{"id":77291,"date":"2026-06-05T12:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/26-year-old-from-wilmington-faces-first-degree-assault-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:51:42","slug":"26-year-old-from-wilmington-faces-first-degree-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/26-year-old-from-wilmington-faces-first-degree-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"26-Year-Old From Wilmington Faces First-Degree Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780678302466.jpg?resize=480%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780678302466.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780678302466.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>New Castle County police have arrested a Wilmington resident on serious assault charges following a disturbance in a local neighborhood Wednesday evening.<\/p><p>Law enforcement officers were dispatched to Willis Place in the 1500 block within the Cleland Heights area around 10:41 p.m. on June 3, 2026, after receiving reports of an active altercation.<\/p><p>When police arrived at the scene, they identified the suspect as Jamir Garvin, age 26, of Wilmington. Garvin now faces charges of first-degree assault in connection with the incident.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police responded to a fight in progress in the Cleland Heights neighborhood on Wednesday night. A 26-year-old Wilmington man was later charged with first-degree assault following the incident on Willis Place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":77290,"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":[29,831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780678302466.jpg?fit=480%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-k6D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7327,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-police-arrest-homicide-suspect-in-fatal-stabbing-in-wilmington\/","url_meta":{"origin":77291,"position":0},"title":"State Police Arrest Homicide Suspect in Fatal Stabbing in Wilmington","author":"indiasturgis","date":"February 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Delaware State Police have arrested 39-year-old Clarissa Sierra of Wilmington, Delaware, in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred this morning. 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