Day: March 22, 2024

Incident Number:  50-24-9740

Date/Time: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 at 9:42 a.m.

Location: 100 Block of South New Street 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 Allison Morris, 34, John Smith Jr, 46, both of Dover, and George Jones, 48, of Laurel, on drug charges following a traffic stop early Thursday morning. The investigation began at 9:42 a.m., when the Dover Police Departments Drugs, Vice and Organized Crime Unit was conducting a drug investigation in the 100 block of South New Street. During their investigation they stopped a vehicle and contacted the occupants, who were identified as Morris, Smith Jr, and Jones. All of the occupants were taken into custody without incident and as a result of the stop, officers located 28.6 grams of crack cocaine, 100 bags of heroin and suspected drug proceeds. The defendants were transported to Dover Police Department where they were processed and arraigned.

Morris was committed to BWCI on $18,000 secured bail on the following charges:
-Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession with the Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 Quantity
-Possession of a Controlled Substance
-Possession with the Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Not Marijuana Related

Smith Jr was committed to SCI on $8,000 cash bail on the following charges:
-Possession of a Controlled Substance
-Several Capias’

Jones was released on a criminal summons on the following charges:
-Possession of a controlled substance
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Not Marijuana Related

All defendants are innocent until proven guilty.

Incident Number:  50-24-9660

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

Location: 100 Block of Derbyshire Drive 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 a 17-year-old Hispanic male, of Dover, for stealing a firearm Wednesday afternoon. The investigation began at 4:09 p.m., when Dover Police was called to the 100 block of Derbyshire Court for the report of a theft of a firearm. Officers responded and contacted the victim who advised that a 17-year-old resident of a home he was working on had stolen a firearm from him. The ensuing investigation revealed that the victim was working on a house and at some point during the day, the 17-year-old suspect removed a firearm from the victim’s vehicle. When confronted, the 17-year-old pulled the firearm out of his waistband. The firearm was then recovered. The 17-year-old was taken into custody without incident and transported to Dover Police where he was processed and then arraigned at JP7.

The 17-year-old was committed to Stevenson House Correctional Facility on $82,500 cash bond on the following charges:
-Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
-Possession of a Firearm/Ammunition by a Person Prohibited
-Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
-Aggravated Menacing
-Theft of a Firearm

The 17-year-old is presumed innocent until proven guilty.