Delaware
Briarcliffe Fire Company Expected To Voluntarily Disband After Racist Comments, Delaware County Black Caucus Announces
DARBY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — A Delaware County fireplace firm accused of creating racist remarks throughout a recorded Zoom name will completely shut. However the Delaware County Black Caucus needs native officers to take extra motion.
Quickly the firehouse will probably be empty after the corporate has voluntarily disbanded. Members of the Black Caucus say that’s not sufficient as a result of the firefighters on the heart of those racial allegations may nonetheless work at one other firehouse.
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Following a 300-day suspension in February, the Briarcliffe Hearth Firm will voluntarily disband and stop operations. Members of the hearth firm are being accused of creating racist slurs on the finish of a Zoom name.
The Goodwill Hearth Firm launched to the general public these recordings the place firefighters are heard calling Black firefighters the n-word and calling them lazy and even joking about Fanta Bility, the 8-year-old killed by police gunfire in Sharon Hill outdoors of a highschool soccer recreation.
On Wednesday, Senator Williams stated these firefighters who made these offensive remarks ought to now not be allowed to function public servants.
“It’s not a matter of whether or not it did occur or didn’t occur, it’s on tape,” Williams stated. “These people might be recognized and the members of that fireplace division can both resolve, you realize, we’re going to say, ‘We don’t wish to affiliate with them anymore. These are the people that did it. We didn’t do it. We wish to take part.’ Or all of them ought to serve the implications of what all of us would.”
On the assembly, residents shared their emotions.
“There’s dangerous apples there,” one man stated. “However I used to be at all times raised that should you had a barrel of apples and there was one dangerous apple in there, you didn’t throw all of them away.”
That stated, for the various residents residing proper by Briarcliffe, its disbanding has raised fears of prolonged, life-risking emergency response instances.
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“I reside at 641 Seashore and the Briarcliffe Hearth Firm is simply up the streets from my home,” one girl stated. “A few instances they’ve needed to come for my mother-in-law and so they had been there in like minutes. What’s going to occur if one thing occurs to me and my household attending to me on time, particularly with a coronary heart assault?”
Others nonetheless addressed the attendance and keenness shared on the assembly.
“I want there was this quantity of shock when this audio first got here out, to know that public servants felt this manner about not solely their residents however one of many chiefs of Darby Township,” a resident stated.
Williams made an attraction to everybody’s higher angels.
“I need us to go away right here tonight understanding what all of us consider to be true about this township. It’s loads additional alongside than it was once after I was a child. And that we have now an instance we are able to set for different folks,” Williams stated.
What’s subsequent? The borough council says they’re working to make sure all residents obtain well timed emergency service as wanted.
As for punitive measures in opposition to those that made the offensive feedback to trigger this firestorm, we’ll have to attend and see.
Again at first of those allegations, Eyewitness Information reached out to Briarcliffe Hearth Firm for a response however didn’t hear again.
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CBS3’s Wakisha Bailey and Siafa Lewis contributed to this story.
Delaware
Delaware man steals $11,000 worth of cigarettes. 'Yes, you read that right' – Times of India
“Yes, you read that right—eleven thousand dollars’ worth of smokes!” the Delaware State Police wrote on Facebook. It could not help but crack a little cigarette joke. “Your tip could be the match that lights up this case!” police wrote.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333, New York Post reported.
The thief has been identified from the surveillance video awhich the police released. “While an employee was occupied in another section of the store, the suspect snuck behind the counter and made off with the goods,” the statement read. In the photo, the thief can be seen clad in red with a walker in front of him.
Social media users had a riot over the freak robbery as they wondered where the man put over 100 cartons of cigarettes. “I guess they weren’t trying to give him his senior discount,” one user quipped. Another questioned how long the employee was busy elsewhere that this suspect — who looked like an old person walking with the help of a walker — made as many trips to steal so many cartons of cigarettes.
Delaware
Delaware State Police searching for shoplifter who took $11,000 in cigarettes from Wilmington store
WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — Delaware State Police are asking the public for help identifying a person who stole more than $11,000 in cigarettes from a Walgreens in Wilmington last week.
While an employee was busy in another part of the store, police said, the suspect went behind the counter and took the cigarettes from the Walgreens at 4575 New Linden Hill Road on June 13.
Police urge anyone with information to contact Trooper M. Watson of Troop 6 at 302-633-5000 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.
Delaware
State Police Investigating New Castle Motel Shooting – Delaware State Police – State of Delaware
Delaware State Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at Red Roof Inn & Suites in New Castle.
On June 16, 2024, at approximately 3:33 a.m., troopers responded to a shooting at Red Roof Inn & Suites, located at 1612 N. Dupont Highway. When troopers arrived on the scene, they learned that a 20-year-old male victim had been transported to a local hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the arm.
A preliminary investigation revealed that several individuals gathered at the motel after attending a local concert. During this gathering, the victim and unknown suspect engaged in an argument. The altercation escalated, and the suspect fired a shot at the victim before fleeing the scene.
Delaware State Police Troop 2 Criminal Investigations Unit is continuing its investigation and urges anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or has relevant information to contact Detective G. Rash at (302) 365-8427. Information may also be provided by sending a private Facebook message to the Delaware State Police or contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.
If you or someone you know is a victim or witness of a crime or have lost a loved one to a sudden death and need assistance, the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit / Delaware Victim Center is available to offer you support and resources 24 hours a day through a toll-free hotline at 1-800-VICTIM-1 (1-800-842-8461). You may also email the Victim Services Unit at DSP_VictimServicesMail@delaware.gov.
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