Man Charged With Threatening To Burn Parents’ Home

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An Ellendale man is charged with threatening to burn down his parents’ home. According to Ellendale Police, 27-year-old Charles “Cody” Kifer demanded $2,000 from his father, or else he would carry out the threat. Kifer is charged with attempt to commit extortion-causes damage to property and two counts of terroristic threatening. He has been released…

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Ellendale Man Charged Following Search Of Home

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An Ellendale man has been charged with aggravated menacing, reckless endangering and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. Ellendale Police said officers with Milford Police, Delaware Probation and Parole and the Governors Task Force carried out a search warrant at the home of 60-year-old Paul Hanzer Wednesday. Hanzer has been released on…

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Wanted Ellendale Man Apprehended In Va.

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A man who was wanted in Sussex County has been apprehended in Virginia and has been brought back to Delaware. Ellendale Police said 55-year-old Rodney Singletary was facing felony charges of failure to register as a sex offender and burglary, third-degree. The alleged burglary occurred in June 2020 in Ellendale. Singletary has since been released…

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Girl Shot With BB Gun; Suspect Charged

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An Ellendale man is charged with firing a BB-gun at an eleven-year-old girl who was riding his bicycle. According to Delaware State Police, 18-year-old James Adkins retrieved the weapon during an argument with the girl. She was shot in the ‘lower torso’ with a BB, but she was not taken anywhere for medical attention. Troopers…

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Motorcyclist Killed In Ellendale Crash

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A 22-year-old Greenwood man has died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash on Route 16, Beach Highway in Ellendale. Delaware State Police said the man was heading westbound Thursday evening and approached Webbs Road at a high rate of speed. The driver of a stopped car at the intersection pulled into the road into…

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Multiple Fire Companies Called for Midnight Milford Blaze

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Firefighters in Milford were called for a two-alarm residential fire on Beechwood Avenue just before midnight Saturday. Crews from the Carlisle Fire Company found fire coming from a single story home – multiple companies from Kent County as well as Ellendale were called to assist or stand by. The State Fire Marshal is investigating.

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Sussex County Residents Invited to Public Workshops on Coastal Corridors Transportation Study Next Week

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The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) in partnership with Sussex County invites all interested parties to a Public Workshop to introduce the Coastal Corridors Transportation Study. The Study team has conducted preliminary listening sessions and wants to hear from you. The workshop will cover areas such asmobility, safety, and resident’s quality of life in and…

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Ellendale Woman Battles COVID In Hospital For 200 Days

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After being hospitalized for more than seven months due to COVID-19 complications, an Ellendale woman has been released from a hospital for the next stage of her recovery. Carolyn Watson was applauded and accepted high-fives as she left Bayhealth Sussex recently. Watson was first admitted at Bayhealth Emergency and Trauma Center with breathing difficulties in…

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Ellendale Man Killed In Kent Co. Crash

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A crash in Kent County has claimed the life of a 29-year-old Ellendale man. Delaware State Police said the man lost control of his car on Canterbury Road south of Roesville Road late Tuesday night. The car left the roadway, drove over a grass embankment and crossed several driveways, then rolled several times before it…

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Bridgeville Woman Charged with Felony Assault

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A Bridgeville woman has been arrested on felony charges after an assault that occurred in Ellendale. Delaware State Police were called to Willow Street just before noon on Friday after 24 year old Aliseya Cephas and a 25 year old female acquaintance were arguing when Cephas pulled a knife and threatened to kill the other…

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Police Identify Driver Who Died In Ellendale Crash

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Delaware State Police have released the identity of the person who died in a crash on Route 113 in the Ellendale area last Saturday night. 27-year-old Veronica Baker of Georgetown was heading northbound on Route 113 when her car left the roadway near East Robbins Road and struck a tree. State Police said Baker died…

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Georgetown Woman Dies in Crash Near Ellendale

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A Georgetown woman is dead after a single vehicle crash around 10:30 Saturday night on Route 113 near Ellendale.  Delaware State Police continue to investigate, but say the BMW was northbound on the highway in the area of East Robbins Road when the car went off the roadway and into a tree.  Police say the…

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Update: Milford Man Shot To Death In Ellendale

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UPDATED – 8/29/20 – The investigation into a shooting death near Ellendale continues – Delaware State Police have released the name of the man killed early in the morning on Thursday as 25 year old Qualeel Westcott of Milford. His body was found outside a residence on North Old State Road around 3:30am with a…

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Update: Criminal Investigation Underway In Ellendale

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Update: North Old State Road in Ellendale was reopened prior to 10 a.m. The nature regarding the criminal activity is still under investigation. ———————————————————————————————— A portion of North Old State Road is closed this morning due to police activity in Ellendale. Delaware State Police said the investigation is centered in the 12,000 block of North…

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Lewes Woman Charged With Reckless Endangering

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A Lewes woman is charged with trying to strike several people with her car. Delaware State Police say troopers responded to a home on South Old State Road in Ellendale Wednesday morning. An investigation, according to police, determined that 37-year-old Tyshia Coursey got into an argument with a woman and her adult daughters, then drove…

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Fire Damages Unoccupied Home In Ellendale

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A fire swept through a single-family home along Dupont Boulevard in Ellendale late Tuesday night. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, the blaze was reported shortly before 11:30 Tuesday night in the 12,000-block of Route 113. Members of the Ellendale Volunteer Fire Company were met by smoke and flames coming from the structure…

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Woman Assaulted During Ellendale Home Invasion

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A 35-year-old woman was assaulted during a home invasion crime early Wednesday in Ellendale, according to Delaware State Police Troopers were dispatched to a home on New Hope Road at about 1:50 a.m. An investigation determined that several suspects entered the home and assaulted the woman by striking her in the head. Police say the…

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Ellendale man charged in domestic dispute

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An Ellendale man was arrested after police say a gun discharged during a domestic dispute. 36-year-old Jermaine A. Morris was arrested on Tuesday by the Ellendale Police Department on a slew of charges following a domestic dispute that occurred on April 16 in which a handgun was discharged in a home where two children were present.…

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Delaware State Police arrest Maryland man for stalking former co-workers in Milford, Ellendale, Rehoboth

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Delaware State Police have arrested a Maryland man on multiple counts of stalking for threatening and harassing former co-workers in Milford, Ellendale, and Rehoboth. The incidents began over the weekend when police say 34-year-old John Dyes, of East New Market, Maryland, sent threatening text messages to two people, both of whom were former co-workers of…

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