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*UPDATE* Delaware State Police Investigate Fatal Crash on South DuPont Hwy

Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision on southbound South DuPont Hwy (US 13), Harrington. On April

Delaware State Police Investigate Robbery of Family Dollar

Delaware State Police are currently investigating a strong-arm robbery that occurred in the Wilmington area April 27, 2022

Delaware State Police Investigate Home Depot Robbery

Delaware State Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in the Wilmington area on April 27, 2022

TRAFFIC ALERT – Kent County – Intermittent Turn Lane closures Bay Road & SR 10 / April 27 and run through June 2. between 9:00AM to 3:00PM.

Dover — Intermittent turn Lane closures Bay Road & SR 10Traffic signal construction, in conjunction with Byers Industrial, will be
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Delaware State Police Investigate Fatal Single Motor Vehicle Crash

Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal single motor vehicle crash that occurred early Wednesday morning in the Newark area.
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TRAFFIC ALERT – Sussex County – Nighttime Lane Closures for Route 1 & Ames Drive/Shuttle Road Traffic Signal Upgrades / from 8:00 pm until 5:00 am on April 28 to replace all signal head cables

Rehoboth — Expect intermittent nighttime lane closures at the intersection of Route 1 and Ames Drive/Shuttle Road in Rehoboth for
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Statewide – Create a Safer Ride During Motorcycle Awareness Month

Dover — Governor John Carney has proclaimed May as Motorcycle Awareness Month and the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV),
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Milford custodian arrested for child porn after being reported by Twitter

  A Milford school custodial employee was charged with three counts of dealing in child pornography after being reported by
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TRAFFIC ALERT – New Castle County – Road closure at Tulane Road between Emory Road and Drake Road for manhole repairs / 7:00am Wednesday, March 16th to 5:00pm Friday, March 18th

Brandywine — Road closure at Tulane Road between Emory Road and Drake RoadRoad Closure on Tulane Road between Emory Road
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TRAFFIC ALERT – New Castle County – Overnight Lane Restrictions on I-95 for Deck Inspections / On the bridge over I-295 and the bridges over the Christina River

Wilmington — Crews will be inspecting the deck of bridges on NB I-95 over the next two weeks. The NB
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DOJ seeks public’s assistance in Sussex County sexual abuse case

Major Foster The Delaware Department of Justice is asking individuals who have been victims of abuse by an Ellendale pastor
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General Assembly votes to remove earnings cap on police, fire disability pay

The State Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday to remove the cap on the amount of money a police officer
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Bill would remove earnings cap on police, firefighter disability pay

A bipartisan bill released from committee today would allow disabled officers and firefighters to earn more money without being penalized.
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AG indicts Wilm. ex-cop who slammed man’s head into wall

The Delaware Department of Justice’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust has indicted a former Wilmington police officer after
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Wilmington man gets 15 years behind bars for selling fake oxycodone

A Wilmington man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for making and selling fake oxycodone
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Purzycki, FOP: Congo’s police shaming ‘baseless, abhorrent’

LEFT TO RIGHT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT TRIPPI CONGO, MAYOR MIKE PURZYCKI, POLICE CHIEF ROBERT TRACY The mayor of Wilmington and the
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Police officers, New Castle County settle sexual harassment suit

New Castle County has settled a federal lawsuit brought by six current and former female county police officers against the
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Wilmington residents sign petition in support of police chief

Chief Robert Tracy/Wilmington Police Department A petition expressing support for the Wilmington Police Department has gathered more than 600 signatures
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AG Jennings clears officers of wrongdoing in Lymond Moses killing

Photo screen-captured from the New Castle County Police Critical Incident Briefing, linked below. The New Castle County Police Officers who
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Shot 6 times, Milford officer says family is his motivation to recover

Milford Cpt. T.J. Webb is still in physical therapy five days a week recovering from his wounds.   On Dec.
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Former Dewey Beach officer convicted for assaulting man on stretcher

A former Dewey Beach police officer has been convicted and sentenced to  a year of supervised probation for repeatedly punching
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Wilmington Fire Department union leader sentenced for child porn

  A Wilmington firefighter and union president will go to jail for possessing child pornography. Photo by Sora Shimazaki of
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Elsmere woman who kept 49 cats in house charged with animal cruelty

Officers who entered Marybeth Stankevich’s house found 49 live cats and four dead ones. Photo by Mermek AM/Pexels.   A
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