Superintendent Colonel William D. Crotty
Delaware State Police have arrested 45-year-old Juan Carbajal of Newark, Delaware, for a knifepoint robbery that occurred on Wednesday in Kohl’s parking lot in Wilmington.
On August 20, 2025, at approximately 6:50 p.m., troopers responded to a report of a knifepoint robbery in the parking lot of Kohl’s, located at 4437 Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington. The preliminary investigation revealed an unknown dark-skinned male suspect approached a woman, as she sat in her car, opened the door and demanded her property while pointing a knife at her. The victim complied, and the suspect fled in a white Dodge Ram pick-up truck towards Kirkwood Highway. The victim was not injured.
Through investigative means, detectives identified Juan Carbajal as the suspect in the robbery and obtained a warrant for his arrest.
On August 21, 2025, Carbajal was arrested and taken to Troop 6. 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 $50,000 cash bond.
Disclaimer: Any individual charged in this release is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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