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A 23-year-old New Castle resident faces multiple convictions after being found guilty in connection with a deadly collision that claimed one life and left several others injured in Newark during April 2025.<\/p>

Gordon Turner was found guilty on June 5 of first-degree murder, manslaughter, two charges of first-degree assault, six charges of third-degree assault, two charges of possessing a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, disregarding a police signal, and reckless endangering.<\/p>

The convictions stem from the April incident that resulted in the death of one bystander and injuries to multiple other individuals in the Newark area.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 23-year-old New Castle resident has been found guilty on multiple charges stemming from a fatal collision in Newark last April. Gordon Turner was convicted of first-degree murder and several other serious charges after the crash that killed one person and injured others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78560,"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-78561","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-1780954667882.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-kr7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55548,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/two-sentenced-to-prison-in-fatal-wilmington-robbery-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":78561,"position":0},"title":"Two Sentenced to Prison in Fatal Wilmington Robbery Case","author":"Admin","date":"April 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Felton man and Newark woman received prison sentences for their roles in a deadly robbery in Wilmington. 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