MILTON, Del. - Delaware State Police have arrested the suspect of a robbery that occurred late Monday morning at the Valero gas station on Deep Branch Road, where a man stole both cash and a clerk’s car.
Troopers responded to the store, located at 25776 Deep Branch Road, around 11 a.m. on Nov. 24, after a report that a man had entered the store, gone behind the counter, demanded money from the registers and took the clerk’s car keys. No one was hurt during the robbery, according to police.
The man left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash and the clerk’s car. Shortly after the robbery, troopers located the stolen car unoccupied near New Hope Road in Ellendale.
DSP have since arrested the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Donald Tinley, Jr., of Milton. Tinley faces the following charges:
- Robbery Second Degree (Felony)
- Wearing a Disguise During the Commission of a Felony (Felony)
- Theft of a Motor Vehicle (Felony)