{"id":18828,"date":"2025-10-30T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/?p=243605"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:00:01","slug":"state-police-arrest-teenager-on-gun-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-police-arrest-teenager-on-gun-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Arrest Teenager on Gun Charges Following Traffic Stop in Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delaware State Police have arrested a <strong>16-year-old <\/strong><strong>male<\/strong> from Wyoming, Delaware, for felony gun and related charges following a traffic stop in Wyoming Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>On October 28, 2025, at approximately 8:50 p.m., a trooper saw a motorized scooter, with no light, traveling on Layton Avenue near Broad Street in Wyoming. The trooper pulled the scooter over, and spoke to the driver, identified as a 16-year-old male. While talking to the teenager, the trooper saw a rectangular shaped object near his waistband, and after the trooper asked the teenager if he had anything on him, he ran away. After a short foot pursuit, the teenager was taken into custody without incident. During a search of the teen, the trooper found a loaded Polymer 80 9mm handgun, with no serial number, in his waistband.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The teenager was taken to Troop 3, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 7, and committed to Stevenson House Detention Center on a $21,200 secured bond.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 21 (Felony)<\/li>\n<li>Possession of Ammunition for a Firearm by a Person Under 21 (felony)<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (Felony)<\/li>\n<li>Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon \u2013 Firearm (Felony)<\/li>\n<li>Possession of an Untraceable Firearm (Felony)<\/li>\n<li>Resisting Arrest<\/li>\n<li>Unlawful Operation of a Motorized Skateboard or Scooter on a Public Highway, Streets, Sidewalks, or Right of Way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/10\/30\/state-police-arrest-teenager-on-gun-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-wyoming\/\">State Police Arrest Teenager on Gun Charges Following Traffic Stop in Wyoming<\/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>Delaware State Police have arrested a 16-year-old male from Wyoming, Delaware, for felony gun and related charges following a traffic stop in Wyoming Tuesday night. On October 28, 2025, at [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/2025\/10\/30\/state-police-arrest-teenager-on-gun-charges-following-traffic-stop-in-wyoming\/\">State Police Arrest Teenager on Gun Charges Following Traffic Stop in Wyoming<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/dsp.delaware.gov\/\">Delaware State Police &#8211; State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[267,612],"class_list":["post-18828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-arrest","tag-gun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-4TG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9233,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/troopers-arrest-teen-for-multiple-gun-and-drug-offenses-following-traffic-stop-in-camden-wyoming\/","url_meta":{"origin":18828,"position":0},"title":"Troopers Arrest Teen for Multiple Gun and Drug Offenses Following Traffic Stop in Camden Wyoming","author":"aminaali","date":"July 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delaware State Police arrested a 17-year-old male from Dover, Delaware, for multiple gun and drug offenses following a traffic stop that occurred in Camden Wyoming on Friday morning. 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