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Police Journal Three arrested on drug charges On Wednesday, Sept. 13, at approximately 6:05 a.m., members of the Seaford Police Department’s Special Tactics and Response Team along with officers from the Georgetown Police Department and Probation and Parole executed a drug related search warrant in the 500 block of Third Street, Seaford. This comes as a result of an eightmonth investigation into the sale of illegal drugs from that location by the Seaford Police Department Criminal Investigations Division. As a result of the search warrant the defendants were arrested on the charges listed below and the following property recovered and seized: 76.3 grams of marijuana, 26.5 grams of crack cocaine, 2 grams of powder cocaine, $6,848.66 in suspected drug money, a 1989 MercedesBenz 300 Series, a 2004 Ford Explorer, and an outside video surveillance system with indoor monitor. The defendants and charges are: Derek L. Ponder, 48 years of age, Seaford — Charges are: Trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for keeping controlled substances, possession of powder cocaine, possession of crack cocaine, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of fireworks; two counts possession of drug paraphernalia; conspiracy second degree. Charlotte G. Cannon, 48 years of age, Seaford — Charges are: Trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for keeping controlled substances, possession of powder cocaine, possession of crack cocaine, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of fireworks; two counts possession of drug paraphernalia; conspiracy second degree. Tamara Y. Gaines, 19 years of age, Frostproof, Fla. — Charges are: possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, possession of marijuana, conspiracy second degree. All three defendants are currently awaiting arraignment at Justice of the Peace Court 4 in Seaford.
Woman critically injured The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) is investigating a crash involving a Milford Police vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred Wednesday, Sept. 13, at approximately 1:32 a.m., on U.S. 113/ Rt. 1 south of New Wharf Road. A 2000 Ford Mustang operated by Tabethia H. Maloney, 21, of Houston, was traveling north on U.S. 113/Rt. 1 when she lost control of it. The Mustang traveled off the east edge of the roadway and up and over a guardrail. The Mustang then traveled down into a culvert where it came to rest in about three feet of water. After the crash occurred, someone called 911 and Milford Police dispatched two units to the scene. Both Milford units responded to the scene via the U.S. 113 overpass. As the first unit was traveling down the
overpass in the merge lane, Ms. Maloney jumped out from the area of the guardrail in front of it. The first officer slammed on his brakes to avoid Ms. Maloney, and Ms. Maloney ran into the right northbound lane to get out of his way. The second unit, which was a 2005 fully marked Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser operated by patrolman Cliff Figueroa, age 30, observed the first unit stopping so he pulled into the right northbound lane to continue to search for the crash scene. The front of the police cruiser then struck Ms. Maloney, who was wearing dark clothing, as she was standing in the right northbound lane. Ms. Maloney was initially transported to Milford Memorial Hospital, but was later flown to Baltimore Shock Trauma where she was admitted in critical condition with head trauma and internal injuries. A preliminary state police investigation suggests that alcohol was involved in the crash on the part of Ms. Maloney. Both Milford officers had responded to the scene with their emergency equipment activated.
Assults on Discount Land Road On Saturday, Sept. 9, Laurel Police responded to Discount Land Road in reference to a fight in progress. Officers located four victims. They learned that three victims were walking to a residence on Discount Land Road and noticed that they were being followed. At that point four black males jumped them and began to assault them with bottles and sticks. At that point the fourth victim arrived in her car. She stated that when she first arrived she noticed approximately 20 black males and females beating the other three victims with bottles and sticks. When she stepped in to help, she was also assaulted with a stick. Three of the victims were treated and released from Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. The fourth victim was transported to Christiana Hospital. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Laurel Police Department at 875-2244.
reason. The driver of the truck accelerated his vehicle at which time Golphin fell to the ground. The rear passenger side tires of the truck ran over Golphin, seriously injuring him. The Dodge was last seen heading toward Rt.17, Roxana Road. Emergency crews arrived on scene and Enouch Golphin was transported to Penninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. He succumbed to his injuries shortly before 3 a.m. This crash remains under investigation. Anyone having any information pertaining to this case, specifically concerning the fleeing vehicle, is asked to call investigators at Troop 7, at 302-644-5020.
Fraudulent check charges On Monday, Sept. 11, members of the Laurel Police Department arrested Christina Richards, 30, of Greenwood, on an active warrant. The warrant was issued on Sept. 5 after Richards allegedly attempted to purchase items from Shore Stop in Laurel with a fraudulent check. When store employees noticed the check was fraudulent, Richards fled the store. Richards was charged with four counts of theft under $1,000 and released under $400 unsecured bond.
DUI arrests total 26 Delaware Law enforcement officers arrested 26 individuals for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol during week 12 of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign. This brings the number of individuals arrested for DUI in the first 11 weeks of the safety initiative to 266. Four sobriety checkpoints were conducted last weekend. Participating agen-
cies included Delaware State Police Troop 9, the Dover Police, and the New Castle and Sussex County DUI Task Forces. In addition to the 26 DUI arrests, officers issued four citations for underage drinking violations, made 16 drug arrests, 14 felony arrests, apprehended 10 wanted individuals, recovered one stolen vehicle, recovered one weapon, and issued 136 citations for other traffic violations. The following local checkpoints are scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 22: Friday Sept. 22nd – Clayton (Kent Co. Task Force); Long Neck (DSP Troop 7); Central Sussex Co. (DSP Troop 5).
DUI and noise violations On Tuesday, Sept. 12, members of the Laurel Police Department stopped a Pontiac Sunfire for a traffic violation. Further investigation by officers revealed that the driver allegedly was under the influence of alcohol. Arrested was Colleen Dobson 41, of Laurel on charges of noise violation, DUI, driving while suspended and driving on a suspended registration
Drugs and resisting arrest On Tuesday, Sept. 12, members of the Laurel Police Department attempted to make contact with a subject loitering in the area of 300 Carvel Gardens. When officers approached the subject he fled on foot. After a short foot pursuit the subject was taken into custody by Delaware State Police K-9 unit. Officers also located a large amount of marijuana on the subject. The subject was also found to have two active felony warrants out of the Delaware State Police and two active capias. Arrested was Steven Garrison, 26, of Frankford, on charges of possession of
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Personal injury accident On Saturday, Sept. 9, Laurel Police responded to the 100 building of Carvel Gardens Apartments in reference to a personal injury accident. The investigation revealed that the suspect vehicle, a red Ford Contour, was last seen heading towards Rt. 9. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Laurel Police Department at 875-2244
Police Hit and Run Investigators from the Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU), were called to the scene of a single vehicle incident that occurred on Sept. 16, on Rt. 386, Polly Brach Road, just north of Rt. 17, Roxana Road. The incident took place at approximately 9:55 p.m. on the southbound side of the roadway. A bright red, full size, Dodge Ram pickup truck, with dual wheels on either side in the rear (also known as a “Dully”), had pulled over to the right side of the roadway. Enouch G. Golphin, 41, of Bishopville, Md., approached the Dodge and opened the passenger side door for an unknown
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