Dover Kent Crime Tracker

Public Safety Alerts

• 🔥 Kent County Sheriff Scam Warning: Kent County Sheriff’s Office alerts residents to scammers posing as officers demanding...

Kent County Sheriff’s Office scam alert: Fraudsters pose as deputies demanding preemptive bail for alleged missed court dates.

• Calls from random or...

Dover resident arrested in Rehoboth Beach domestic dispute: Sonny Watkins, 39, allegedly assaulted his girlfriend multiple times, prevented her from...

Dover resident Sonny Watkins, 39, arrested by Rehoboth Beach PD in early Sunday domestic incident.

• Charges: 1st-degree reckless endangerment,...

Property crime alert in Dover: Three unknown suspects burglarized M&N Smoke Shop on White Oak Road around 5:59 a.m., shattering the front glass.

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• Massive scale: Months-long probe uncovered 255 pounds of marijuana, THC vapes, OPIA pills, and paraphernalia at Dover's Ali Baba Smoke Shop.
• Gas...

Dover DMV Suspicious Package Incident

• Evacuation Prompted by Backpack: A suspicious backpack left outside the Dover DMV around 11:45 a.m. on...

Dover DMV evacuated precautionary after a backpack reported outside at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday; Delaware State Police EOD cleared it as no threat by 1:30 p.m. reopen. Left unintentionally from Monday visit.

Dover DMV incident timeline – swift resolution to public safety alert:

• Morning discovery: Suspicious package found, building evacuated out of...

Tragic pedestrian fatality in Dover: 54-year-old Victoria Bynes struck and killed while crossing N. DuPont Hwy (200 block) around 4 a.m. March 9.

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Dover Redner's Carjacking Arrest

• 🔥 Malik Woodall Charged: Delaware State Police arrested 19-year-old Dover resident Malik Woodall for a...

Key arrest log update: 19-year-old Malik Woodall charged in Sunday's carjacking at Dover Redner’s.

• Attack details: Black male in black clothes/mask...

Swift takedown at Redner’s on Salt Creek Drive: 19-year-old Malik Woodall arrested after punching 20-year-old victim, stealing car and phone Sunday...

Missing Person Gold Alert

• 🔥 Jerome Barlow: Dover Police activated a Gold Alert for 41-year-old Jerome Barlow, who disappeared from Dover...

Urgent Gold Alert issued by Dover authorities for Jerome Barlow, 41, who disappeared from Dover Behavioral Health Saturday evening.

• Police actively...

Alert: Shots fired March 6 damaged an occupied home and unoccupied vehicle on Hitching Post Drive.

• Responders arrived ~7:41 p.m. , found shooting evidence, no injuries.
• No leads yet – investigation ongoing.
• Have info? Contact Dover PD: 302-736-7130.

• Incident Details: Friday night gunfire at 7:41 p.m. struck an occupied house and empty parked car in unit block of Hitching Post Drive. No injuries...

Kent County public-safety update: Delaware State Fire Marshal rules Smyrna building fire accidental.

Key details:

• Occurred March 4, 2026, ~11:30 PM...

Tragic incident on U.S. 13 north of POW/MIA Parkway: E-bike changed lanes into car's path around 1:45 p.m. March 2.

• Rider Jordan Schollenberger, 26,...