Man Wanted In String Of Robberies Commits Another Then Apprehended

Location: Applied Bank, 660, Plaza Drive, Four Seasons Shopping Center, Newark, DE

Date of Occurrence: Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.

Victim: 24 year old Wilmington woman

Suspect: Scott A. Ginegaw, 37, Travertine Way, Newark, DE

Charges: Robbery 2nd degree (6 counts)

Robberies Linked to Ginegaw:

6/19/10 at 1:05 p.m. – Citizens Bank inside Acme- Fox Run Shopping Center
7/23/10 at 5:58 p.m. – Citizens Bank inside Acme – Fox Run Shopping Center
9/17/10 at 12:38 p.m. - Citizens Bank inside Acme – Fox Run Shopping Center
9/20/10 at 11.04 a.m. – Citizens Bank inside Acme – University Plaza Shopping Center
9/22/10 at 3:11 p.m. – Citizens bank inside Acme – Prices Corner Shopping Center
9/23/10 at 2:14 p.m. – Applied Bank – Four Seasons Shopping Center


Resume: State Police detectives have arrested a Newark man in connection with a string of bank robberies committed in New Castle County including one yesterday in Newark.

In the latest incident, a male suspect entered the Applied Bank located on Plaza Drive in the Four Seasons Shopping Center in Newark, DE at approximately 2:15 p.m. The suspect approached the 24 year old bank teller and presented her with a demand note for cash. A weapon was not implied or displayed. The teller complied with the note and turned over an undisclosed amount of money to the suspect who then fled from the bank. After further investigation it was determined that the suspect in this incident was the same man who had committed five other similar robberies at various banks throughout the county since June of this year.

At approximately 3:25 p.m. a New Castle County Police detective observed a white Ford Ranger pick-up truck matching the description of a possible suspect vehicle that had been at the scene of one of the previous bank robberies, in the area of Airport and Churchman’s Roads, in New Castle. The detective realized that the subject driving the truck matched the description of the robbery suspect. She then followed the vehicle into the parking lot of the Division of Motor Vehicles on Airport Road and detained the operator, who was later identified as Scott A. Ginegaw. A subsequent search of Ginegaw’s vehicle revealed evidence linking him to the robberies.

Scott Ginegaw was arrested and charged with six counts of Robbery 2nd degree. He was arraigned at JP Court 2 and committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institute for lack of $150,000.00