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, The Giant grocery store near Rehoboth Beach was evacuated Dec. 28 after several people became ill. The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. was called at 12:20 p.m. to the store at 19312 Lighthouse Plaza Blvd. for a report that several people had become sick inside the store, said Warren Jones, fire company spokesman. The building was evacuated, and Rehoboth firefighters wearing self-contained breathing apparatus entered the building to locate the source of […]

, Two people were injured in a Dec. 26 crash on Old Landing Road. The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. when two vehicles collided at the entrance to the Rehoboth Mall, according to the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Two people were transported to the hospital by RBVFC ambulances. Delaware State Police are investigating.

A Milford man was killed Dec. 25, following a hit-and-run crash near Lincoln. The crash happened about 3:30 a.m. while Leo Hernandez Perez, 29, was walking along Cubbage Pond Road. According to police, a Toyota Tundra traveling northbound on the same road struck the man and fled the scene, police said. The Toyota was later found abandoned on Johnson Road. Hernandez Perez was pronounced dead at the scene. Cubbage Pond […]

Delaware State Police are asking residents to report suspicious drones through an anti-terrorism tipline. While the operation of a drone is legal, police said, if a drone appears to be suspicious or in an area deemed suspicious, residents can report the sighting to the Delaware Anti-Terrorism Tipline at 1-800-FORCE-1-2, or by emailing force12@delaware.gov. “Reporting these events in this manner will allow experts to evaluate the details of the event for […]

A Greenwood teen faces robbery and firearm charges Dec. 18, after police say he stole money from another teen in what was supposed to be a dirt bike transaction. The Delaware State Police were called at 3:25 p.m. to the 14000 block of Mile Stretch Road in Greenwood after another 16-year-old agreed to buy a dirt bike from an acquaintance and drove the teen to Mile Stretch Road to complete […]

Three people – two from Georgetown and one from Rehoboth Beach – were charged Dec. 12 following a drug bust in Georgetown. Members of the Sussex County Drug Unit and the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence on the 24000 block of Springfield Road in connection with an investigation into illegal narcotics distribution in a home with children present, police said. Inside the home, […]

A New Castle man died Dec. 18, following a single-vehicle crash near Ellendale. The crash happened at 9:55 a.m. when a Honda Accord, driven by a 37-year-old Ellendale woman, was traveling northbound on DuPont Boulevard north of East Robbins Road when for reasons under investigation, police said, the Honda left the east side of the road, traveled a short distance, and struck a tree. The woman was taken to an area […]

A Milford chiropractor pleaded guilty Dec. 10, for filing more than $600,000 in claims for patients who did not need treatment, and paying them on top of it. Pierre Charles Moise, 57, of Apopka, Fla., pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to concealing from insurance companies the fact that he paid patients to attend his chiropractic clinic.   According to court documents, Moise owned and […]

, , , One person was found dead in an Oak Orchard townhome that caught fire Dec. 11, causing an estimated $350,000 in damages, according to state fire marshals. The fire was reported about 7:30 p.m. in the 31000 block of Crepe Myrtle Drive in Gull Point, and firefighters with the Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. and others found heavy flames coming from a townhouse unit, said John Galaska, chief deputy fire marshal. […]