UPDATE: Walk Away Faces Additional Charges After Crashing Vehicle; Woman, Two Children Seriously Injured
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UPDATED 09/25/24 3 p.m.
A walk away who has been apprehended faces new charges. Yesterday Delaware State Police responded to a residence on Whitesville Road in Delmar following a report of 33-year-old Clifford David of Greenwood who had fled from a work crew earlier that day. David left the scene with a 25-year-old woman and three children, ages 1, 2, and 7, in a stolen Chevrolet Silverado. While fleeing, he briefly stopped to remove the children, but the woman pulled two back into the truck, and a witness took custody of the 7-year-old. David then crashed the truck on August Road, causing the unrestrained woman and two children to be ejected and seriously injured. After fleeing the scene, David was arrested this morning on Sussex Highway in Laurel and charged with multiple felonies, including reckless endangering and vehicular assault. He is being held on a $21,000 secured bond.
Delaware State Police have arrested 33-year-old Clifford David of Greenwood, Delaware for multiple felony offenses following a serious crash in Delmar.
On September 24th at just before 10 p.m., troopers responded to a residence on Whitesville Road in Delmar for a report of a fugitive, identified as Clifford David, who walked away from the Sussex Community Corrections work crew earlier in the day. Before troopers arrived, they were notified that David fled from the residence with a 25-year-old woman and three children, ages 1, 2, and 7, in a Chevrolet Silverado, later determined to have been stolen from the Harrington area. While fleeing, David stopped to remove the children from the truck, but the woman pulled two of the three children back in. Before they drove away again, a witness took custody of the 7-year-old child, who was not injured. David subsequently crashed the Silverado on August Road near Whitesville Road.
The preliminary crash investigation revealed that David was driving southbound on August Road recklessly and at a high rate of speed. As a result, David failed to negotiate a curve, causing the truck to leave the road, enter a ditch, and overturn. The unrestrained woman and two unrestrained children were ejected. All three were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries. David fled the scene after the crash. Troopers searched the area but could not locate him and obtained warrants for his arrest.
On September 25, 2024, at approximately 7:00 a.m., troopers located David on Sussex Highway near Salt Barn Road in Laurel. He was taken into custody without incident.
David was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 3, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $21,000 secured bond.
- Reckless Endangering 1st Degree (Felony) – 3 counts
- Theft of a Motor Vehicle (Felony)
- Receiving Stolen Property (Felony)
- Resisting Arrest
- Vehicular Assault 2nd Degree
- Vehicular Assault 3rd Degree – 2 counts
- Leaving the Scene of an Injury Crash
- Multiple Traffic Offenses
UPDATED 09/25/24 11 am: An offender from the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown–Clifford David of Greenwood–who walked away from a work crew in Harrington has been apprehended. Delaware State Police in Laurel apprehended him this morning. Court information is pending.
Original Post:
Corrections officials are looking for and offender from the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown who walked away from a work crew that was working in the Harrington area on Tuesday. Officials say 33 year old Clifford David of Greenwood is white, 6-feet tall, 235 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He’s been at the SCCC for multiple violations of parole and a warrant for Escape after Conviction is being secured.
If you have information on the whereabouts of Clifford David – contact 800-542-9524 or call 9-1-1.
