CRIME & SAFETY
Dover Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Buying Guns for Other People
DOVER, DE - The Department of Justice District of Delaware has announced the sentencing of a 25-year-old Dover man after he was found to be making “straw purchases” of semi-automatic pistols. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jordan Harmon, 25, purchased 19 semi-automatic pistols from a firearms dealer...
Smyrna Man Arrested for Aggravated Menacing and Other Charges
KENT COUNTY, DE - Delaware State Police arrested a Smyrna man on Thursday for aggravated menacing and other charges. On Thursday, April 25, Delaware State Police troopers responded to an aggravated menacing report on Arthursville Road near Main Street in Hartly, Delaware. Troopers learned that two men were leaving a...
Three Arrested Following Dover Armed Robbery
DOVER, DE - Dover Police have arrested a man and two 17-year-olds following an armed robbery and car chase Wednesday night. Investigators say they were alerted to an armed robbery near the Village of Westover Apartments on April 24th at about 8:30 p.m. Police learned the suspects had fled in a black Dodge Durango, which officers located and attempted to stop near the Liberty Court Apartments. The Durango sped off but eventually reached a dead end in the back of the neighborhood.
Remembering Camay Mitchell De Silva
Camay Mitchell De Silva, who died of a gunshot wound during a visit with a friend at Delaware State University early Sunday, was a "ray of sunshine" with a "bright future ahead of her," according to her family. De Silva graduated last year from Concord High School and hoped to...
Southbound Route 1 reopened between Smyrna and Dover following tractor trailer fire
Southbound Delaware Route 1 is reopened after a tractor trailer caught fire south of Smyrna Wednesday afternoon. The tractor trailer with Amazon emblems caught fire in the area of mile marker 68, about two miles south of the South Smyrna exit just before 5 p.m. on April 24, 2024. It...
Wilmington family remembers a 'bright light' in teen lost to shooting at Delaware State
She didn't think too much about Camay saying goodbye. Her niece was the life of that Sunday dinner, just like any other family gathering, Charlotte De Silva Davis explained from the family's Wilmington living room. Charlotte had been cleaning up in the kitchen, expecting Camay to shout, "I'm leaving! See you later!"...
Delaware lawmaker apologizes for controversial remarks regarding statutory rape
DOVER -- Democratic Glasgow-area Rep. Eric Morrison has apologized for controversial remarks he made during the April 17 House Education Committee regarding violent crimes listed under Delaware ...
Worker Airlifted After Long Fall In Dover
Just before 7:50 Wednesday evening, Kent County Paramedics, St. Francis Ambulance, and Delaware State police aviation’s Trooper 4 responded to Dover Downs on N. Dupont Highway, Dover for reports of a long fall. Initial reports from the scene indicated that a worker inside the track fell from a 30-foot...
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