Owner held on $360,000 bond after drug raid of Claymont tobacco store
A Newark-area man is being held on $360,000 bond on charges of selling synthetic marijuana at a tobacco store.
The New Castle County Police this...
Council committee makes moves toward funding recommendations from Wilmington crime report
A key committee of the Wilmington City Council seems likely to throw its support behind the findings of a crime commission that have gotten a...
Break-in reported at Dover’s Treadway Towers
Dover Police are investigating five burglaries within the Treadway Towers complex at 9 East Loockerman Street.
Between 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27th and 7:00...
County Police report tailgate thefts
Curtis Gregory Perry / Foter / CC BY-NC-SANew Castle County Police are warning residents about recent thefts in New Castle County.
Officers are currently investigating eight...
AG Denn asks oil companies to ban synthetic drug sales
Attorney General Matt Denn recently joined with 42 of his counterparts in asking the CEOs of nine oil companies to drop any synthetic drug...
Arson suspected in apartment fire in Edgemoor
The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office has determined a fire reported early Saturday morning was arson.
The Brandywine Hundred Fire Company was called to the 1200 block...
Williams, Gordon announce plan to quell gun violence in Wilmington
Mayor Dennis P. Williams and Chief of Police Bobby Cummings, joined by New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon and the New Castle County Public...
Denn proposes using funds from bank settlement to fight poverty, crime
Attorney General Matt Denn Wednesday proposed a plan to allocate money from a financial crisis settlement, designed to aid Delaware’s most economically distressed and...
Shots fired near Biden’s Barley Mill Road home
New Castle County Police confirmed reports that shots were fired near Vice President Joe Biden's residence on the 1200 Block of Barley Mill Road.
National...
Two arrested at Naamans Road spa on prostitution charges
Delaware State Police detectives arrested two women at a north Wilmington spa after receiving numerous citizen complaints of possible prostitution activity occurring at the establishment,...
Fewer shoplifting arrests in Dover after police post mug shots online
Dover Police are reporting a 19 percent decline in shoplifting complaints since the launch of the Shoplifter Notification Program in August.
The program which...
Mayor fires back at Newsweek story on Wilmington murder rate
The administration of Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams said it is “appalled by Newsweek’s misrepresentation of the City of Wilmington.”
The article, with the sensational headline...
National Transportation Safety Board offers more details on fatal bus crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on a Sept. 21 bus crash in Bear that claimed three lives. The report...
Del. prosecutors allege ‘hackers’ stole $100M to $200M in Xbox, Army intellectual property
Four members of an international computer hacking ring have been charged with breaking into computer networks of prominent technology companies and the U.S. Army...
Builder Capano faces federal environmental charges involving Riverbend development
An indictment has been handed down by a federal grand jury charging prominent builder/developer Joseph L. Capano, 73, of Middletown, with three counts of...
Death of Sussex taxi driver ruled homicide
Delaware State Police Homicide detectives have identified the male victim found dead inside of the taxi cab parked on the shoulder of Country Living...
Former bank VP gets 10 years on sex charges after sting...
A former bank vice president with a doctorate was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after a state “sting” operation.
Kirk A. Simmons, 60, of...
(Updated) Body armor stops bullet that hit trooper during special operation in Bear-Gasgow...
Body armor might have saved the life of a state trooper involved in a search warrant incident involving a s special operations team in...
Biotech Institute worker, grad student charged with 21 counts after camera is...
The University of Delaware Police Department has arrested and charged a UD doctoral
student with 21 counts of criminal violation of privacy for allegedly hiding video...
Reisterstown man suspected of plotting to kill Del. chancellor – Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun reports the founder of a Maryland insurance company appears to have been plotting to kill a Delaware judge overseeing the liquidation of...
