Delaware State Police

Superintendent Colonel William D. Crotty

Update – Second Suspect Arrested Detectives Investigating Armed Robbery in Bear Area Shopping Center

Date Posted: Friday, February 20th, 2026

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The Delaware State Police arrested 20-year-old Daviel Aviles, of Middletown, Delaware, in connection with a robbery investigation that occurred last May in Bear.

On May 19, 2025, at approximately 2:15 p.m., troopers responded to a report of an armed robbery in the parking lot of the Salem Center, located at 1693 Pulaski Highway in Bear. The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was involved in an argument with a suspect while in the parking lot. During the argument, a second suspect approached, and displayed a handgun. Both suspects worked together to take the victim’s vehicle and fled from the shopping center in the stolen vehicle.

Through investigative means, detectives from the Delaware State Police Troop 2 Criminal Investigations Unit identified Calvin Williams, and Daviel Aviles as the suspects responsible for the robbery, and obtained warrants for their arrest. On May 30, 2025, detectives and members of the Delaware State Police Special Operations Response Team executed a search warrant at Williams’ residence and took him into custody without incident.

On February 19, 2026, Aviles turned himself in at Troop 2. He was charged with the below listed offenses, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on a $20,500 cash bond.

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