Dover Man Arrested for Burglarizing State-Owned Buildings, Stealing Car

DOVER, Del. – Delaware State Police (DSP) arrested a man from Dover on Saturday afternoon in connection to a burglary of two state office buildings and the theft of a state-owned vehicle.

At 3:50 p.m. on Nov. 8, officers from DSP and the Dover Police Department responded to the State Bureau of Identification, located on South Bay Road, following the activation of a burglar alarm.

When police arrived, they learned that an unknown male suspect, wearing a mask, forced entry through the public access door using a steel sewer lid. Once inside, the suspect damaged property and stole money. During the investigation, detectives learned that another state office building, the Office of Management and Budget – Fleet Services, located on the same property, had also been broken into. Detectives learned that the same individual used the same method to force entry into the building. Once inside, the suspect removed key fobs and stole a state-owned Ford Mustang Mach-E, drove recklessly through the parking lot, and struck two parked cars in an adjacent parking lot. When detectives canvassed the parking lot area, they recovered a bank bag of stolen money that was discarded by the suspect.

A short time later, troopers found the Mustang Mach-E, that was equipped with GPS, abandoned on Carpenter’s Bridge Road. Troopers checked the area and found a man, identified as 29-year-old Isiah Worthy, matching the description of the suspect walking on Canterbury Road. He was detained without incident and determined to be the suspect. During a search of his person, troopers found additional stolen money.

Worthy was arrested and taken to Troop 3, where he was charged with two counts of third degree burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, and other related charges. He was arraigned and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $14,050 secured bond.