Two Delaware firefighters arrested in hate crime investigation

'Lynching Is Not a Joke': Two Former Delaware Firefighters Charged with Hate Crimes After Chasing Black Co-Worker with a Noose

Two volunteer firefighters from Millville, Delaware, are receiving widespread criticism across the state after they were fired and charged with hate crimes. On April 9, 2025, Delaware State Police were notified of the incident by the Millville Volunteer Fire Company administration. It happened 14 months earlier, when Jay Droney, 27, of Millville, and Jordan Hastings, 23, of Delmar, chased a fellow volunteer firefighter around the station while c…

Two firefighters arrested on hate crime charges for ‘chasing employee with a noose’

The incident happened in February 2024 but was not reported until April of this year

Two Delaware firefighters arrested in hate crime investigation

GEORGETOWN, Del. (WPHL) -- Delaware State Police Detectives arrested two men on Wednesday following the conclusion of a hate crime investigation. According to Delaware State Police, Troopers were contacted by the Millville Volunteer Fire Company administration last week about an alleged previously unreported hate crime that occurred at the station last year. During the investigation, detectives learned that in February 2024, two volunteer firefi…

Senate Leadership Statement Regarding Arrests of Former Millville Volunteer Fire Company Members - Hoy en Delaware

Source: Senate Majority Caucus and Senate Minority Caucus DOVER, DE – On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Senate Majority Caucus and Senate Minority Caucus leadership issued the below joint statement following the arrests of two former Millville Volunteer Fire Company members. “We are outraged and deeply disturbed by the recent news regarding two former members of the Millville Volunteer Fire Company who have been arrested following a hate crime inves…

2 ex-Delaware firefighters chased co-worker while carrying noose, police say

Two former Delaware firefighters carried a noose and chased a co-worker while one of them made racist comments towards him, investigators said. On April 9, 2025, Delaware State Police were contacted by the Millville Volunteer Fire Company administration regarding a previously unreported hate crime at their station on Atlantic Avenue in Millville, police said. Investigators later learned that in February 2024, volunteer firefighters Jay Droney, 2…

Racist harassment at Millville Fire Company leads to two arrests

Two former members of the Millville Volunteer Fire Company have been charged with hate crimes after investigators say they harassed a fellow employee in a racially motivated incident at the fire station in 2024.