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Cecil County teen charged in Newark shooting that injured seven
NEWARK, Del. — A Cecil County teen is among two people who were arrested and charged in the Halloween night shooting that injured seven people on Newark’s Main Street. On Friday, police arrested a 17-year-old boy from North East at his residence, and he remains at a juvenile detention facility in Baltimore awaiting extradition to Delaware. On Monday morning, the second suspect, an 18-year-old man from Wilmington, was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service in Wilmington. He is awaiting arraignment. Both have been indicted on seven counts of first-degree attempted murder, as well as possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, conspiracy, reckless endangering and carrying a concealed weapon. The 17-year-old is also charged with possession of a firearm by a person under 21. “While we’ve made substantial progress in identifying those believed to be responsible, we still have a lot of questions to answer,” Newark Police Chief Mark Farrall said during a press conference Monday afternoon. “Our investigators continue to work to determine what precipitated this incident, the sequence of events that unfolded, and whether or not any other additional individuals are involved.” As previously announced, police also arrested one of the victims, a 16-year-old Wilmington
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Investigation continues after shots fired in Elkton community
ELKTON — An investigation is continuing after an unknown person or persons fired a gun on the street of an Elkton neighborhood on Friday night, according to the Elkton Police Department. EPD officers rushed to the 100 block of Rolling Road in The Meadows at Elk Creek off Muddy Lane shortly before 8 p.m. Friday after receiving a dispatch regarding shots fired in that area, police said. Investigators recovered two bullet casings in the road shortly after arriving at the scene, police added. The investigation revealed that a vehicle was idling in the road in front of a residence for unspecified period of time and then, as the driver revved the engine, gunshots rang out, police reported. The vehicle sped away at that point. Officers canvassed the area and interviewed residents, according to EPD Lt. Ronald Odom, an agency detective and spokesman, who outlined. “There were no injuries and there was no damage to property. We received a couple of different descriptions of the vehicle.” Anyone with information that might help in this investigation is asked to call the Elkton Police Department at 410-398-4200 or visit the agency’s website at www.elktonpd.org , click on the tip-line and leave a tip.
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VIDEO | Community celebrates new-and-improved playground
Families in the Bear-Glasgow area now have more reasons to get out and play. Brevoort Park, located off Porter Road near Summit Bridge Road, now has a new playground. It's got new swings, slides, things to climb on, a ground-level playhouse and a percussion station with plastic drums, among other amenities.
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Elkton man gets eight-year prison term in drug case
ELKTON — A man caught with approximately two and a half ounces of fentanyl after a protracted surveillance operation led investigators to buried drugs near Elkton received an eight-year prison term on Nov. 2 after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records. Cecil County Circuit Court Judge Cameron A. Brown imposed a maximum 25-year sentence on the defendant — Raheem Brandon Sanders, 36, of Elkton — for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and then suspended all but eight years of the penalty, court records show. The judge credited Sanders for 179 days that he served as a pre-trial inmate in the Cecil County Detention Center after his arrest in May. In addition, Brown ordered Sanders to serve five years of supervised probation after completing his eight-year term in a Maryland Department of Corrections prison. The judge also ordered Sanders to forfeit the 2007 Cadillac DeVille that investigators saw him driving while purchasing and later hiding the fentanyl and the $327 that he possessed at the time of his arrest. Sanders pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute earlier in that Nov. 2 proceeding, as part of a plea bargain in which
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Newark's speed camera moved closer to UD's campus
The fourth location for Newark's roving electronic speed camera figures to have its biggest impact for those going to the University of Delaware. The City of Newark has moved the camera they purchased earlier this year to South College Avenue at the end of the bridge over the AMTRAK rail lines.
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UD breaks ground on Biden Hall
The future home of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration is officially under construction at the University of Delaware. Ground was broken Monday for Biden Hall, a facility of about 30,000 square on South Green between Morris Library and Robinson Hall. It is expected to open in fall of 2029.