Pedestrian Crash Escalates Into Violent Arrest, Police Say

WILMINGTON, DE — A Wilmington man is facing multiple felony charges after police said a pedestrian crash escalated into a series of confrontations with officers and the recovery of a firearm Thursday afternoon.

According to New Castle County Police, officers responded at approximately 12:06 p.m. on March 19 to the area of Oregon Road and Nebraska Road in the Park Place Trailer Park community for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian.

Police identified the pedestrian as 32-year-old Maliq Smith-Lemon of Wilmington and said he was not injured in the collision…

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