Wilmington Police have arrested five males and one female on drug charges following an investigation.
Beginning in August, members of the Drug, Organized Crime, and Vice Division have been conducting an investigation into illegal drug sales in the 700 block of South Van Buren Street. On August 16, at 10:20 a.m., police executed multiple search warrants in that block and took 27-year-old Lorenzo Hopkins, 32-year-old Zidre Cephus, 46-year-old Abdullah Clayton, 27-year-old Daqaune Woodruff, 26-year-old Eman Jones, and 27-year-old Christina Thomas into custody without incident. Police recovered 51.6 grams of crack cocaine, .343 grams of heroin, 7.2 grams of marijuana, 5 Oxycodone pills, 43 Alprazolam pills, 6 Amphetamine pills, and $2,132.
Lorenzo Hopkins has been charged with the following offenses:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver – Three Counts
- Conspiracy (Second Degree)
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $14,000 secured bail.
Zidre Cephus has been charged with the following offenses:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver – Three Counts
- Conspiracy (Second Degree)
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $17,000 cash-only bail.
Abdullah Clayton has been charged with the following offenses:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver in Tier 3 Quantity
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in Tier 3 Quantity
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver
- Possession of a Controlled Substance – Three Counts
- Conspiracy (Second Degree)
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $87,300 cash-only bail.
Daquane Woodruff has been charged with the following offenses:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver – Two Counts
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Conspiracy (Second Degree)
He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $14,200 cash-only bail.
Eman Jones has been charged with the following offenses:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Conspiracy (Second Degree)
He was arraigned in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $3,700 secured bail.
Christina Thomas has been charged with the following offenses:
- Maintaining a Drug Property
- Possession of a Controlled Substance – Three Counts
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Conspiracy (Second Degree)
She was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $5,800 cash-only bail.
