{"id":12759,"date":"2025-02-21T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=12759"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:42:12","slug":"update-second-suspect-arrested-delaware-state-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-for-multiple-burglaries-at-former-emily-bissell-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/update-second-suspect-arrested-delaware-state-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-for-multiple-burglaries-at-former-emily-bissell-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"*Update \u2013 Second Suspect Arrested* Delaware State Police Arrest Pennsylvania Man for Multiple Burglaries at Former Emily Bissell Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delaware State Police arrested 47-year-old <strong>Robert Potts<\/strong> of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, on burglary and related charges in connection with several burglaries that occurred in August and September last year at the now-closed Emily Bissell Hospital in Wilmington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2024\/09\/20\/delaware-state-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-for-multiple-burglaries-at-former-emily-bissell-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beginning in August 2024,<\/a> troopers investigated multiple reports of trespassing and theft from the vacant former site of Emily Bissell Hospital, located at 3000 Newport Gap Pike. The investigations revealed two white male suspects stole what appeared to be copper into the bed of a black Ford truck. Through investigative means, troopers identified Francis Rickards and Robert Potts as the suspects responsible for the thefts and property damage, and obtained warrants for their arrest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On February 17, 2025,<\/strong> Potts was extradited from Pennsylvania, and taken to Troop 2, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by New Castle County Superior Court, and released after posting on a $5,000 secured bond.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burglary 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Degree (Felony) \u2013 4 counts<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Mischief $5,000 or More (Felony) \u2013 3 counts<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Degree (Felony) \u2013 3 counts<\/li>\n<li>Theft Under $1,500 \u2013 3 counts<\/li>\n<li>Attempted to Commit Theft Under $1,500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/02\/21\/update-second-suspect-arrested-delaware-state-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-for-multiple-burglaries-at-former-emily-bissell-hospital\/\">*Update \u2013 Second Suspect Arrested* Delaware State Police Arrest Pennsylvania Man for Multiple Burglaries at Former Emily Bissell Hospital<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\">Delaware State Police &#8211; State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delaware State Police arrested 47-year-old Robert Potts of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, on burglary and related charges in connection with several burglaries that occurred in August and September last year at the now-closed Emily Bissell Hospital in Wilmington. Beginning in August 2024, troopers investigated multiple reports of trespassing and theft from the vacant former site [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":10729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dsp-badge-2.png?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-3jN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10298,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/delaware-state-police-arrest-pennsylvania-man-for-multiple-burglaries-at-former-emily-bissell-hospital\/","url_meta":{"origin":12759,"position":0},"title":"Delaware State Police Arrest Pennsylvania Man for Multiple Burglaries at Former Emily Bissell Hospital","author":"indiasturgis","date":"September 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Delaware State Police (DSP) have arrested 56-year-old Francis Rickards of Folsom, Pennsylvania, on burglary and related charges in connection with several incidents at the now-closed Emily Bissell Hospital in Wilmington. DSP is actively searching for a second suspect, 47-year-old Robert Potts of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, who remains at large and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Image of suspect Francis Rickards","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Francis-Rickards-233x300-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14473,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-police-arrest-man-for-burglary-at-property-of-the-former-emily-p-bissell-hospital\/","url_meta":{"origin":12759,"position":1},"title":"State Police Arrest Man for Burglary at Property of the Former Emily P. 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