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Delaware Issues Amber Alert for Possible Kidnapping of Girl

Don Rush

NEWARK, Del. (AP) - New Castle County Police are looking for a girl who may have been kidnapped in Newark.

Police say witnesses reported that a girl, described as white and 10 to 12 years old, was pulled into an SUV while she was walking on Albion Drive about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Officers say the vehicle was driven by a man about 30 years old. The SUV is described as an older model, white, with rear dark tinted windows and a roof rack.

Police say the vehicle was last seen making a right onto Old Newark Road.

Authorities have no description of what kind of clothes the girl was wearing.

Delaware State Police have issued an Amber Alert in the incident.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.