DSP News Release: Monday, February 23, 2009- Stabbing Investigation Yields Two Felony Shoplifting Suspects

Location of Incident: 

• Stabbing- Baylor Boulevard (access road to the Baylor Woman’s Correctional Institute), New Castle, Delaware, New Castle County
• Shoplifting- Kmart, Governors Square, Pulaski Highway, Bear, Delaware, New Castle County

Date and Time of Occurrence: 

• Stabbing- Sunday, February 22, 2009, at approximately 9:54 p.m.
• Shoplifting- Sunday, February 22, 2009, at approximately 10:57 a.m.

Suspect(s): 

• Francis Gaglio, 36, of Channing Drive in Bear
• Angel Acuff, 23, of South DuPont Highway in New Castle

Resume:  On Sunday evening, Troopers responded to Baylor Boulevard in New Castle in reference to a stabbing complaint. 

Once on scene, officers learned from a witness / reporting person that he was driving to the Baylor Woman’s’ Correctional Institute in car which was also occupied by an unidentified friend, Francis Gaglio and Angel Acuff.  While the four subjects were traveling down Baylor Boulevard, an argument ensued between Acuff and Gaglio as Acuff accused her boyfriend, Gaglio, of stealing her medication.  Acuff allegedly produced a knife and stabbed Gaglio in his shoulder.  She then cut her own wrists. 

When interviewed, Gaglio and Acuff both provided Troopers with false accounts of what happened and they claimed Gaglio was stabbed by one of the other subjects in the car.  It did not take long for officers to get to the bottom of what actually happened. 

Coincidently, the lead investigator into this stabbing recognized Gaglio and Acuff from a felony shoplifting case he was handling from earlier in the day.  The shoplifting occurred at the Kmart in the Governors Square Shopping Center.  In this incident it was alleged that Gaglio and Acuff responded to the jewelry counter in Kmart, pried open an earring display case and stole three pair of diamond studded earrings valued over $1,000.00. 

Both subjects were transported from the scene to a local hospital for treatment.  Gaglio and Acuff both required stitches to mend their wounds.  Upon their release from the hospital, the two subjects were charged with the following:

• Francis Gaglio- Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor), Conspiracy 2^nd (felony), Shoplifting (felony) and Falsely Reporting an Incident (misdemeanor). He was released on a $1,600.00 unsecured bond.
• Angel Acuff- Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor), Falsely Reporting an Incident (misdemeanor), Conspiracy 2^nd (felony), Assault 2^nd (felony), Shoplifting (felony) and Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony (felony).  She was committed to the Baylor Woman’s Correctional Institute in lieu of $12,100.00 secured bond.

 

               

Angel Acuff                                        Francis Gaglio