On March 24th, 2022, at 11:20 a.m., patrol officers from the New Castle County Division of Police were dispatched to an address on Erskine Court, in the community of Greenbridge for the report of a robbery, officials said Friday.
Authorities said when the officers arrived, they learned that the victims a 26-year-old female, and a 32-year-old male, were inside their residence on Erskine Court when an acquaintance arrived accompanied by an unknown individual. This acquaintance, 31-year-old, Keron Flowers, and the unknown individual later identified as 26-year-old Isiah Boykin were invited in. Then during the visit, the male victim went into a bedroom and was followed by Flowers. Flowers then forced the male victim onto the bed at gunpoint and started assaulting him, according to police. Hearing the struggle, the female victim entered the bedroom and saw Flowers choking the male and heard Flowers yelling about the location of a safe. Then the female turned around and Boykin then points a gun at her and asks her where the safe is. When the victim refused and attempted to escape Boykin then begins to hit her in the face with the handgun police said.
The female victim was then able to break away and go out to her driveway. There she screamed for help and this caused Flowers and Boykin to flee the residence and drive away in a Hyundai Tucson.
The female victim was transported to a local hospital. She was eventually treated and released for lacerations and contusions.
The patrol officers broadcasted the vehicle information and officers from New Castle City Police Department were able to stop the vehicle on Buttonwood Ave near Railroad Ave. During this stop, Boykin fled, but Flowers was taken into custody.
Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit then assumed the investigation.
Flowers was transported to police headquarters and charged with one count of Robbery 1st, one count of felony Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, one count of felony Assault Second, one count of felony Strangulation, two counts of felony Aggravated Menacing, one count of felony Wearing a Disguise During the Commission of a Felony, one count of felony Conspiracy 2nd, one count of misdemeanor Assault 3rd and two counts of misdemeanor Terroristic Threatening. He was arraigned by the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and held in lieu of $135,000 cash bail.
Yesterday, (April 7th, 2022) members of the New Castle County Division of Police Special Investigations Squad located Boykin at a local motel. The NCCPD Special Weapons and Tactics Team were then able to take him into custody.
He was transported to police headquarters and charged with one count of Robbery 1st, one count of felony Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, one count of felony Assault Second, one count of felony Strangulation, two counts of felony Aggravated Menacing, one count of felony Conspiracy 2nd, one count of misdemeanor Assault 3rd and two counts of misdemeanor Terroristic Threatening.
Boykin was also charged with one count of misdemeanor Offensive Touching, one count of misdemeanor Endangering the Welfare of a Child, one count of misdemeanor Possession of a Controlled Substance, and one count of Possession of Marijuana. He was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court 2 and held in lieu of $138,000 cash bail.