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Wilmington Police Department
Monday February 6th, 2023 :: 03:48 p.m. EST

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Wilmington Police arrest man on aggravated menacing, firearm charges:

Wilmington Police have arrested a man on aggravated menacing and firearm charges.
 
On January 22 at approximately 3:04 p.m., police were called to the 300 block of New Castle Avenue following an aggravated menacing incident in which a man pointed a firearm at another person.
 
The case was assigned to Detective Douglas Rivell of the Criminal Investigations Division. Through the course of his investigation, he identified 42-year-old Zinn McFarlin as a suspect.
 
McFarlin was taken into custody on February 3 and has been charged with the following offenses:

  • Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
  • Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited
  • Aggravated Menacing
  • Terroristic Threatening
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 20 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $40,852 cash-only bail.
 

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Wilmington Police Department
300 N Walnut St
Wilmington, DE 19801

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