Philadelphia man arrested after three-store burglary spree across Newark, Wilmington

A multi-day investigation into a series of forced-entry break-ins ended with a traffic stop and arrest.

Newark, DE – A Philadelphia man is in custody after Delaware State Police linked him to a string of commercial burglaries targeting businesses across Newark and Wilmington earlier this month. The arrest followed a coordinated investigation that tracked a pattern of forced entry and thefts during overnight hours.

Troopers first responded around 4 a.m. on March 8 to an Exxon gas station on Ogletown Stanton Road, where an unknown suspect forced entry by damaging the front door lock and stole an undisclosed amount of cash before ...