The Dover Police Departmentâs Recruitment video has been named as one of the âTop Police Recruitment Videos of 2023.â Police1 ranked its top eight recruitment videos of 2023 as police departments nationwide try to attract recruits and lateral officers to join their force. Dover’s video is part of an ongoing effort to attract an increased quantity and diverse pool of police …
A 32-year-old man from Dover has been sentenced to life plus 70 years in prison for Murder 1st Degree, Attempted Murder 1st Degree, two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Tampering with a Witness, and Conspiracy 2nd Degree. Ronald Suber was given the sentence in the Kent County Superior Court following an investigation into …
Department of Justice, Elsmere PD secure Delawareâs first-ever Forced Labor conviction An Elsmere man will serve a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to multiple felonies, including Delawareâs first conviction under a Forced Labor statute originally passed in 2014. On October 13, Martin Ortiz-Lozano, 34, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Child …
Delaware City Fire Co. wants to make sure the townâs 2,000 residents are protected in the case of an active shooter emergency. The fire company has been collaboratively training with other state law enforcement agencies, fire departments, Emergency Medical Services and emergency management groups. The first responders said in a press release that additional training is in response to a …
Wilmington Police, social service and public health partners will celebrate their first year of community outreach walks Thursday at 1 p.m. at 7th and Washington Streets. This initiative had the goal of addressing unmet social service and public health needs in Wilmington neighborhoods. Every Thursday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., police officers are joined by a number of social service, …
A Delmar man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of Cpl. Keith Heacook in April 2021, Delawareâs Attorney General office announced Monday. Randon Wilkerson, 32 has been convicted of 16 charges, including two counts of Murder 1st Degree and 11 other felonies. On the morning of April 25, 2021, 22-year Delmar Police Department veteran …
Dozens of police officers, firefighters, EMTs and military personnel gathered in Wilmingtonâs St. Elizabeth’s Church Friday morning for the Blue Mass. Started in 2008, the Blue Mass honors local, county, state and federal law enforcement, as well as fire, emergency medical and military personnel who live and work in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, which includes Delaware and Marylandâs Eastern …
It was impossible not to feel chills or tear up at the Delaware Military Academyâs Patriot Day ceremony of remembrance for 9/11. During Mondayâs event, students took turns role-playing as the aircraft announcers on Sept. 11, 2001, making announcements for takeoffs, weather, destination and arrival times. âWelcome aboard United Airlines Flight 175,â one student said. âIt is 8:14 a.m. and …
A Townsend man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four family members. On August 18, Donald Grier Jr., 41, was sentenced to life plus 25 years in prison in New Castle County Superior Court after pleading Guilty But Mentally Ill to one count of Murder 1st Degree and one count of Possession of a Deadly …
A Molotov cocktail â no, not a fruity adult beverage, but a hand-thrown destructive weapon â has landed a Millsboro man in federal prison for more than seven years. Job Gillette, a 25-year-old, will serve 87 months for possessing 17 Molotov cocktails, additional raw materials, an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle, ammunition and a ballistic vest. The weapons were discovered after Gillette …
