On November 21, 2018, Newark Police Officers arrested Alexander Aguilar, of Newark,  and charged him with a number of offenses after he was observed preparing to use heroin in his vehicle.

At about 1648 hours, a plainclothes officer, who is assigned to the Street Crimes Unit, observed a vehicle pull into the Park ‘n Shop Shopping Center located at 245 South Main Street.  The officer observed the subject preparing to ingest heroin.

The officer identified himself to Aguilar and Aguilar began to reverse the vehicle from its parking spot.  Aguilar was unable to back-up and began to drive forward, at which time the officer opened the driver’s side door of the vehicle.  The officer continued to identify himself as a police officer to Aguilar.  Aguilar continued to ignore the officer and drove away, causing a laceration to the officer’s hand as the vehicle pulled away.

The officer radioed for assistance and Aguilar was stopped by uniformed Newark officers a short distance away.  Aguilar, 21, was taken into custody without further incident.

During a search of the vehicle following his arrest, officers located a fixed blade knife and a bundle of heroin.

Aguilar was charged with the following offenses:
Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
Resisting Arrest
Vehicular Assault – Third Degree
Possession of Heroin
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Disregarding a Traffic Control Device
Driving Without Headlights

Aguilar appeared before Justice of the Peace Court #02 and was released on $4,002 unsecured bond to appear in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas at a later date.

The officer did not require medical attention for his laceration.

Alexander Aguilar

On Thursday November 15, 2018, at about 2050 hours, a 21 year-old male was walking in the unit block of White Clay Drive in Newark.  A vehicle drove past him and stopped.  Three black males exited the vehicle and one of them displayed a baseball bat.  The victim was ordered to turn over property and he complied.  One of the suspects slapped and punched the victim in the head before the three suspects returned to the vehicle and fled on North College Avenue.

The victim returned to his residence and spoke with a friend.  The victim and his friend then left the residence and attempted to locate the suspects, while the victim called police.  The victim and his friend were able to locate the suspects and they confronted the suspects in an alleyway off of East Cleveland Avenue.  The suspects attempted to drive away and the friend, a 22 year-old male, jumped onto the suspect vehicle and fell off.  As the suspect vehicle fled, it drove over the friend’s leg and struck a parked vehicle.  The suspect vehicle was last seen fleeing eastbound on East Cleveland Avenue.

As a result of this incident, the initial victim sustained a bruise on his head.  He did not require medical attention.  The friend sustained injury to his leg and was treated and released from an area hospital.

There is no further description available of the suspects or the vehicle.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective P. Keld at (302) 366-7100 x. 3106 or pkeld@newark.de.us.

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