Wilmington Police arrest a man on gun charges following a vehicle stop.
On November 6th at approximately 8:12 p.m., a member of the Wilmington Police Departments Special Operations Traffic Unit was in the 400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, when he observed a vehicle parked in the middle of the roadway. The officer made contact with a 27-year-old male who was the sole occupant in the vehicle. The officer determined the male subject was under the influence of alcohol and was taken into custody after resisting arrest. The officer recovered a loaded .9mm handgun.
The 27-year-old male has been charged with the following offenses:
- Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
- Possession of a Firearm While Under the Influence
- Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of a Combination of Alcohol and Any Drug
- Resisting Arrest
He was arraigned in the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $15,000 cash-only bail.
