Delaware State Police

Superintendent Colonel William Crotty

Troopers Arrest Man Following Pursuit in Stolen Vehicle in Newark

Date Posted: Friday, January 31st, 2025

The Delaware State Police arrested 42-year-old George Brown of Wilmington, Delaware, for multiple offenses following a pursuit in a stolen Saturn that occurred yesterday afternoon in Newark.

On January 30, 2025, at approximately 3:45 p.m., a trooper on patrol in the area of the Wawa, located at 2748 Pulaski Highway, Newark, observed a blue Saturn Vue with an equipment violation traveling through the Wawa parking lot. The trooper conducted a computer inquiry of the Saturn’s tag, and discovered the registration was assigned to a different vehicle. The trooper initiated a traffic stop, which the Saturn disregarded as it sped up and fled eastbound on Pulaski Highway. The Saturn continued traveling in a reckless manner on Pulaski Highway, until it eventually came to a stop in the Community Powered Federal Credit Union’s parking lot. The driver, later identified as George Brown, then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot towards a tree line, where he was ultimately taken into custody after a brief foot chase. A computer inquiry of the Saturn’s VIN revealed the vehicle was reported as stolen within the jurisdiction of the Wilmington Police Department on January 24, 2025.

Brown was taken to Troop 2, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on a $5,002 cash bond.