Tag: crime
Breaking poverty: Crime, poverty often linked
Three of the poorest ZIP codes in the city are responsible for almost a third of the city’s homicides since January 2013.
6 years ago
New Wilmington crime mapping tool aims at improving transparency
The city of Wilmington has launched an online crime mapping program aimed at improving transparency, and the police department’s interaction with the public.
6 years ago
Police identify suspect shot by Delaware trooper during traffic stop
Delaware State Police have identified the man who they say was shot and killed after dragging a trooper with his vehicle Friday afternoon.
7 years ago
Wilmington Police chief officially sworn in
More than six months after taking over as Wilmington Police Chief, Bob Tracy was officially sworn in Monday afternoon.
7 years ago
Shots fired near Delaware State University campus
A car driving near the main entrance to DSU’s campus in Dover was hit three times by gunfire coming from another car early Sunday morning.
7 years ago
Delaware police arrest 11 in Edgemoor gang investigation
New Castle County Police have arrested 11 members of the Exit 4/Mag Boys Gang after a four month investigation into heroin and marijuana sales in Edgemoor.
7 years ago
Numbers racket busted in Philadelphia
7 years ago
Ex-Philly DA Seth Williams disbarred
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Philadelphia's former top prosecutor, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal.
7 years ago
Gunman suspected of killing three, wounding three others caught in Delaware
After a multistate manhunt, police have captured the 37-year-old man suspected of shooting five former co-workers in Maryland and then a sixth person in Wilmington, Delaware.
7 years ago
U.S. Senator Coons questions AG Sessions about Wilmington crime
Amid questions about Russian influence in the election and ending the DACA program, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also faced questions about violence in Wilmington.
7 years ago
Mother charged with killing two Wilmington boys
Wilmington Police were at the home hours before the boys were killed Monday. The suspect, a Liberian immigrant, told officers she was worried about her immigration status.
7 years ago
Radnor Board of Commissioners president arrested on charges of child porn
Investigators find that Philip Ahr, who heads Radnor Township's board of commissioners, had shared and solicited graphic child pornography since 2013, the DA's office says.
7 years ago
Cold case squad looks to solve New Castle County murders
The two-man unit scours all sources for information on unsolved murders in northern Delaware, from DNA evidence to social media.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Man dies in Dover Police custody
A 24-year-old man arrested for shoplifting last month died while being held at the Dover Police Department.
7 years ago
Delaware police seize 11,000 bags of heroin in traffic stop
A Pennsylvania man faces multiple drug charges after a Delaware police say they found more than 11,000 bags of heroin in his car during a traffic stop.
7 years ago