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Wilmington Police Department
Tuesday December 23rd, 2025 :: 12:17 p.m. EST

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Wilmington Police arrest man on gun charges:

Wilmington Police have arrested a man on gun charges.

On December 20th at approximately 11:55 a.m., members of the Uniformed Services Division conducted a vehicle stop in the 200 block of East 24th Street in reference to a vehicle violation. Officers made contact with the driver 25-year-old Robert Walker and took him into custody without incident. Subsequently, officers executed a search warrant on the vehicle. Police recovered two loaded .9mm handguns, 35 grams of marijuana, 6.73 ounces of Promethazine/Codeine, and $54 in currency. One of the handguns had an obliterated serial number and the second handgun was found to have been privately manufactured and was untraceable.

Walker was charged with the following offenses:

  • Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited – 4 Counts
  • Possession of a Weapon with an Obliterated Serial Number
  • Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon – Two Counts
  • Possession with the Intent to Deliver a Counterfeit Controlled Substance
  • Possession of an Untraceable Firearm
He was arraigned in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $75,500 cash-only bail.
 

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Wilmington Police Department
300 N Walnut St
Wilmington, DE 19801

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