with cocaine, fentanyl, a handgun and other contraband during a police raid at her Colora residence in February received a six-year prison term on Monday, after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records. Cecil County Circuit Court Judge Cameron A. Brown imposed a 20-year sentence on the defendant — Ashley L. Miller, 33 — for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and then suspended all but five years of the penalty, court records...
Police ID Carjackers Who Stole Vehicle With Infant In Delco: 'Armed And Dangerous'
Phillis Fugah, 23, from Upper Darby, and Ian Dean, 21, of Philadelphia, approached a man waiting for his wife on West Chester Pike around 3:10 p.m., UDPD Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt said. "During a struggle, the suspects managed to take the vehicle, unaware that a 2-month-old child was still inside,"...
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