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MORNING STAR • NOVEMBER 11 - 17, 2010
Police Journal Cyclist dies from crash
Delaware State Police responded to a crash involving a bicyclist and passenger van on Nov. 8 at 5:47 p.m. on Wilson Farm Road, approximately half a mile north of SR 18, south of Bridgeville. The crash occurred as a 2007 Dodge Caravan driven by Elna M. Watt, 57 and the 54-year-old victim, both of Seaford, were traveling southbound on Wilson Farm Road toward SR 18 Cannon Road, Bridgeville. The victim, a bicyclist, was traveling on the right side of Wilson Farm Road which has unimproved shoulders. Watt was driving southbound on Wilson Farm Road approaching the victim from the rear. For an unknown reason, the victim turned left into the path of the Dodge Caravan and was struck. The victim was initially taken to Nanticoke Hospital where he was stabilized but was then flown to Christiana Hospital where he died on Nov. 9 from injuries sustained in the crash. Delaware State Police has positively identified the victim and are attempting to notify next of kin, however, it is possible that the victim is homeless. The last known address for the victim is Concord Road, Seaford. Anyone who may have known a 54-year-old male who traveled via a bicycle in the area of Wilson Farm Road on a regular basis is asked to contact Delaware State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit at Troop 7 at 644-5020, ext. 112.
Leffew receives prison sentence
Gary Leffew Jr., 22, a senior airman stationed at Dover Air Force Base, was sentenced recently by U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson to five years in prison for possession of child pornography, in violation of federal law. Leffew was also sentenced to five years of supervised release, which will begin following his prison term. He will also be required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works or attends school.
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According to statements made at the sentencing hearing and documents filed in court, in March 2009, Leffew contacted an undercover detective from Kirksville, Mo., who was posing as a child sex offender in a chat room. Leffew then invited the undercover detective to join a private computer network used to trade images of child pornography. Leffew engaged in online conversations with the detective and others as they downloaded images of child pornography that Leffew posted on the network. Leffew’s attorney argued for a 40-month sentence, noting that Leffew was found in possession of only 38 images and 16 videos of child pornography and that his conduct was largely limited to viewing the images. United States District Judge Sue L. Robinson rejected that request, noting that each image depicts a real child being abused and that “there is nothing casual or innocent about the viewing of child pornography.” This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Delaware State Police High Tech Crimes Unit. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Edward J. McAndrew.
Man killed in pedestrian crash
Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian that occurred early Sunday morning, Nov. 7., sometime between 12:30 and 9 a.m. The victim, Joshua D. Weiss, 31, of Dover, was found along the roadway on Willow Grove Road west of Berrytown Road, approximately three miles west of Camden. Police have learned that Weiss was at a party on Saturday into Sunday morning with his wife and left suddenly. Weiss was speaking on the cellular phone with his wife sometime after midnight. Weiss’ wife and others attempted to locate him unsuccessfully. At 9 a.m. Police received a 911 call from a passing motorist who observed Weiss’ body in a ditch off the north side
of Willow Grove Road. Police responded to the crash site and discovered several articles of clothing on the shoulder of the roadway belonging to Weiss. Police were able to collect several vehicle parts, however, the exact identification of these parts is pending. Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call investigators at 302-697-4454, ext. 216 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.
Man assaults woman in Bridgeville
On Saturday, Nov. 6, Delaware State Police investigated a domestic assault which occurred in the parking lot of the Bridgeville Business Center off Seashore Highway and at a campsite off of Chaplin’s Road, Bridgeville. Police learned that the assault began around 2:48 p.m. when the 24-year-old victim of Pasadena, Md., her ex-boyfriend, William J. Brady Jr., 23, of Huntingtown, Md., and a mutual friend from Media, Pa. went to purchase alcohol. Allegedly, the victim told the mutual friend that she loved him for taking them to the liquor store which angered her exboyfriend, Brady. When the friend went inside the liquor store, Brady grabbed the victim by the neck as she sat in the rear of the truck, squeezing her neck making it difficult to breathe. Brady also continued to strike the victim about the face and torso before eventually biting her on the cheek. By the time the friend returned, Brady had stopped assaulting the victim until they reached their camp site off of Chaplin’s Road in Bridgeville. All of the aforementioned information was witnessed by a concerned citizen in the Bridgeville Business Center parking lot. The citizen followed the victim onto Chaplin’s Road where he contacted a trooper working at the entrance to Punkin’ Chunkin’ and advised him of what they had seen. A second concerned witness also contacted troopers advising of a female being kicked, punched and thrown against a
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Reward for bald eagle incident
Delaware Wildlife officials are seeking information about the suspected poisoning of two adult bald eagles. The birds were found in an agricultural field near the intersection of Beaver Dam Road and Sammons Road near Lincoln in Sussex County on Oct. 21. One eagle was dead, and the other survived following treatment at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Newark and was released back into the wild on Nov. 2. DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Agents and special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are conducting a joint investigation into the incident. The USFWS is offering a reward of up to $3,500, and Delaware Fish and Wildlife is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to a conviction. Anyone with information should contact Sgt. Gregory Rhodes with the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement at 302-739-9913 or 302-542-6102, or Special Agent Daniel Collins with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement in Dover, at 302-730-9184. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Fish and Wildlife Operation Game Theft at 800-292-3030, or by going to the Operation Game Theft website: www.fw.delaware.gov/Hunting/ Pages/OpGameTheft.aspx. The federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protect bald eagles. Maximum criminal penalties for violating the Eagle Act include a $100,000 fine and one year in prison. Until 2007, bald eagles were also protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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