POLICE INVESTIGATE NIGHTTIME OCCUPIED BURGLARY: ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY

(Wilmington, DE 19808) Officers with the New Castle County Division of Police are sharing surveillance footage related to a nighttime occupied burglary that occurred in the Crossings at Limestone Apartment Complex – Wilmington. On Monday, January 30, 2023, at approximately 2:29 a.m. officers were dispatched to the unit block of Patrician Boulevard in reference to an occupied burglary.

Officers responded to the area and contacted a 35-year-old female victim. It was learned that the suspect entered the apartment while the occupants inside were sleeping. Once inside, the suspect removed miscellaneous property from inside the apartment. The suspect then entered a bedroom waking up an occupant which caused him to flee the scene. The victim’s motor vehicle was also stolen from the complex parking lot but has since been recovered. A surveillance camera captured the incident and the suspect. The suspect was identified as an adult black male wearing dark clothing.

If you have any information related to this investigation or can identify the suspect in the attached footage, please contact Officer First Class Ashton Haines at (302)395-8172 or Ashton.Haines@newcastlede.gov or by calling the New Castle County Police non-emergency number at 302-573-2800. Tipsters may also call Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333 (www.delawarecrimestoppers.com) or visit us on Facebook at New Castle County Police Department.

Suspect arriving
Suspect leaving

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