New Castle County News

A man faces charges he broke into an apartment and stabbed a family dog. New Castle County Police say 45-year-old Cecil Wright faces a variety of criminal offenses following the incident at Mill Creek Village Apartments.

A 60-year-old New Castle County man is the fifth Delawarean to die after being diagnosed with swine flu.

WILMINGTON, Del. - November 18, 2009 -- Police are looking for a man who followed a girl from her bus stop.

Police say a Collins Park man was arrested after smoking marijuana while driving with his 2-year-old son.

A 60-year-old New Castle County man became the fifth person in Delaware to die from complications related to swine flu.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 2:31 pm US/Eastern NEW CASTLE, Del. 1 of 1 New Castle County police say a 21-year-old man disarmed a 17-year-old trying to rob him and shot the teen twice.

The incident occurred early Monday morning and 43-year old Jeffrey Mace died at Christiana Hospital on Wednesday.

New Castle County Council member Bill Tansey says he will not seek a third term.

Things turned out badly for a Wilmington youth who police say had robbery on his mind.

A police dog was wounded and the man he was tracking was shot several times after gunfire erupted in Penny Hill early today between the suspect and officers.

An Ogletown child photographer, arrested last month following an online child pornography investigation, was charged in a 60-count indictment Monday by a New Castle County grand jury.

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Share + Comments Nov 9, 2009 2:38 pm US/Eastern BEAR, Del. Police say a New Castle County teen choked his stepfather until he lost consciousness after the man shot at him during an argument.

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.