***UPDATE***

DSP News Release: Arrests Made in String of Robberies

Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011

Locations, Dates, and Times Connected to Suspects:

• Monday, December 19, 2011 at 7:05 p.m., Fox Run Pizza, East Atlantic Avenue, Millville, DE
• Friday, December 23, 2011 at 6:15 p.m., Holts Liquors, Atlantic Avenue, Ocean View, DE
• Monday, December 26, 2011 at 9:00 p.m., Pomeroy’s Liquors, 38531 DuPont Boulevard, Selbyville, DE
• Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 8:05 p.m., Danny’s Pizzeria, N. Main Street, Selbyville, DE
• Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 9:15 p.m., Bodies Dairy Market, West Church Street, Selbyville, DE
• Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 10:10 p.m., Millsboro Liquors, 28880 DuPont Highway, Millsboro, DE

Defendants and Charges:

• Tervone Hall, 27, Ocean View, DE (pictured in light shirt)
• Robbery 1^st degree (3 counts)
• Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony (3 counts)
• Aggravated Menacing (3 counts)
• Wearing a Disguise during the Commission of a Felony (3 counts)
• Conspiracy 2^nd Degree

DSP charges only. Warrants are pending from the Selbyville Police Department related to three robberies that occurred in their jurisdiction.

Arraigned at JP Court 2 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution for lack of $151,000.00 secured bail.

• Sara Finner, 26, Ocean View, DE (pictured in dark shirt)
• Robbery 1^st Degree
• Aggravated Menacing
• Wearing a Disguise during the Commission of a Felony
• Conspiracy 2^nd Degree

Arraigned at JP Court 2 and committed to the Delores Baylor Correctional Institution for lack of $12,500.00 secured bail.

Resume:

Georgetown, DE- The Delaware State Police Troop 4 Major Crimes Unit, with the assistance of the Selbyville Police Department, as well as the Ocean View Police Department, have arrested two people in connection with a string of six armed robberies that have occurred in Sussex County, Delaware.

Tervone Hall, 27, and Sara Finner, 26, both of the 31000 block of Railway Avenue, in Ocean View, DE, were arrested without incident at their home after the execution of a search warrant by Major Crimes detectives and the Delaware State Police Special Operations Response Team (S.O.R.T.) on Thursday, December 29th. Hall was charged with the above list of crimes and committed to the Department of Corrections for lack of $151,000.00 bail. Finner was also charged with the above list of crimes and committed to the Department of Corrections for lack of $12,500.00 secured bail.

Detectives were able to identify Hall and Finner as suspects in the string of robberies that have occurred in Ocean View, Millville, and Selbyville, after they viewed video surveillance footage that they had obtained from a business adjacent to Holts Liquors in Ocean View, which had been robbed on December 23^rd. From the video, detectives were able to identify a maroon Isuzu Rodeo with a Delaware registration and a missing piece of wheel trim as being a possible suspect vehicle.

On Thursday, December 29, an officer from the Ocean View Delaware Police Department located a maroon Isuzu Rodeo with a missing piece of wheel trim located in a driveway in the 31000 block of Railway Avenue, in Ocean View. The officer, who was familiar with the residence as well as the occupants of the home, advised detectives that Tervone Hall was one of the people who resided in the home. Hall closely matched the description of the male suspect who had committed the six armed robberies. Detectives then obtained a search warrant for the residence.

During the execution of the search warrant evidence linking Tervone Hall to the armed robberies was located. Further investigation revealed that Sara Finner was the operator of the Isuzu Trooper during the robbery of Holts Liquors on December 23^rd.  

             Tervone Hall                          Sara Finner

Released Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:05 a.m.

Original release below

DSP News Release: Detectives Search for Serial Robbery Suspect

Locations, Dates, and Times Connected to Suspect:

• Monday, December 19, 2011 at 7:05 p.m., Fox Run Pizza, East Atlantic Avenue, Millville, DE
• Friday, December 23, 2011 at 6:15 p.m., Holts Liquors, Atlantic Avenue, Ocean View, DE
• Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 8:05 p.m., Danny’s Pizzeria, N. Main Street, Selbyville, DE
• Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 9:15 p.m., Bodies Dairy Market, West Church Street, Selbyville, DE

Suspect:  

• Black male, 5’08” tall, 160-180 lbs. Suspect wore a tan ski mask which covered his face in all of the incidents and was also armed with a black semi-automatic hand gun. (Surveillance photograph below)

Resume: 

Georgetown, DE- Delaware State Police as well as the Selbyville Police Department are investigating a series of armed robberies which they believe have been committed by the same man.

Beginning Monday, December 19, 2011, the Delaware State Police and the Selbyville Police Department have responded to four armed robberies of commercial establishments in the Selbyville, Ocean View, and Millville areas in Sussex County, Delaware. In each instance a black male suspect with his face concealed with a ski mask has entered the business and confronted the employees while displaying a hand gun. The suspect then demanded and received an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction. There were no injuries in any of the incidents. 

The Delaware State Police are asking anyone who may have any information in reference to these robberies or who may recognize the suspect pictured below, to contact the Major Crimes Unit at Troop 4 at 302-856-5850 ext. 208 or the Selbyville Police Department at 302-436-5085.  Citizens may also provide a tip by texting keyword “DSP” plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES).  Tipsters may also provide information through lines maintained by Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333. Callers can also submit information via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com.