Delaware Man Charged In Cecil County Party Shooting That Left Two Dead, Two Injured: State PD
A 23-year-old Delaware man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a party in Elkton that left two men dead and two others injured, authorities announced.
Justice Schmeek Pratt, of Bear, Delaware, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 4, by the Maryland State Apprehension Team with assistance from the Delaware State Police and First State Fugitive Task Force, who charged him with second-degree murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and firearm offenses.
The arrest followed a search warrant executed at a residence on Channing Drive in Bear, where police recovered two …
Kidnapping: NJ Girl, 11, Returned Home Safely From Delaware, Accused Abductor, 27, Seized
An 11-year-old New Jersey girl was returned home safely after she was kidnapped in Wayne and taken to Delaware, authorities said.
Darius Matylewich, 27, of Bear, DE. was captured on Sept. 10 after he took the girl earlier in the day from an undisclosed location near the confluence of Routes 46, 80 and 23 without her parents’ knowledge, they said.
Certain specific details are being withheld to protect the identity of the child, whom authorities said Matylewich met while playing an online video game.
Some information was provided in a joint release from Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. V…
DUI Driver Who Nearly Caused Crash Tried Leaving Heroin In Patrol Car, Police Say
A Delaware driver who almost hit another vehicle in Chester County who refused to submit a chemical test of his blood tried to leave heroin and other narcotics in the back of a police car, authorities said.
Police stopped William J. Roy IV, on the 100 block of Prospect Avenue in West Grove around 9:55 p.m. April 6, the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department said in a release.
Officers noticed signs of impairment upon making contact with Roy, 30, of Bear, DE, who subsequently failed field sobriety tests, police said.
Roy was arrested for suspicion of DUI, but refused t…
