Delaware woman charged with terroristic threatening after road rage incident in daycare parking lot: police

A Delaware woman is accused of terroristic threats after allegedly hitting a victim’s car with a gun in a road rage incident on Tuesday morning.

Newark resident Tyesha Bethea, 35, was charged with 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. 

Bethea was arrested and charged after a woman called New Castle County Police from a daycare parking lot around 9 a.m. The victim said she was threatened with a weapon.

Tyesha Bethea mugshot

Newark resident Tyesha Bethea, 35, was charged with felony counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, aggravated menacing and possession of a weapon in a safe school zone.  (New Castle County Police)

Police said the two drivers got into a road rage incident on Kirkwood Highway and pulled into a parking lot to settle it. 

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Exteriors of New Castle County Police building

New Castle County Police were dispatched to the daycare parking lot at around 9 a.m. (Google Maps)

“While on the scene, officers searched the vehicle and first located an empty holster,” New Castle County Police said in a statement. “Officers then located a loaded black 9mm handgun hidden underneath a child’s car seat.”

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