SELBYVILLE, Del.- A home near Selbyville has been condemned due to persistent criminal activity, according to the Delaware Department of Justice.

This week the DOJ announced the home, located at 37920 Washington Ave., was officially declared a "criminal nuisance property" by a Superior Court judge. The DOJ said after three tenants were evicted in June, the property was given its final notice and boarded up on July 31.

Neighbors like Lee Santos said they were glad to see the house shut down.

"It's been a problem ever since we've been here," he says.

Santos and others tell WBOC they witnessed people whom they believed to be buying drugs come in and out of the small street. One neighbor recalls police being called for multiple late night parties and noise complaints.

The DOJ says that over the course of three years, police made undercover drug purchases at the home and seized heroin, marijuana, crack cocaine, suboxone strips, money and weapons.

Along with the DOJ, Delaware State Police helped shut down the property. Neighbors say Selbyville police officers patrol the area often as well, and expressed gratitude for the coverage. In an email to WBOC, Selbyville Police Chief Scott Collins said his officers have worked joint enforcement efforts in the area in the past.

"We fully support this crime reduction effort, and believe this, along with other proactive enforcement actions, will make a positive impact," he writes to WBOC.

The DOJ says the property owner is not suspected of any criminal activity, but now has a responsibility to keep the house free of crime. As part of the court order, the owner is not allowed to rent the house to anyone with a felony drug dealing conviction.