Crime in Mardela Springs

On Tuesday, September 16th, the residence of Mardela Springs woke up to vandilism and burgulary. The town hall, ballpark and other sites were painted with graffiti, vulgar language, and racial slurs. People had things stolen, cars were broken into and a small fire was set, burning flags that were stolen from area homeowners.

This type of criminal activity is not just happening in Mardela. It's been popping up all over the shore. Theft from cars, home burgulary, and vandilism is showing it's ugly face all over. If you have any information, please contact your local police agency. Somebody has to see something. Any piece of evidence is important. The people doing this need to be caught. Do you want to be the next victim?

Recently a member of my church had their home robbed. They took all their jewelry. Fortunately, most of it was recovered from pawn shops. Don't think this can't happen to you.

My cousin was home during the day taking a nap (she works nights) when she heard a loud knock on her door. She didn't respond right away, but them it sounded like the person was trying to open her door. She quickly jumped up and opened the door on the person. The gentleman said that he was trying to check up on some of his customers locally, like the hardware store. He had no reason to be at this address. She closed the door on him and called the hardware store for verification. While doing this, The man left huridly. The hardware store said they didn't have anyone like that in the area. She then called the police to give the following info about this person.

Black male, middle aged. Driving a champaign colored Chevy Trailblazer with Virgina plates. The partial plate started with II or 11. There was also a phone number listed on the side of the back glass, like advertising a business. This is probably just a decoy to make neighbors think that a business is at their neighbors house. Please share this with everyone you know.

We need to catch these people that are preying on our community. The sherriff and other law enforcement need your help. Lock all your doors at night, including your vehicles. Don't leave anything of value in plain sight. Turn outside lights on at night. Write down tags or take pictures with your phone of anything suspicious.