Delaware
Michael Garr Jr.: Suspect fatally stabbed Delaware County teen at random, DA says
UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Justice for Michael Garr, Jr. after he was stabbed and killed in a random attack last spring. Officials say a man is now charged in his death.
A memorial of faded pictures, a fishing pole and baseball glove stands along Bridge Street and Brunswick Avenue, in Drexel Hill. It’s where 15-year-old Michael Garr was stabbed to death on the evening of April 21st, not far from his home.
An attack as brutal as it was random.
“A juvenile who was doing nothing more than any juvenile should be able to do anywhere in America, walking down the street in his own neighborhood. He was stabbed and killed at random,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer explained.
Delaware County D.A. Stollsteimer and Upper Darby Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt held a press conference Wednesday to announce Garr’s accused killer – 23-year-old Marson Weh, of Clifton Heights.
Now serving time in Ohio, officials say video and DNA ties Weh to the teenager’s slaying.
“11 days from the murder of Michael Garr, our undercover officers observe Marson Weh exiting a house on the 100 block of Willowbrook Road, wearing the same clothing the night of the murder of Michael Garr,” Superintendent Bernhardt said.
Weh is arrested and items from the house are taken for DNA testing while Weh is sent to Ohio to face assault and stolen car charges.
Investigators then link Weh to an earlier stabbing and attempted carjacking at the Bishop Hill Apartments in the Secane section of Upper Darby.
Last month, DNA from both cases help police break them open.
“That’s why we’re here today working with the D.A. to bring charges not only for attempted murder of the assault in Bishop Hill, but also the murder of Michael Garr,” Bernhardt continued.
Michael Garr’s stepfather called Marson Weh “pure evil,” but added this was a good day for Garr’s family, while declining to appear on camera.
Police say the family just wants to know why.
“They were relieved but bittersweet,” Bernhardt stated. “Frustrated with the process. They want to know why. Weh isn’t cooperating. We’ll have to piece this together.”
Delaware
Biden honors the memory of his late first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is remembering his first wife and baby daughter who were killed in a car crash in Delaware in 1972 weeks after he was first elected to the Senate. Biden, his current wife Jill, and son Hunter and his family attended a private memorial mass at a Delaware church on Wednesday’s 52nd anniversary of their deaths. Biden was in Washington when he was informed about the crash that killed his wife, Neilia, and year-old daughter, Naomi, a week before Christmas. Their young sons, Beau and Hunter, were gravely injured. Beau died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.
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Delaware
Gunshot victim flags down school bus for help in Delaware
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:01AM
NEW CASTLE, Del. (WPVI) — A gunshot victim jumped on a school bus full of students on Tuesday while trying to seek help in New Castle, Delaware.
The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. on Old Forge Road, near Appleby Road.
The bus driver called 911 to report the incident.
Police say the victim is hospitalized at Christiana Hospital. There was no word on his condition.
No other injuries were reported.
Further details on the shooting have not been released.
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Delaware
Man arrested after allegedly attacking Delaware police officer
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 1:05AM
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del. (WPVI) — Twenty-eight-year-old Zachary Yeldell is being accused of attacking an officer in New Castle County, Delaware.
It happened around 11:14 p.m. Monday when police responded to a disturbance at Midway Plaza Apartments, which is located on the 4800 block of Old Capitol Trail.
Police say officers responded following reports of an individual yelling in the hallway and kicking an apartment door.
When officers arrived, authorities say Yeldell hit an officer repeatedly before another officer arrived and helped detain the suspect.
The injured officer was treated at a local hospital and released.
Yeldell is facing several charges, including resisting arrest with violence.
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