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<h2>Delaware State Police Beat / Bozo Bennett held up Donut Shop; Tracked and Captured by Customer</h2>
<figure id="attachment_14861" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14861" style="width: 240px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/2018/02/17/delaware-state-police-beat-bozo-bennett-held-up-donut-shop-tracked-and-captured-by-customer/dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks-michael-d-bennett-jr-32-of-wilmington-held-up-donut-shop-and-was-captured-by-citizen-feb-16-2018/" rel="attachment wp-att-14861"><img class="size-medium wp-image-14861" src="http://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks-Michael-D.-Bennett-Jr.-32-of-Wilmington-held-up-Donut-shop-and-was-captured-by-citizen-Feb.-16-2018-240x300.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="300" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-14861" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;">Dumber than a box of rocks Michael D. Bennett Jr., 32 of Wilmington held up Donut shop and was captured by citizen Feb. 16, 2018</span></figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">WILMINGTON, DEL. – Why didn’t this idiot just go rob a police station? He might as well as to rob a Dunkin’ Donuts, which is a real cop-magnet, is just dumb. Even when there are no police officers taking a coffee and donut break, the customers are not to be trifled with.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Delaware State Police report that the armed robbery of a Wilmington area Dunkin’ Donuts that took place on Feb. 16, 2018, was quickly solved as the alleged robber was tracked by a customer into nearby woods, tackled and restrained until police arrived.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The incident occurred at approximately 11:20 a.m. Friday, February 16, 2018, at the Dunkin’ Donuts located at 4557 New Linden Hill Road, Wilmington. The suspect, who was armed with an unknown make and model handgun, confronted the employees of the business and demanded money from the cash registers. The employees complied with the suspect’s demands and turned over an undisclosed amount of money to him. The suspect then exited the</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">business and fled in an unknown direction. There were no injuries.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">During the robbery, the suspect wore a mask to conceal his identity and displayed an unknown make and model handgun. A witness observed the suspect running from the store and contacted the business to confirm a robbery had just occurred. The witness then followed the suspect and observed him run through a wooded area directly behind the business. After waiting for the suspect to exit the wooded area, the witness tackled and detained the suspect on the roadway until troopers arrived. No injuries were reported during the incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The suspect was identified as Michael D. Bennett Jr., 32, of Wilmington. He was transported to Troop 2 where he was charged with three counts of Robbery 1st Degree and Wearing a Disguise during the Commission of a Felony. He was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 2 and was committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in default of $186,000.00 secured bond.</span></p>
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