{"id":12426,"date":"2025-02-09T12:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T17:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2025-02-09T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T17:27:07","slug":"state-police-arrest-dover-man-for-gun-and-drug-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-dover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-police-arrest-dover-man-for-gun-and-drug-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-dover\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Arrest Dover Man for Gun and Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop in Dover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delaware State Police arrested 39-year-old\u00a0<strong>William Ridgway Jr.\u00a0<\/strong>of Dover, Delaware, for felony gun charges following a traffic stop in Dover on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>On February 8, 2025, at approximately 10:50 p.m., a trooper on patrol in the area of South Dupont Highway and POW-MIA Parkway saw a red Hyundai Sonata with a registration violation. The trooper stopped the Hyundai and contacted the driver, identified as William Ridgway Jr, who was the only occupant in the car and did not have a valid driver\u2019s license. During a search of the vehicle, the trooper found a Taurus G3 handgun concealed in a backpack along with approximately 48.58 grams of suspected marijuana. A computer query revealed Ridgway is convicted felon and is prohibited from possessing firearms and\/or ammunitions. Ridgeway was taken into custody without incident.<\/p>\n<p>Ridgway was transported to Troop 3, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 7, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $21,001 secured bond.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-225076 img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ridgway-240x300-1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"William Ridgway Jr mugshot photo with gray background\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited (Felony)<\/li>\n<li>Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon \u2013 Firearm (Felony)<\/li>\n<li>Possession of Marijuana<\/li>\n<li>Traffic Offenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Disclaimer: Any individual charged in this release is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/02\/09\/state-police-arrest-dover-man-for-gun-and-drug-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-dover\/\">State Police Arrest Dover Man for Gun and Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop in Dover<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\">Delaware State Police &#8211; State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delaware State Police arrested 39-year-old\u00a0William Ridgway Jr.\u00a0of Dover, Delaware, for felony gun charges following a traffic stop in Dover on Saturday night. On February 8, 2025, at approximately 10:50 p.m., a trooper on patrol in the area of South Dupont Highway and POW-MIA Parkway saw a red Hyundai Sonata with a registration violation. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":10729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dsp-badge-2.png?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-3eq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5072,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/troopers-arrest-woman-for-5th-offense-dui\/","url_meta":{"origin":12426,"position":0},"title":"Troopers Arrest Woman for 5th Offense DUI","author":"Admin","date":"January 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delaware State Police have arrested 47-year-old\u00a0Stacy Collins\u00a0of Dover, Delaware for felony DUI and other charges following a traffic stop that occurred yesterday in Magnolia. 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