On August 29, 2026, at approximately 9:10 PM, members of the Newark Police Department Street Crimes Unit conducted a traffic stop after observing a traffic violation.

During the stop, the driver provided officers with an identification card, but officers determined that the identification was fictitious, with a false name.

During the investigation, officers located suspected crack cocaine and suspected heroin inside the vehicle

Officers transported the driver to the Newark Police Department,  where they identified the driver as Juan Jose Serrano Rosario, 42, of New Castle, Delaware. 

Rosario was charged with:

• Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Heroin) in a Tier 2 Quantity
• Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Cocaine)
• Possession of a Controlled Substance (Heroin) in a Tier 2 Quantity
• Forgery Second Degree
• False Statement to Law Enforcement
• Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Two Traffic Offenses

Serrano Rosario was arraigned through Justice of the Peace Court #11. He received $43,100 cash bail.  He was committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of bail.

                                                                                                    Juan Jose Serrano Rosario

Newark Police have arrested Isaiah Morehead, 23, of Wilmington, following an investigation into an aggravated menacing incident that occurred on July 11, 2026, on Creek Road near North College Avenue.

At approximately 5:10 p.m., Newark Police responded to a report that a subject had pointed a handgun at two people. The investigation determined that two victims were in the area of Creek Road when they encountered a group of males.

During the encounter, one of the subjects approached the victims’ vehicle and struck a window. The subject then allegedly displayed a black semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at the victims. The victims left the area and contacted police.

Through their investigation, Newark Police detectives identified Morehead as the suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. On September 1, 2026, detectives located Morehead and arrested him, and subsequently conducted a search warrant, locating a semiautomatic handgun, ammunition, two large-capacity rifle magazines, and a semiautomatic rifle classified as an assault weapon.  As a result of the items located during the search, detectives obtained an additional warrant for firearms-related offenses.

Morehead was charged with the following:

First Warrant:

• Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony
• Aggravated Menacing – 2 counts
• Harassment

Second Warrant:

• Manufacture, Sell, Offer to Sell, Transfer, Purchase, Receive, or Possess an Assault Weapon
• Possession of a Large-Capacity Magazine During the Commission of a Felony
• Possession, Purchase, Ownership or Control of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited – 3 counts
• Noncompliance with Conditions of Recognizance Bond or Conditions – Felony

Morehead was arraigned through Justice of the Peace Court #2. He received $65,000 secured bail on the charges associated with the first warrant and $101,000 cash bail on the charges associated with the second warrant.

                                                                                                            Isaiah Morehead