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Wilmington Police have arrested a man and woman on gun and drug charges following an investigation.

On June 14 at approximately 8:57 a.m., members of the Drug, Organized Crime, and Vice Division executed a search warrant in the 500 block of East 3^rd Street.  Police made contact with 41-year-old Javits Sullivan and 32-year-old Latasha Tyler.  Police recovered a loaded .45 caliber handgun (reported stolen), additional ammunition, 2.9 grams of cocaine, 4.4 grams of marijuana, .042 grams of heroin, drug paraphernalia, and $440 in currency.  Both subjects were taken into custody without incident.

Sullivan was charged with the following offenses:

• Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony
• Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (2 counts)
• Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver (2 counts)
• Possession of a Firearm while also in Possession of a Controlled Substance
• Receiving a Stolen Firearm
• Conspiracy 2^nd Degree
• Endangering the Welfare of a Child
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Possession of Marijuana

He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $56,300 cash-only bail.

Tyler was charged with the following offenses:

• Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony
• Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (2 counts)
• Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver (2 counts)
• Possession of a Firearm while also in Possession of a Controlled Substance
• Receiving a Stolen Firearm
• Conspiracy 2^nd Degree
• Endangering the Welfare of a Child
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Possession of Marijuana

She was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $31,200 cash-only bail.