Tag: Camden

  • Tinted windows stop leads to drug, weapon charges

    Tinted windows stop leads to drug, weapon charges

    Colin Shockley (Delaware State Police)

    A 21-year-old Viola man is facing drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop in the Camden area on Wednesday night.

    Delaware State Police say Colin Shockley was stopped in the area of South DuPont Highway and POW-MIA Parkway by a trooper for having tinted windows without a waiver.

    The trooper noticed a strong odor of marijuana and spotted a rifle inside the vehicle in plain sight. Shockley was detained without incident, and a search of the vehicle uncovered 17 grams of marijuana, an American Tactical assault rifle, and a handgun.

    Shockley was transported to Troop 3 and charged with the following offenses:

    Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon (Felony)

    Possession of a Firearm While Possessing a Controlled Substance (Felony) – 2 counts

    Possession of Marijuana

    Failure to Have Insurance Identification in Possession

    Operating a Vehicle With Improper Window Tinting

    He was was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court # 7 and released on his own recognizance.

  • Three arrested after traffic stop turned up heroin, PCP in Dover

    Three arrested after traffic stop turned up heroin, PCP in Dover

    Dover Police and Delaware Probation and Parole arrested three people on drug charges after a traffic stop turned up heroin and PCP.

    According to the Dover Police Department, officers stopped a vehicle driven by 38-year-old Mandy Jackson, of Camden, in the 500 Block of North DuPont Highway.

    Police say 43-year-old Willie Wilson, of Felton, and 25-year-old Alyssa Harris, of Kenton, were passengers in the vehicle at the time of the stop.

    Officers located 1,114 bags of heroin and .7 grams of PCP inside the vehicle and took all three suspects into custody.

    Jackson was committed to Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on a $82,200 secured bond on the following offenses: Possession of Heroin, Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin, Conspiracy 2nd Degree, and Drug Paraphernalia.

    Wilson was committed to SCI on a $62,400 cash bond on the following offenses: Possession of Heroin, Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin, Possession of PCP, Conspiracy 2nd Degree, and Drug Paraphernalia.

    Harris was released on an O.R. bond on the following offenses: Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of PCP, and Local Fugitive.