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Delmar Man Charged after Shooting Neighbor’s Residence

Released-Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Delmar-Yesterday, state troopers from Troop 5 charged a 28-year-old Delmar man with reckless endangering and criminal mischief after he allegedly shot a home located along the 36000 block of Columbia Road near Delmar, De.

Troopers were dispatched to the home at approximately 9:12 p.m. after the 39-year-old male victim reported that his house had been shot once with bird shot. 

Upon arrival, the victim told police he and the suspect recently went to trial in civil court after their dogs got into a scrap. According to the victim, he won the case.  The suspect later identified as Robert A. Neudeck, was also contacted and interviewed by troopers.

Neudeck told the officers he was annoyed with the victim because his dog, a brown lab, was attacked by the victim’s dog.  During the investigation Neudeck confessed to investigators that he indeed used a Browning automatic shotgun to shoot the victim’s home but did not intend to hurt anyone.  The damage to the home was estimated to be $500.00.

As a result of the investigation troopers formally charged Neudeck with one count of Reckless Endangering 2nd Degree and one count of Criminal Mischief, both misdemeanors.  Neudeck was arraigned at the Justice of the Peace Court 5 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution in lieu of $2,000.00 cash bail.

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