Cheswold Police make arrest in Aug. 10th Lottery Ticket theft

With the help of surveillance cameras and the release of the photo by news outlets the Cheswold Police Department has made an arrest in the August 10th theft of lottery scratch off tickets, valued at approx. $314.00 (retail) from the Shore Stop on Main Street in Cheswold, DE.

On that date the suspect Ian H. Nadel, a 33 yr old W/M from Smyrna, DE entered the at approx. 2150 hrs and lingered in the store for about 10 minutes speaking on his cell phone near the front counter in the area of the lottery tickets.

A review of the surveillance footage showed the suspect remove a container of scratch off lottery tickets and exit the store. After conducting a investigation of the incident and securing surveillance footage the Cheswold Police requested the assistance of local news outlets to identify the suspect and received a tip on 8/17/14 that the suspect was Ian Nadel.

After further investigation of the incident and making contact with the suspect Off. Susan Kline was able to positively identify the suspect through surveillance photos, his cell phone and the tattoo located on his leg.

The suspect was charged with Theft under $1000 and was processed and arraigned at the Cheswold Police Dept before being released on $500 unsecured bail, pending a hearing.