Serial Knifepoint Robber Arrested

Locations and Dates of Occurrences:

-BP Service Station, 2360 Pulaski Highway, Newark, DE (10/22/10)

-40 Cleaners, 2695 Pulaski Highway, Newark, DE (10/28/10)

-Teachers Book Bag, 900 Peoples Plaza, Newark, DE (10/30/10)

-A Plus Cleaners, 240 University Plaza, Newark, DE (11/3/10)

-Country Farm, 2480 Glasgow Avenue, Newark, DE (11/6/10)

-Tobacco and Party Outlet, 27 University Plaza, Newark, DE (11/9/10)

-Mi Pueblito, 609 S. Maryland Avenue, Wilmington, DE (11/14/10)

-El Gallito, 107 N. Maryland Avenue, Wilmington, DE (11/16/10)

-Boxwood Cleaners, 626 S. Maryland Avenue, Wilmington, DE (11/17/10)

-Pinata Party, 301 S. Maryland Avenue, Wilmington, DE (11/18/10)

The defendant was also arrested by the Newark Police Department for the robbery of the Tobacco Zone Store located at 1023 S. College Avenue, Newark, DE on October 25, 2010 at 8:45 a.m., and by the Wilmington Police Department for the robbery of the Panda Restaurant located at 315 N. King Street, Wilmington, on November 22, 2010 at 3:35 p.m.

Defendant: Jesse L. Goodchild, 31, 1013 White Birch Drive, Newark, DE and Wood Duck Lane, Elkton, MD.

Charges:

-Robbery 1^st (12 counts)

-Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony (12 counts)

-Theft of a Firearm

Warrants are also on file for Goodchild in Maryland.

Resume:  

Newark- Delaware State Police detectives with the assistance of detectives from the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man believed to be responsible for at least fifteen armed robberies in the Newark, DE, Wilmington, DE, and the Elkton, MD areas.

The incident began Monday, November 22, afternoon after a detective from the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office attempted to take Jesse L. Goodchild, 31, into custody in Locust Point, Maryland. Goodchild had been seen in the area by a victim of a previous robbery that had occurred in Maryland and who had notified police. As the detective attempted to take Goodchild into custody, he was able to escape, and fled from the area through the Brantwood Country Club into an adjoining neighborhood. It is believed that Goodchild then committed a home invasion style robbery and forced the homeowner to drive him to the city of Wilmington, DE. After being dropped off in Wilmington, Goodchild allegedly committed the robbery of a Chinese Restaurant and then fled the city on a DART bus. It was learned that Goodchild had returned to Elkton, MD, and had been picked up from his parent’s home by his ex-girlfriend in a silver Dodge minivan. He was then believed to be heading toward the Newark, DE area.
 

At approximately 7:00 p.m. a silver minivan was observed pulling into the McDonald’s Restaurant located on S. College Avenue in Newark. Jesse Goodchild was observed by officers exiting the vehicle and entering the restaurant. He was then taken into custody without incident as he was returning to the vehicle. 
 

Goodchild was arrested and charged with the above list of crimes. He was arraigned and committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institution for lack of $754,000.00 cash bail.