{"id":16483,"date":"2025-07-10T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=16483"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:45:33","slug":"laurel-men-arrested-after-shooting-and-large-drug-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/laurel-men-arrested-after-shooting-and-large-drug-seizure\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurel Men Arrested After Shooting and Large Drug Seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0LAUREL, Del. \u2014 <\/strong>Two men from Laurel face felony charges after a July 8 shooting at the Holly Brook Apartments led to their arrest and discovery of drugs and firearms. Police stopped a vehicle shortly after shots were reported at the complex around 9:40 p.m. The driver, 22-year-old Tyjah Jenkins, and passenger, 25-year-old Richelson Charles, matched the description of suspects involved in the incident. Jenkins showed signs of intoxication during the traffic stop, and sobriety tests confirmed impairment. Both men were taken into custody. A search of their vehicle uncovered more than a kilogram of marijuana, two loaded handguns, digital scales, and materials used for packaging drugs. Jenkins and Charles are being held at Sussex Correctional Institution on bail of $54,102 and $43,001 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0LAUREL, Del. \u2014 Two men from Laurel face felony charges after a July 8 shooting at the Holly Brook Apartments led to their arrest and discovery of drugs and firearms. Police stopped a vehicle shortly after shots were reported at the complex around 9:40 p.m. The driver, 22-year-old Tyjah Jenkins, and passenger, 25-year-old Richelson Charles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13590,"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-16483","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\/2025\/03\/siren-light-on-roof-of-police-car-2025-02-16-09-40-47-utc-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-4hR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3311,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/two-men-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-laurel-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":16483,"position":0},"title":"Two men arrested in shooting death of Laurel man","author":"admin","date":"April 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Two men have been arrested for the shooting death of a 49-year-old Laurel man on Thursday. 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