{"id":4199,"date":"2022-07-18T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2022-07-18T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:00:36","slug":"suspect-identified-and-arrested-for-arson-regarding-the-dover-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/suspect-identified-and-arrested-for-arson-regarding-the-dover-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Identified and Arrested For Arson Regarding The Dover Target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Desmond Smith of Dover, DE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Dover Police Department has arrested a suspect in the July 10th arson that occurred at a Target department store<\/strong><\/mark><\/em><\/a>. Through the collection and examination of in-store surveillance footage and physical evidence from the store, Desmond Smith (26), was identified as the sole suspect in the arson. Smith set the fire as a diversion to steal a cart full of merchandise from the business. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Smith and executed a search warrant at his residence in the 900 Block of Whatcoat Drive at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 18th, 2022. Smith was taken into custody without incident and later committed to SCI on a $137,000 cash bond after being arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court #7 on the following offenses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-Arson 1st Degree
-Reckless Endangering 1st Degree (19x)
-Criminal Mischief $5,000 or Greater
-Shoplifting Under $1,500
-Wearing a Disguise During Commission of Felony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you wish to provide information on this case or other criminal activity, please contact the Dover Police Department at (302)736-7130.\u00a0 Callers may remain anonymous.\u00a0\u00a0Tips may also be submitted to law enforcement through Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333 or online at\u00a0delaware.crimestoppersweb.com<\/a>; a cash reward is possible for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dover Police Department has arrested a suspect in the July 10th arson that occurred at a Target department store. Through the collection and examination of in-store surveillance footage and physical evidence from the store, Desmond Smith (26), was identified as the sole suspect in the arson. Smith set the fire as a diversion to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4200,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[65,32,87,41,48,38,64],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-crime","tag-delaware","tag-delaware-state-police","tag-delmarva","tag-dover","tag-news","tag-police"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/targetdesmond-smith.jpg?fit=438%2C584&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-15J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5239,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/juvenile-arrested-for-arson-at-ymca\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":0},"title":"Juvenile Arrested For Arson at YMCA","author":"Admin","date":"February 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dover Police Department is investigating an arson that occurred at the YMCA Thursday evening. 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