New Castle County police have taken a suspect into custody after a violent early morning attack involving a hatchet left a young man seriously injured in the Bellefonte neighborhood.
The incident unfolded around 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, when law enforcement officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Maple Avenue following reports of someone being hurt. Emergency responders arrived to discover a 20-year-old man suffering from a severe, gaping laceration.
The New Castle County Division of Police confirmed that an arrest has been made in connection with the assault, though additional details about the suspect and circumstances surrounding the attack have not yet been released.
The investigation into this violent incident remains ongoing as authorities work to piece together what led to the hatchet assault in the residential area.
