Suspects Actually 27 and 20-Years-Old
(Wednesday, March 25, 2009- State Police Seek Identity of Burglary Suspects)
Bear- Last Wednesday, the Delaware State Police issued a news release in regards to a burglary investigation at the Aquinas Academy in Bear. Pictures of the suspects, caught in the act, were disseminated to the local media. In the days that followed, investigators soon gathered enough information, including the possible names of the suspects, to obtain a search warrant.
Detectives executed the search warrant at the home of Paul Ellifritz, 27, of Hunters Run Way in Bear, and Christopher Godfrey, 20, of the same address, in the development of Hunters Run, on Friday, March 27th and recovered evidence which positively linked the named suspects to the pending investigation.
Paul Ellifritz was arrested for the following burglaries at Aquinas Academy:
September 15, 2008- charged with Burglary (felony), Theft (misdemeanor)
October 23rd, 2008- charged with Burglary (felony), Theft (misdemeanor), and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor)
November 2nd, 2008- charged Burglary (felony), Theft (misdemeanor), and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor)
November 13th, 2008- charged Burglary (felony), Theft (felony), and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor)
January 24th, 2009- charged Burglary (felony), Theft (misdemeanor), and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor)
March 17th, 2009- charged Burglary (felony), Theft (misdemeanor), and Conspiracy (felony)
He was committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institute in lieu of $17,500.00 secured bond.
Christopher Godfrey was arrested for the following burglary at Aquinas Academy:
March 17th, 2009- charged Burglary (felony), Theft (misdemeanor), and Conspiracy (felony) and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor)
He was committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institute in lieu of $3,750.00 secured bail.
Paul Ellifritz
Christopher Godfrey
Note: The Hunters Run development, the subdivision in which the suspects live, is within walking distance of Aquinas Academy.
DSP News Release: Wednesday, March 25, 2009- State Police Seek Identity of Burglary Suspects
Location of Incident: Aquinas Academy, 2370 Red Lion Road, Bear, Delaware, New Castle County
Date and Time of Occurrence: Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Suspect(s): Two white males wearing dark clothing. See attached photos.
Resume: Detectives from the Delaware State Police Burglary Unit are investigating an incident which occurred last week.
Troopers were called to Aquinas Academy, a small Catholic School educating about 100 students, on March 19th for a burglary that took place over night. The suspects, two white males, forced their way into the school via an unknown means. The bandits successfully located an undisclosed amount of money and fled.
Surveillance pictures were obtained and are attached to this release. Anyone who may recognize these suspects is asked to call 302.834.2630 ext. 254.
Joe, I have watched with much interest all of the articles you have put up about the DSP. It has finally hit me that you are comparing their work and results to Salisbury and quite frankly I think what you've done here is remarkable. We have more crime here than Delaware does, yet they're providing you with results. We do not see the same kind of police work here and we certainly don't get the same kind of results. Our chief of police needs to pack his bags and get the heck out of here.
ReplyDeleteBaby faced? Are you kidding? That first guy looks like his face got run over.
ReplyDeleteThe fact is that DSP recognizes that SBYnews has a large number of viewers from all over with a high number in Delaware. They began sending SBYnews press releases and pictures some time ago and readers were actually able to be instrumental in identifying suspects and provide information relating to their whereabouts. Since then DSP has regularly included SBYnews in thier list of media who are sent press releases. This is a golden opportunity being missed by SPD because egos have gotten in the way. An opportuity to locate missing persons, wanted subjects, and photo identifications are being passed over. I sincerely hope that this changes with the next administration. The citizens of Salisbury deserve better than to let something like the clash of ego's come between the public and public safety.
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