Dime store novels and newsstand crime magazines often featured the lurid and bawdy stories that were taboo to the respectable daily and Sunday broadsheets. Crimes of passion and of death and violence were the norm and the stories were so
Read more150 Years Of Stories: The Police Station (Part IV)
On Wednesday, March 12, 1958, the Wilmington Crusader proclaimed across its front page in a bold headline “Police Station Gets O.K.” It was the culmination of many years of work by Police Chief Paul Lynch to obtain adequate headquarters for
Read moreWilmington Police Department to Host Peace Officer Memorial Day Observance
As part of our 150th anniversary celebration, the Wilmington Police Department will be hosting a Peace Officers Memorial Day Observance on May 12, 2022. Peace Officers Memorial Day is observed nationally on May 15 each year to pay tribute to
Read more150 Years of Stories: The Tartaglia Gang
One hundred years ago, Chief Walter Hill and his police officers found themselves in the grips of a crime wave that was running rampant over much of the area. Given the year, the reader might initially surmise a bootlegging story
Read more150 Years of Stories: The Police Station (Part III)
It was difficult to find a long-lasting, permanent home for the police officers of the town. Between 1939 and 1961 they would assume residence in five different buildings. After almost ten years in the old Wilmington News Office in the
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