Incident Number: 50-25-17036
Date/Time: Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.
Location: River Road, Dover, DE
Contact: Dover Police Department Public Information Officer Master Corporal Ryan Schmid
Email: Ryan.Schmid@cj.state.de.us
Narrative: The Dover Police Department has arrested Lawrence Horsey, 22, of Worton, DE and Brett Shelton-Hoskins, 19, of Dover, on firearm charges following an investigation Monday morning. The investigation began on Monday at 11:29 a.m., when members from the Street Crimes Unit, Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime, along with Delaware Probation and Parole, were conducting a firearms investigation in the area of River Road in Capital Green.
During this investigation, Officers made contact with Horsey and Shelton-Hoskins, at which time Horsey ran away into an occupied residence. Officers were able to take Horsey into custody after a foot pursuit and located a 9mm SCCY handgun in the area where he was hiding in the house. The firearm was reported stolen. Shelton-Hoskins initially refused to be taken into custody and would not place his hands behind his back, however, he was taken into custody and found in possession of a privately manufactured 9mm handgun and 2.6 grams of marijuana.
Both defendants were taken to the Dover Police Department, where they were processed and arraigned.
Horsey was committed to SCI on $116,000 cash bail on the following charges:
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
-Burglary First Degree
-Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (2x)
-Receiving a Stolen Firearm
-Tampering with Physical Evidence
-Resisting Arrest
Shelton-Hoskins was released on his own recognizance on the following charges:
-Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
-Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited
-Resisting Arrest
Both defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Dover, DE
Worton, MD
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