On October 3, 2018, a bicycle was reported stolen from within the attached garage of a residence on Woodshaw Road.  The garage door had been left open.  Officers developed a 17-year-old Newark juvenile male as a suspect in the theft.

On October 4, 2018, officers observed the juvenile riding on a bicycle in the area of Church Road in Newark.  Officers attempted to stop the juvenile and he fled from officers on the bicycle.  Officers were able to get the juvenile stopped and took him into custody.  The bicycle he was riding was found to have been stolen the day before from the driveway of a residence on Chrysler Avenue in Newark.  When the juvenile was taken into custody, he was found to have marijuana in his possession.

The juvenile was transported to Newark Police Headquarters and appeared before Justice of the Peace Court #11 in New Castle and was ordered held in default of $5,100 secured bail.  He was turned over to the New Castle County Detention Center.

The juvenile was charged with the following offenses:

Burglary Second Degree (Felony)
Possession of Marijuana
Theft Under $1500
Receiving Stolen Property Under $1500
Resisting Arrest

Both bicycles involved in this case were recovered.  This juvenile is NOT the suspect in a separate press release issued on October 3, 2018 in reference to a bicycle theft from the 200 block of East Delaware Avenue.  The press release on that incident can be found here:
https://newarkdepolicepress.com/2018/10/03/newark-police-seek-identity-of-bike-theft-suspects/

Anyone with information about this incident should contact Officer C. McKennon at (302) 366-7100 x. 3491 or cmckennon@newark.de.us.

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On October 5, 2018, at about 7:08 pm, Newark Police were dispatched to a crash at the intersection of Library Avenue and Wyoming Road. Responding officers found a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital and the Newark Police Traffic Unit responded to investigate the crash.

The preliminary investigation revealed the following:
At 7:08 pm, a Nissan Altima, operated by a 35 year-old female from Newark, Delaware, was traveling southbound on Library Avenue. Just after the Altima crossed through the intersection with Wyoming Road, a 24 year-old female from Newark was walking westbound across the southbound lane of Library Avenue. The pedestrian was about 20 feet south of the intersection and was not in a crosswalk. The Altima struck the pedestrian in the southbound lane. The operator of the Altima remained at the scene.

The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital in critical condition and has since been admitted to the hospital for treatment of her injuries.

Library Avenue was closed for about 3 hours while the crash was investigated.

Impairment does not appear to be a factor in this crash.

The original press release can be found here: Newark Police Investigate Serious Crash Involving a Pedestrian