Day: September 28, 2015

Complaint # 50-15-17103

Date:  Monday, September 28th, 2015

Officer Releasing Information:   M/Cpl. Mark Hoffman, Public Information Officer

Narrative:

A fugitive wanted for robbery and related charges was caught after a brief foot chase early Monday.  Lewis Foreman, 19, of Dover was arrested after members of the Delaware Fugitive Task Force attempted to contact him in the area of Acacia Place in Dover.  Foreman fled from the officers but was apprehended a short time later without incident.  Foreman was found to have 43 grams of marijuana on his person at the time of the apprehension.  Foreman was also wanted on the following charges from a June 20th robbery in which three other suspects assaulted two victims in the area of North Governors Avenue and Fulton Street, taking money from the victims.
-Robbery First Degree
-Possession of Firearm During Commission of Felony
-Aggravated Menacing
-Conspiracy 2nd Degree
-Resisting Arrest

Foreman will be charged with the following crimes when arraigned later this afternoon:
-Possession With Intent To Deliver Marijuana
-Resisting Arrest

Complaint # 50-15-28398

Date:  Friday, September 25th at 9:45AM

Location: 1137 Janes Road and 11 Janes Circle, Dover, DE

Officer Releasing Information:   M/Cpl. Mark Hoffman, Public Information Officer

Narrative:

On Friday, September 25th, the Dover Police Department Drugs, Vice, and Organized Crime (DVOC) Unit executed search warrants at 1137 Janes Road and 11 Janes Circle in Dover after an investigation revealed that those two locations were being used to produce and distribute methamphetamine while operating clandestine labs.  Dover Police were assisted by members of the Delaware State Police, DNREC Hazmat Special Response Team, Delaware Probation and Parole, and the South Little Creek Fire Department.  Both residences were found to have clandestine labs inside and were safely dismantled by Hazmat teams on site.  Herbie Snyder, 56 and Charles Hitchens, 51 were taken into custody without incident.