WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A car crashed into a porch of a home on 18th and Queen Streets in Wilmington Thursday around lunchtime.

According to officials, a 75-year-old man was driving when he hit a parked car on 18th and Wooster Streets. Authorities said the driver continued down the street and crashed into the porch.

The man was taken to the hospital, but was not seriously hurt.

No one lives in the house, but the property's water line was hit and will have to be fixed.

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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Officers with the Wilmington Police Department are investigating a robbery that took place Friday, asking anyone with information about it or the suspect involved to contact them.

According to police, the robbery happened at an art gallery in the 200 block of Water Street when a young man entered the store, showed a weapon and demanded an iPad.

He proceeded to grab the iPad and run out onto Water Street, where a Chandler's Wharf employee chased him.

Afterwards, WPD officers converged on the area with K9 units, but the suspect got away. Traffic was blocked from Church Street to Ann Street and from Front Street to Water Street during this time.

Authorities later recovered a BB gun, which turned out to be the robber's weapon, and the iPad near the scene.

The suspect was described high-school aged with dark skin.

He was seen wearing a black hoodie.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Officers with the Wilmington Police Department located a missing elderly person early Wednesday morning.

According to a WPD spokesperson, officers received a call from the 1710 block of 41st Street around 5:40 a.m. in reference to a missing 73-year-old with dementia, David Walters.