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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Good Old Fashioned Police Work Yields Burglary Suspect


Location: Liquor Zone, 1945 Capitol Trail, Newark, Delaware
Date of Occurrence: Saturday, April 24th, 2010, at 11:50 p.m.
Suspect(s): Franklin C. Smith, 46, of Wilmington, Delaware

Resume:
On Sunday morning, April 26th, Troopers were dispatched to Liquor Zone in Newark for a burglary report.

A representative from the business advised a male subject was captured on surveillance video breaking into the business and stealing liquor products. The employee advised that this appeared to be the same subject who was in the store at 7:00 p.m. on this same day and captured on surveillance video.

Troopers looked at the surveillance video from the burglary and footage from earlier in the day and confirmed that this was the same subject.

The officer noticed in the video that the suspect had left a piece of paper on the counter when he purchased the liquor at 7:00 p.m. The Trooper asked the store employee if he still had it. The employee checked the trash can and located the piece of paper in question which proved to be discharge paperwork from a local medical facility. The papers were for Franklin C. Smith. Through the Troopers investigation, warrants were subsequently obtained for this subject.

On Sunday afternoon, Christiana Hospital Constables located Mr. Smith on their property and detained him for Troopers.

He was transported back to Troop 6 where he was formally charged with Burglary (felony) and Theft (misdemeanor). Bail was set at $16,000 secured and Franklin Smith was turned over to the Department of Corrections.

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