UPDATE: OFFICER ASSAULTED AFTER FOOT CHASE

(New Castle, DE 19720)  Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police have identified 20-year-old  Richard Brennan as the suspect in yesterday’s assault on a New Castle County Division Of Police patrol officer.

Richard Brennan was charged with one count felony Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, one count felony Assault 2nd injure  L/E Officer,   one count felony Resisting Arrest with Force or Violence, and one count of misdemeanor Criminal Trespass 2nd.

He was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and held in lieu of $100,000 cash-only bail.

If you have any information pertaining to this investigation, please contact the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit at (302) 395-8110.

Citizens can also submit a tip via our website at http://www.nccpd.com.,or (IM) on the New Castle County Division of Police Facebook page. Citizens can also submit a tip anonymously by text. Send a text to 847411 with NCCDE in the text field and your tip.

Richard Brennan

Richard Brennan

OFFICER ASSAULTED AFTER FOOT CHASE

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