NEWARK, Del. - The Delaware State Police have arrested a man following the theft of a motor vehicle and then a subsequent chase Friday morning.
Police say the incident happened Friday at approximately 4:58 a.m. on the 900 block of South Chapel Street in Newark. A Verizon employee reported seeing a suspicious person, Phillip White, inside the fenced-in parking lot of the business.
When they arrived, troopers noticed a Verizon utility truck exist the business and drive erratically onto southbound South Chapel Street.Troopers attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop, but the suspect fled at a high rate of speed.White continued traveling until reaching a dead end on Bellevue Road prompting him to exit the stolen vehicle and flee on foot into.