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Drug and Firearms Charges Result from Traffic Stop 12-30-16

Incident/Complaint#:  50-16-43464

Date/Time:  Thursday, December 29th, 2016 at 8:34PM

Location: West North Street and Saulsbury Road (Traffic Stop), Dover, DE

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

Narrative:

A traffic stop led to a drug and firearm arrest on Thursday night when Dover Police and Delaware Probation and Parole stopped a vehicle in the area of West North Street and Saulsbury Road on Thursday night.  While conducting the stop, officers could smell a strong odor of marijuana in the vehicle.  Officers then located a stolen 9mm handgun, 9.6 grams of marijuana, and .3 grams of crack cocaine on Tyrese Tilghman-Benson and 3.4 grams of marijuana on Raheem Fullman.  Both men were passengers in the vehicle.

Tyrese Tilghman-benson Age: 18 Dover, DE Charges: Possession of Firearm by Person Prohibited Possession of Marijuana Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Possession of Stolen Firearm Possession of Crack Cocaine Carry Concealed Deadly Weapon BOND: $17,800 Cash (JTVCC)
Tyrese Tilghman-benson
Age: 18
Dover, DE
Charges:
Possession of Firearm by Person Prohibited
Possession of Marijuana
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Possession of Stolen Firearm
Possession of Crack Cocaine
Carry Concealed Deadly Weapon
BOND: $17,800 Cash (JTVCC)
Raheem Fullman Age: 19 Dover, DE Charges: Possession of Marijuana Drug Paraphernalia BOND: Released with Bond
Raheem Fullman
Age: 19
Dover, DE
Charges:
Possession of Marijuana
Drug Paraphernalia
BOND: Released with Bond