WILMINGTON — Wilmington Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect believed to be connected to multiple burglaries that occurred across several city neighborhoods between May 31 and June 1. According to officials, officers from the Uniformed Services Division responded to reports of break-ins at residences located on the 2200 block of West 9th Street, 700 block of …
WILMINGTON — In response to another fatal shooting in Wilmington’s 2nd District, local officials, community advocates, and residents gathered Wednesday to call for urgent action to address the city’s gun violence crisis. The press conference, led by Councilwoman Shané Darby, came days after a shooting at 23rd and Washington streets left one person dead and injured a 9-year-old girl and …
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. Gov. John Carney filed Monday to run in the September Democratic primary, but instead of seeking federal office like some of his predecessors, he’s running to be mayor of his hometown, Wilmington. With Mayor Michael Purzycki declining to run for re-election after two terms, citing a desire to spend more time with family …
The founder of Faithful Friends Animal Society is recovering from a hit-and-run accident that hospitalized her and killed her dog, Emma, which she was walking at the time of the accident. The incident occurred when Jane Pierantozzi was walking her dog Dec. 10 on South Clayton Street in Wilmington near the intersection of South Clayton and Maple Streets in Wilmington. …
Two recent social media posts about purses being stolen or ransacked offer timely warnings to avoid becoming victims of crime. Both posts on nextdoor.com were secondhand, but they resonated with dozens of people who made comments. “WARNING,” Sarah Brase-Davis began her post, noting that her aunt had her credit and debit cards stolen after shopping at the Costco in Christiana. …
Wilmington jewelry store owner Chang Suh, 68, was tending his shop on Sept. 15 when a man — he presumed a customer — appeared at the front door. Suh had installed a security system that required him to buzz each patron in. His store sold high-dollar jewelry, after all, and the area had developed a bit of a reputation for …
Lawmakers, state employees and law enforcement officers gathered at Legislative Hall Tuesday to learn how Delaware can better address the scourge of human trafficking. Delaware is one of 39 states to receive an ‘F’ on the Shared Hope International Child and Youth Sex Trafficking Report Card, attendees learned Tuesday. Areas the state performed the worst in include identification and response …
Major Foster The Delaware Department of Justice is asking individuals who have been victims of abuse by an Ellendale pastor to come forward and assist in his prosecution. Major Foster, a Lincoln man, is facing pending charges after allegedly inappropriately touching multiple women during his time as pastor at Ellendale’s Philadelphia Pentecostal Holiness Church. Foster was indicted in November by …
(Photo by Bermix Studio on Unsplash) A Middletown man was sentenced Wednesday to six months of home confinement and more than $13,000 in restitution in a cyberattack on his old employer’s computer network. The sentence came from Leonard P. Stark, chief U.S. District judge for Delaware and was announced by the Department of Justice. Levii Delgado, 36, of Middletown, had …
