Yesterday the Delaware State Police arrested 51-year-old James Crow of Dover, Delaware and 36-year-old Quinton Perry of Bridgeville, Delaware on drug dealing charges after concluding an extended narcotics investigation.
In December 2022, detectives from the Kent County Governor’s Task Force began investigating James Crow, who was suspected of dealing drugs in Kent County. On May 23, 2023, at approximately 7:27 p.m., detectives contacted Crow as he met with his drug supplier Quinton Perry. Both Crow and Perry were taken into custody without incident.
Detectives executed search warrants on Crow’s residence and his Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck and recovered the following evidence:
- 1 sawed-off shotgun
- 1 shotgun that had been reported stolen by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina
- Approximately 15.26 grams of methamphetamine
- Approximately 6.54 grams of cocaine
- Approximately 201 small baggies containing approximately 1.407 grams of suspected heroin
- 13 doses of Oxycodone
- 4 doses of Suboxone
- 6 prescription-only pills
- Numerous items of drug paraphernalia
- Over $1,000 in suspected drug dealing proceeds
Crow is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms.
Detectives also executed a search warrant on Perry’s Hyundai Sonata and found over $2,300 in suspected drug dealing proceeds.
Both Crow and Perry were taken to Troop 3 and charged with the following crimes:
James Crow:
- Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (Felony) – 2 counts
- Possession of a Deadly Weapon While Possessing a Controlled Substance (Felony) – 2 counts
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 Quantity (Felony) – 2 counts
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Felony)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 Quantity (Felony) – 2 counts
- Possession of a Destructive Weapon (Felony)
- Receiving a Stolen Firearm (Felony)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 1 Quantity (Felony)
- Conspiracy Second Degree (Felony)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance – 3 counts
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Crow was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $158,000 cash bond.
Quinton Perry:
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Felony)
- Conspiracy Second Degree (Felony)
Perry was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $5,500 cash bond.
