New Castle County News

Police are looking for the whereabouts of twenty-six-year old Jonathan Wiseman, of New Castle.

New Castle County Police say a man wanted in Florida for sexually abusing a four-year-old girl has been arrested.

Local arrest for child sex assault in Fla. Updated at 12:47 PM today BEAR, Del. - November 5, 2009 -- Police in New Castle County, Delaware have arrested a man wanted for the sexual assault of a four-year-old girl in Florida.

ELSMERE , Del.- New Castle County police have arrested a Maryland man accused of intentionally ramming a man with his car during an argument and then fleeing the scene.

Police say Craig Augustyniak intentionally struck a pedestrian with his car during a dispute in Brookside.

New Castle County Police have charged a man and a woman with robbing a man who was trying to buy marijuana at the Cedarwood Apartments.

The search continues for a man who fled the scene of a crash in the New Castle area, prompting the lockdown of the Reads Way campuses of Wilmington University and Wesley College for a time.

Old Carco LLC, the estate of bankrupt Chrysler, is seeking court approval to sell the automaker's mothballed Newark, Del., SUV factory to the University of Delaware for $24.3 million.

Three men were arrested on drug charges early Monday after a county officer found prescription pills and marijuana in their car during a stop near Newark, police said.

A landscaper and dishwasher, who had been a policeman in Mexico, is accused of stabbing his Delaware housemate more than 60 times and hiding her body in a pile of trash before trying to flee the country in the woman's vehicle so he could make it back to Mexico in time for a party celebrating his children's First Communion, according to prosecutors.

NEWARK, Del. - October 20, 2009 -- Police in New Castle County have arrested a man in connection with three separate residential burglaries on Monday.

Authorities went to a home in the 1900 block of Lowland Way just before 7:30pm Friday after a report of a man sitting on a chair on the rear deck, holding a 12 gauge shotgun to his head.

The United Way of Delaware President Michelle Taylor says it's all about inspiring more frequent collaborations between faith groups and non-profits throughout the state.

The death of a 15-year-old boy in New Castle County is related to H1N1, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health.

A former foster parent, who has a local children's photography business and used to dress up as Santa Claus, was arrested following an investigation into child pornography, police said today.

A former foster parent who has taken in more than 100 children and who operates a business specializing in photographing young children has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a homeless man accused of helping to tie up and rob an elderly Delaware couple in their home.

Delaware transportation officials Wednesday broke ground on a $5.51 million expansion of a bus maintenance garage in New Castle County.

Two 19-year-old graffiti vandals were arrested Tuesday night after they were caught stuffing cans of spray paint down their pants at an Elsmere area store, state police said.

Seven Delaware school districts failed to make annual academic progress last year under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.