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Wilmington Police have arrested a man and recovered a stolen vehicle.
 
On July 23 at approximately 8:06 p.m., police were on patrol in the area of 7th and Market Streets when they observed a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of Philadelphia. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, which fled and was located moments later at 2nd and Tatnall Streets.
 
Police took the driver of the vehicle, 25-year-old Dontel Banice of Newark, into custody without incident, and recovered approximately 70 grams of marijuana.
 
Banice has been charged with the following offenses in addition to several traffic violations:

• Receiving Stolen Property (Over $1,500)
• Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver

He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $10,400 cash-only bail.
 
A second occupant of the vehicle, 24-year-old Daivion Brown of Pottstown, PA, was found to be wanted on an unrelated matter and was taken into custody to be processed.