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An Angola man was indicted Dec. 11 in connection with multiple instances of unlawful sexual conduct at his unlicensed massage establishment, the Attorney General’s Office says.  A Sussex County Superior Court grand jury indicted Robert Leech, 50, on eight counts of third-degree unlawful sexual contact and one count of operating without a massage establishment license following an investigation into reports from four separate victims from 2020 to 2023. Victims allege […]

A Bridgeville man died Dec. 15 following a single-car crash on Route 16 west of Milton. A Ford F-450 was heading eastbound on Route 16 west of Gravel Hill Road at 1:35 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, the truck veered off the right side of the road and crashed into a large tree, police said. The driver, a 57-year-old man from Lincoln, and the rear passenger, a 60-year-old man from Milford, […]

An Ocean View man faces a felony driving under the influence charge and other drug charges after police say they found him asleep Dec. 8 in the parking lot of a Rehoboth Beach Wawa. A Delaware State Police trooper on patrol at 1:02 a.m. spotted a Chevrolet Express van parked at a gas pump at the Wawa on Veterans Way, police said, and the trooper found Ian McIntyre, 44, who […]

, A Bridgeville man and an Ellendale man face drug and weapon charges following a Dec. 5 traffic stop in Millsboro. The Sussex County Governor’s Task Force was carrying out proactive patrols in Millsboro about 4 p.m. when they spotted a silver Nissan Altima that failed to stop at a stop sign located at the intersection of Dupont Boulevard and W. Monroe Street, police said. Troopers pulled over the vehicle […]

, A fire caused about $250,000 in damage to a Long Neck home Dec. 1. The fire was reported about 11 a.m. in the Sherwood Forest North neighborhood. Upon arrival, firefighters from Indian River, Millsboro, Lewes and Milton found the home and a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. The Delaware State Fire Marshal determined the fire was accidental and caused by an unknown malfunction of a parked riding lawnmower. The […]

A Frankford man has been charged with murder following a Nov. 24 incident. Police charged Jeremiah Handy, 38, with first-degree murder, first-degree attempt to commit murder, and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. Handy was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution in default of $850,000 cash bond. On Nov. 24, Delaware State Police responded […]

One Millsboro man died and another was critically injured following a four-wheeler crash Nov. 24 in Frankford. Delaware State Police responded at 1:10 a.m. to the 30200 block of Frankford School Road for a report of gunshots when they found two men lying in the roadway with life-threatening injuries. Police said the two Millsboro men were riding a Honda four-wheeler when it collided with a Mercedes-Benz SUV. The Millsboro men […]

Delaware State Police are investigating the death of a 57-year-old woman who was found inside her home on West Springside Drive in Cool Spring near Milton. Police say on the night of Nov. 20, troopers responded to a report of a shooting. When troopers arrived, police say they found a woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body. Sonya Sheppard was pronounced dead at the scene. Delaware State Police’s […]

Three Claymont teens face charges Nov. 22 after police say they stole a car and shoplifted at the Rehoboth Beach outlets before leading police on a chase and crashing. Delaware State Police were called at 3:19 p.m. to the Under Armour outlet on Bayside Outlet Drive for three teens who had shoplifted and fled in a Chevrolet Cruze with Pennyslvania tags, police said. Another trooper spotted the car heading northbound […]