Delaware
Delaware County man pleads guilty to 12th DUI: officials
MEDIA, Pa. – A Delaware County man has pleaded guilty to Driving Under the Influence for a 12th time.
Mark Perrotta, 60, of Folsom, entered his plea to the DUI charges in a Delaware County courtroom Wednesday. This was in connection to his July 15th arrest in Prospect Park. He was arrested during a road rage incident with a female driver.
“Shock was the emotion I had when I heard Mark Perrotta was arrested for his 12th DUI,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer told FOX 29 Wednesday. “It’s unconscionable anyone would put other people or the community’s lives at risk driving under the influence 12 times.”
Perrotta faces a possible maximum of five and a half years.
“We’re gonna ask for that maximum, so the community can have five years of peace where there’s not gonna be the threat of this man being behind the wheel again,” DA Stollsteimer explained.
FOX 29 News went to Perrotta’s home to try and get his side of this story, but no one inside the home answered the door.
Perrotta is scheduled to be sentenced May 20th. Until then, authorities say Perrotta is free on bail with an electronic home monitor.
Police in Wilmington, Delaware, shot and killed a 19-year-old man Wednesday night.
The incident happened in a residential area near 24th and Jessup streets just after 11 p.m., Wilmington police said in a news release. The person who was shot has not been publicly identified.
Officers were monitoring a large crowd gathered outside when they saw a man exit a home with a handgun and point it toward the crowd, police say.
When officers approached the man, he ran away and a foot pursuit began, police say.
At some point in the chase, an officer fired their weapon and hit the 19-year-old. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police say they recovered a loaded gun from the man and that the officer was not injured.
Video filmed at the scene shows a crowd of residents gathered outside after the shooting.
Police are asking anyone with more information to come forward. The shooting is under investigation by the Delaware Department of Justice and Wilmington police.
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Wednesday that she will lead a new corporate law institute at the Wilmington University Farnan School of Law.
She will step down from the bench of Delaware’s highest court in late July, after choosing not to seek reappointment at the end of her 12-year term. She revealed her plans for the next phase of her legal career in a special session of the court in Wilmington.
As well as joining the Wilmington University law school faculty, Valihura will be the founding director of the school’s new Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. …
Wilmington Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy Tuesday night in Wilmington’s Hilltop neighborhood.
According to police, the shooting occurred at approximately 8:33 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 5th Street.
On their arrival at the scene, police say they located the 16-year-old with at least one gunshot wound and transported him to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
This incident remains under investigation.
Police did not share whether there have been any arrests in connection with the shooting or a possible motive.
Wilmington Police encourage anyone with information about this incident, contact Detective Justin Wilkers at (302) 576-3634. Information can also be sent to Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, or Delawarecrimestoppers.com.
The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) Victim Service Unit and Youth Response Unit are available to provide information and support to victims, children, and families affected by this incident.
The Victim Service Unit can be reached at (302) 576-3622, and the Youth Response Unit can be reached at (302) 576-3183.
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