Police Arrest Newark Woman Following Reported Road Rage Incident Involving A Firearm

There is no user text to rewrite. The provided text is a zip code. In a recent development, Tyesha Bethea of Newark has been taken into custody by Patrol Officers from the New Castle County Division of Police.

The 35-year-old has been charged with multiple felony offenses. A terroristic threatening incident involving a weapon was reported at Kinder Care on Meadowood Drive in Newark on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 9:04 a.m.

Patrol Officers were dispatched to the scene. Upon their arrival, officers conversed with a victim who alleged that she had been engaged in a road rage altercation while operating her vehicle on Kirkwood Highway. According to the victim, she and the suspect drove into nearby parking lots after the initial road rage incident.

According to the victim, she proceeded to approach the suspect in her vehicle in order to continue their conversation. According to reports, the suspect was seen standing outside of the victim’s vehicle while she was seated inside.

According to reports, the suspect allegedly approached the victim’s vehicle and proceeded to point a black handgun at her. According to reports, the suspect proceeded to repeatedly strike the victim’s vehicle with a handgun, resulting in minor damage.

According to reports, officers made contact with the suspect, identified as Tyesha Bethea, in the vicinity of the 2000 block of Capitol Trail in Newark. According to reports, Tyesha contacted 911 to report the incident. However, she denied using a firearm to threaten the victim or hitting the vehicle with the weapon.

During the incident, law enforcement officials conducted a search of the automobile and initially discovered a vacant holster. A loaded black 9mm handgun was found by officers hidden underneath a child’s car seat.

Tyesha has been charged with multiple offenses and was taken to New Castle County Police Headquarters. The charges include possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, possession of a weapon in a safe school zone, aggravated menacing, terroristic threatening, and criminal mischief.

The defendant was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and subsequently committed to Delores J Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution after failing to post $88,000.00 cash bail.