Delaware State Police have arrested 34-year-old Nichelle-Asi Hanna of Newark, Delaware, for a robbery that occurred earlier this week in Newark.
Officials said on December 10, 2023, at approximately 6:15 a.m., troopers responded to a report of a robbery at the Royal Farms located at 457 Stanton Christiana Road in Newark. Upon arriving, troopers discovered an unknown black male suspect entered the Royal Farms and walked behind the front counter to the registers.
A Royal Farms employee approached the suspect and informed him he couldn’t be behind the counters at which point the suspect displayed a knife and demanded the employee open multiple cash registers and the lottery machine police said. The victim complied and the suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Through investigative means, Troop 2 Robbery Detectives discovered the unknown black male suspect conspired to commit the robbery with a recently terminated Royal Farms employee, identified as Nichelle-Asi Hanna according to police. On December 13, 2023, detectives located and arrested Hanna without incident.
Hanna was taken to Troop 2, where she was charged with Robbery First Degree (Felony) and Conspiracy Second Degree (Felony).
Hanna was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on a $22,000 cash bond.