TWO JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN MILFORD DELAWARE

Milford, DE -On 09/25/2024 at approximately 3:50 p.m., the Milford Police Department was dispatched to the  800 block of SE 4^th Street for an armed Robbery.  When investigators arrived on scene, they were notified that the suspects were believed to be in the backyard of a residence in the 800 block of SE 4^th St. 

Investigators were able to locate and take two juvenile suspects into custody.  Through a search incident to arrest, investigators located two 9mm handguns in a backpack next to the juvenile suspects.  Both handguns were identified as "ghost guns" or untraceable firearms.

Investigators obtained a search warrant for the property where the juveniles were located.  The search warrant was executed in the early evening hours of 09/25/2024.  As a result of the search warrant, a third 9mm "ghost gun" handgun and a Mac 10 9mm submachine gun were located inside the suspect's bedroom. 

Investigators also located a single shot 410 rifle in an outbuilding on the property.  All 3 firearms along with the two handguns located in the backpack were seized by investigators.

A 17-year-old male juvenile was charged with one count of Robbery 1^st Degree (Felony); two counts of Possession of Firearm during Commission of a Felony (Felony); five counts of Possession, Purchase, Own or Control of a Deadly Weapon Persons Under 18 (Felony); two counts of Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon A Firearm (Felony); one count of Possession of Destructive Weapon (Machine Gun) (Felony); three counts of Possession of Untraceable Firearm (Felony); one count of Conspiracy 2^nd Degree (Felony) and Breach of Release.

The 17-year-old juvenile had a presentment through the Justice of the Peace Court 7.  The juvenile was committed to the Delaware Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services:  Stevenson House Detention Center in default of $175,000 cash bond.  He was issued a no contact order with the co-defendant and victim.  He was ordered to appear at a later date in the Sussex County Family Court regarding this case.

A 15-year-old male juvenile was charged with one count of Robbery 1^st Degree (Felony); two counts of Possession of Firearm during Commission of a Felony (Felony); two counts of Possession, Purchase, Own or Control of a Deadly Weapon Persons Under 18 (Felony); one count of Possession, Purchase, Own, or Control of Ammunition Persons Under 18 (Felony); two counts of Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon a Firearm (Felony); two counts of Possession of Untraceable Firearm (Felony) and one count of Conspiracy 2^nd Degree (Felony). 

The 15-year-old juvenile had a presentment through the Justice of the Peace Court 7.  The juvenile was committed to the Delaware Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services:  Stevenson House Detention Center in default of $68,000 cash bond.  He was issued a no contact order with the co-defendant and victim.  He was ordered to appear at a later date in the Sussex County Family Court regarding this case.