Delaware State Police have arrested 62-year-old John Rickards of Dagsboro, Delaware, for multiple felony drug charges and receiving stolen property following a search warrant at a Dagsboro residence.
On October 10, 2024, members of the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force and the Sussex County Drug Unit, executed a search warrant at a house on the 32000 block of Dupont Boulevard in Dagsboro. The search warrant was obtained following a three-month investigation of Rickards for a criminal nuisance property as well as the manufacturing and distribution of illegal narcotics. During the search warrant, detectives detained nine individuals that were located on the property, including Rickards.
A search of the property led to the discovery of the following items:
- Approximately 197.02 grams marijuana
- Approximately 2.03 grams cocaine
- Approximately 2.85 grams of methamphetamines
- Approximately 0.12 grams of crack cocaine
- Drug paraphernalia and digital scales
- $641 in suspected drug proceeds
- Stolen John Deere Gator UTV
- Several stolen power tools
After a search of the property, four of the nine individuals detained were arrested for misdemeanor offenses and capias warrants. The others were released without incident.
Rickards was taken to Troop 4 where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $59,000 cash bond.
- Operating a Clandestine Laboratory (Felony)
- Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Felony) – 3 counts
- Maintaining a Drug Property (Felony)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tier 1 (Felony)
- Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500 (Felony)
- Receiving Stolen Property under $1,500 – 3 counts
- Resisting Arrest
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – 3 counts
- Criminal Nuisance – Maintaining a Place for Unlawful Conduct
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