Wilmington City Council Member Charles Potter, Jr. and Delaware State Representative Dennis Williams are offering a $300.00 REWARD for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for spray painting approximately 50 cars within the boundaries of W. 29th & W. 36th Streets; and Van Buren & Washington Streets.

Please call 388-4665 with any information you may have. Thank you.

Charles Potter, Jr. was born and raised in Wilmington. One of ten children, Charles is the son of Marie (Bullock) and Charles Potter, Sr. He was educated at Harlan, Elbert and Palmer Elementary Schools, and graduated from P.S. duPont High School in 1973.

After high school he followed his father’s occupation working at a local yarn and string factory. Not satisfied with factory work or their poor conditions, Charles furthered his education at Delaware Technical and Community College and completed his undergraduate degree at Wilmington College in 1982. It was during this time he married his high school sweetheart, Velda Jones, and shortly after they relocated to Indiana so that Velda could earn a Master’s degree.

The Potters moved to Rochester, NY, where Charles became associated with Allstate Insurance Company. His success with Allstate blossomed and when they moved back to Wilmington, Charles continued with Allstate and later opened his own agency, which he currently owns.
Charles has always been active in his community, church, with voter registration, keeping a watchful eye on our environmental problems and other civic initiatives, which prompted him to run for Wilmington City Council. He was elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. Charles and Velda have two sons, Charles III and Brandon.

Somewhere along the way Charles adopted a personal motto, “believe you can and you will.”

“I thank all of my supporters and the entire Wilmington family for your support and encouragement. I firmly believe that I must give back to honor those who have helped me along the way.”