Dover Pair Arrested On Drug Dealing and Firearm Charges Following Search Warrant

Incident/Complaint#:  50-23-20264

Date:  Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Location: 400 N Dupont Highway Dover, DE

Contact:  Dover Police Department Public Information Officer
Master Corporal Ryan Schmid   Email: Ryan.Schmid@cj.state.de.us

Narrative:

The Dover Police Department has arrested Amir Lloyd, 21, and Jada Wright, 22, both of Dover, on weapons and drug dealing charges following a search warrant early Tuesday morning. The Dover Police Department’s Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime Unit obtained a search warrant for an apartment located at 400 North DuPont Highway, associated with Lloyd and Wright following an investigation into the residence. On Tuesday, Officers executed the search warrant and Lloyd and Wright were taken into custody without incident. During a search of the residence, Officers located 7.6 pounds of marijuana, 18 doses of MDMA, and fully automatic 9mm Glock 17 handgun. Lloyd and Wright were transported to Dover Police where they were processed and arraigned.

Lloyd was committed to SCI on $32,600 cash bail on the following charges:
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
-Possession of a Firearm By a Person Prohibited (x2)
-Possession of a destructive weapon
-Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession of Marijuana in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession of MDMA in a Tier 1 Quantity
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Wright was released on an OR bond on the following charge:
-Maintaining a Drug Property