Victim: Kelvin Powers, Jr., 30-year-old male

Date of Incident: February 11th, 2015

Location: 7 Amstel Drive, New Castle, DE 19720

Community: William Penn Village Apartments

Investigation Details:

On February 11, 2015, at approximately 6:55 PM, New Castle County Police Officers responded to a shooting at the William Penn Village Apartments on Amstel Drive.

Upon arrival, officers found Kelvin Powers inside the apartment suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Further investigation revealed that the victim’s girlfriend was leaving the apartment with her young son when she was confronted by two armed, masked suspects. The suspects then entered the apartment and shot the victim multiple times.

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(Newark, DE 19702) On Sunday, January 11, 2026, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an Officer with the New Castle County Division of Police observed a white Chevrolet Cruze commit a traffic violation in the area of Smalleys Dam Road. When the Officer activated the emergency lights on their fully marked New Castle County Police vehicle to initiate a traffic stop, the driver refused to stop and fled, committing several additional traffic violations. The vehicle was last seen traveling northbound on Route 1 before the officer lost sight of it.

During their investigation, Officers identified the driver involved in the incident as 19-year-old Ironn Collins-Demby of Wilmington. During the follow-up investigation, Officers also contacted 19-year-old Mikayla Munson of Newark, who knowingly provided false information to Officers by reporting the vehicle as stolen just minutes before it was observed committing multiple traffic violations. The vehicle, which had been falsely reported stolen, was recovered the following day in the City of Wilmington. Further investigation revealed that Munson was a passenger in the vehicle while it fled from NCCPD officers.

Mikayla Munson was transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, where she was charged with the following offenses:

• One felony count of Providing a False Statement to Law Enforcement
• One felony count of Hindering Prosecution
• One misdemeanor count of Falsely Reporting an Alleged Incident to Law Enforcement

Mikayla Munson was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 2 and released on $ 5,000.00 unsecured bail.

On Saturday, January 17, 2026, Ironn Collins-Demby was located by the Delaware State Police in connection with an unrelated incident and arraigned on the following offenses stemming from an incident involving the New Castle County Police.

• One felony count of Reckless Endangerment First Degree
• One felony count of Disregarding a Police Officer’s Signal
• One misdemeanor count of Aggressive Driving
• One misdemeanor count of Reckless Driving
• One misdemeanor count of Driving Without a Valid License
• One violation of Following a Motor Vehicle Too Closely
• One violation of Failure to Stop at a Red Light
• One violation of Improper Lane Change
• One violation of Moving a Vehicle Without Giving a Proper Signal
• One violation of Vehicle Obstructing Traffic
• One violation of Turning at an Intersection Other Than Directed
• One violation of Failure to Stop at a Stop Sign

Collins-Demby was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $5,208.00 cash bail.

Ironn Collins-Demby – 19

Mikayla Munson – 19

(New Castle, DE. 19720) On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at approximately 1:10 p.m., Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police Violent Crimes Interdiction Team, in collaboration with Delaware Probation and Parole, contacted 20-year-old Jazzlyn Johnson and 19-year-old Johan Aponte, both of Wilmington, while they were in a vehicle arriving at a location in the 300 block of Cherry Lane.

A search warrant was obtained and executed on the vehicle, during which Detectives and Delaware Probation and Parole located a .22-caliber handgun. The firearm was later confirmed to have been reported stolen the previous day from a vehicle within the Wilmington Police Department’s jurisdiction. The occupants of the vehicle, Jazzlyn Johnson and Johan Aponte, are both prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior convictions and were taken into custody.

As the investigation continued, Detectives obtained and executed a search warrant at their residence in the 600 block of North Broom Street in Wilmington. At the residence, Detectives contacted 43-year-old Sonia Aponte, 48-year-old Juan Pena-Matos, and 29-year-old Juan Castro.

During the search, Detectives recovered approximately 521 grams of cocaine along with additional drug paraphernalia. The investigation determined that all individuals were involved in a larger-scale drug operation.

All suspects were taken into custody and transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters.

Jazzlyn Johnson was charged with the following offenses:

• One felony count of possession of a firearm
• One felony count of possession of a firearm/ammunition by a person prohibited
• One felony count of carrying a concealed deadly weapon
• One felony count of receiving a stolen firearm
• One felony count of second-degree conspiracy

Johnson was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution in lieu of $45,000 cash bail.

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Johan Aponte was charged with the following offenses:

• One felony count of possession of a firearm, with two violent felonies
• One felony count of possession of a firearm/ammunition by a person prohibited
• One felony count of carrying a concealed deadly weapon
• One felony count of receiving a stolen firearm
• One felony count of second-degree conspiracy
• One felony count of possession of a controlled substance, Tier 3
• One felony count of possession with intent to deliver, Tier 3

Aponte was also found to have an outstanding warrant issued by the Wilmington Police Department. He was arraigned on all charges at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $161,000 secured bail.

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Sonia Aponte, Juan Pena-Matos, and Juan Castro were each charged with the following offenses:

• One felony count of possession with intent to deliver, Tier 3
• One felony count of possession of a controlled substance, Tier 3
• One felony count of second-degree conspiracy

Sonia Aponte was arraigned on all charges at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution in lieu of $122,000 secured bail.

Juan Pena-Matos and Juan Castro were each arraigned on all charges at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $42,000 cash bail.