Wilmington Police have arrested a man on gun charges.
On August 16, at 2:00 a.m., members of the Uniformed Services Division were in the 800 block of East 26th Street, when they observed a male subject acting in a suspicious manner. Police attempted to make contact with the subject, at which time he fled on foot. Following a brief foot pursuit, police took 19-year-old Zhamere Dredden into custody without incident, and recovered a loaded 9mm handgun, which had been reported stolen.
Dredden has been charged with the following offenses:
- Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
- Receiving Stolen Property Under $1,500
- Tampering with Physical Evidence
- Resisting Arrest
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $14,000 cash-only bail.
