DOVER, DE – A 36-year-old Dover man has been charged in connection with a liquor store burglary after investigators linked him to two similar crimes in Kent County, Delaware State Police announced Wednesday.
On Sept. 17 around 7:57 a.m., troopers responded to Woodside Liquor Warehouse on South Dupont Highway after reports that a suspect forced entry through a window overnight and stole several bottles of liquor.
The following day, a similar burglary occurred within the City of Dover. Detectives from the Delaware State Police and Dover Police Department compared evidence and identified Robert Young Jr., 36, of Dover, as the suspect. A warrant for his arrest was issued.
On Sept. 24, Young was arrested while already being held at Sussex Correctional Institution on unrelated charges. He was