New Castle County News
News, public safety, government, and community updates from New Castle County.
Arson Investigation Underway In Shuttered Hospital Fire
New Castle, DE — The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office has launched an arson investigation following a fire that broke out at the…
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Police: Man Charged With Raping Child For Years
Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police have charged 34-year-old Santos Aguilar-Aguilar with multiple counts of rape following an investigation that began in…
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Elkton Man Arrested in Armed Robbery of Newark Royal Farms
NEWARK, DE — Delaware State Police have arrested 29-year-old Cornell Rawlings of Elkton, Maryland, in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in…
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Police: Two Kilos Of Cocaine Seized In Route 1 Stop
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del. — Detectives from the New Castle County Police Drug and Human Trafficking Investigations Team arrested a Selbyville man Wednesday…
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Bear Fentanyl Dealer Gets 15 Years In Fatal Overdose
A Bear man has been sentenced to prison in what authorities say is Delaware’s first homicide conviction against a fentanyl dealer for causing…
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Man Shot In Alban Park Monday Night
On Monday, June 16, 2025, at approximately 10:26 p.m., Officers patrolling the Alban Park community heard multiple gunshots coming from the area of…
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10 Shot In Delaware Saturday, Two Fatally
Law enforcement agencies across Delaware are investigating three separate shooting incidents that occurred early Saturday, June 14, 2025, resulting in ten individuals being…
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Man Injured In Golf Cart Collison With Vehicle Thursday
A man in his 70s was seriously injured Thursday morning after the golf cart he was riding in was reportedly struck by a…
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Nola Dinkins Investigation Timeline, Arrests
NEWARK, Del. — The disappearance of 3-year-old Nola Dinkins transitioned from an AMBER Alert to a multi-agency homicide investigation spanning Delaware and Maryland.…
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Two Charged, Nola’s Body Found In Cecil County
Maryland State Police have arrested two in connection with a missing child, recently identified in an Amber Alert in Delaware. The accused are…
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