Crime

The Delaware State Police Troop 4 Financial Crimes Unit  arrested 58-year-old recreational vehicle dealer  William G. Carey on racketeering and theft-related charges as part of an ongoing fraud investigation. The original investigation got underway in September...

Arrests have been made in connection with a drug operation that was centered around a corner store near the Rose Hill area on  New Castle Avenue. Since the beginning of April, detectives from the New...

A Wilmington woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to a blaze that took the lives of three firefighters. "Beatriz Fana-Ruiz recklessly started a fire in the basement of the home where she lived, resulting in the tragic deaths of...

Carl Chen, the owner of Chenmax Properties, Inc., a Delaware Real Estate Investment Trust, and part-owner of Re/Max Sunvest Realty Co., was sentenced Monday in federal court in Delaware to 51 months in prison.  Chen...

A Port Deposit, MD woman has been charged with racking  up more than $300,000 in corporate credit card charges for trips, charitable contributions, and other personal expenses. According to the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office, Kimberly Sponaugle,...

Gov.  John Carney signed three bills into law Monday that will break down barriers to employment for formerly incarcerated individuals. Stable employment is a key component to rehabilitation and criminal justice reform, helping to decrease...

Arrests have been made and eight new police vehicles stolen from a Milford dealership. On Tuesday,  the Milford Police Department was called to investigate a burglary at IG Burton, located on North  Rehoboth Blvd.  It was...

Stephen S. Landes, 29, of Roswell, New Mexico, pled guilty to making interstate bomb threats in U.S. District Court, Wilmington. In May 2018, Landes made bomb threats to  Walmart and the Georgetown Elementary School, both...

For the first time, the Delaware Division of Public Health has developed a demographic picture of the Delawareans who died from drug overdoses in 2017. The findings show many overdose victims are young, white, single...

A Wilmington woman was indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury for insurance fraud and other felony charges. Theresa T. Milton, 44, was indicted on seven felony counts of insurance fraud, one felony count...