Day: November 27, 2013

Incident #: 50-13-32656     Date/Time: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 11:01AM

Location:  27 North New Street, Dover, DE

Narrative: On Tuesday, November 26th at 11:01 AM, Dover Police Safe Streets Officers contacted a group of subjects loitering in the area of 27 North New Street.  Officers detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the individuals clothing and attempted to detain them at that time.  Defendant James Parker, began struggling with officers and pulled a loaded .32 Smith and Wesson revolver from under his jacket and attempted to discard it during the struggle.  Parker was also found to be in possession of 4.2 grams of marijuana and one 10mg Oxycodone tablet.  Defendant Dashaun Hughes, who was with Parker, was found to be in possession of 24 individual bags of marijuana, packaged for sale, with a total weight of 19 grams.  Both defendants were committed to James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in default of bond.

Suspect/Charge Information

James Parker:

DeShaun Hughes:

Incident #: 50-13-32264     Date/Time: Friday, November 22, 2013, 4:00AM

Location:  Sunoco Convenience Store (837 N. Dupont Highway-Dover Mall)

Narrative:     The Dover Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit is investigating an early morning armed robbery of the Sunoco Gas Station/Convenience Store located at 837 North Dupont Highway.  The victim/clerk advised that at approximately 4:00AM, a black male suspect entered the store wearing a black hooded sweatshirt concealing his face, dark blue jeans, and black gloves and pointed a gun at the clerk, demanding money.  The suspect then fled the store with an undisclosed amount of currency and ran northbound and fled the area in an unknown vehicle.