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CRIME & SAFETY
Police identify UD freshman struck and killed by speeding motorcycle
Police have identified the University of Delaware student killed by a speeding motorcycle as Noelia Gomez, 18, of Clark, N.J. Gomez was a freshman who had started classes just hours before she died. According to her LinkedIn profile, she was studying accounting and business management at UD. “Incidents such as this are unimaginably tragic,” UD President Dennis Assanis wrote in a letter to students. “We cannot express enough how sorry...
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...
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.
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...
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.
28-year-old man shot to death in Wilmington, investigation underway
An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Wilmington, Delaware. According to police, officers responded to the 100 block of South West Street around 1:48 a.m. and found a 28-year-old gunshot victim. The man was transported to the hospital, where he died from...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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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