Traffic Alert – Academy Street Open
Academy Street and its connecting streets are now open to traffic. Original Post
Author: Sgt. Joseph Conover
Traffic Alert – Road Closure of Academy Street
Currently Academy Street from the intersection with East Delaware Avenue to the intersection with East Park Place and all adjoining cross streets are closed for a gas line incident occurring on University of Delaware property. Expect heavy traffic in the area. Please…
Traffic Alert – New Update – Railroad Maintenance Road Closure
Due to weather, the planned road closures for CSX railroad work have been modified to the following: North College Avenue This has been postponed with no new date or time announced. New London Avenue / West Main Street Tuesday March 12 at…
Occupied Nighttime Burglary – Wyncliff Ln
On February 28, 2024, at approximately 1:58 AM officers from the Newark Police Department responded to a residence on Wyncliff Lane, off Paper Mill Road, for a burglar alarm and a reported burglary. Upon arriving officers contacted the victims, who were home…
Update #2 – Attempt to identify from 100 Grove Lane – Arrest
On February 19, 2024, Detectives from the Newark Police Department Criminal Investigations Division identified Derrick WHITE, 40, of Wilmington, Delaware as the person depicted in images from the investigation. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for WHITE, charging him with Attempt to Commit…
Update – Attempt to identify from 100 Grove Lane
Detectives from the Newark Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, with help from citizens who saw social media and local news media reports of the incident, have identified and contacted the person of interest in this case. This is still an active investigation;…
Attempt to identify from 100 Grove Lane
The Criminal Investigations Unit of the Newark Police Department is currently conducting an investigation of an incident that was reported to have occurred at the Acme grocery store located at 100 Grove Lane. The victim’s family reported that on February 17, 2024,…
Newark High School Threat Incident – Update
On Thursday, January 4, 2023, at approximately 1:10 P.M., the Newark Police Department Communications Center received a phone call from a subject claiming that they were outside of Newark High School and were planning to enter the school and shoot students and…
Newark High School Threat Investigation
Members of the Newark Police Department are currently at Newark High School conducting an investigation of threats made to the school and school staff. There is not believed to be a threat to the public and this is believed to be a…
Stolen Motor Vehicle Incidents and Arrests
On October 10, 2023, the Newark Police Department located an unoccupied stolen motor vehicle. During the investigation two suspects entered the motor vehicle and fled from investigating officers, nearly striking a marked police car. Officers observed that an occupant of the stolen…