Selbyville man arrested for possession of cocaine

A Selbyville man has been arrested after he was found to be in possession of cocaine, according to Delaware State Police.

Troopers tell 47 ABC that members of the Sussex County Governor’s Task Force (GTF) including Probation and Parole Officers and the Sussex County Drug Task Force observed 26-year-old Donte Goodman exiting the McDonald’s located on Lighthouse Road in Selbyville on Thursday.  Goodman was wanted out of two Sussex County courts for active capiases when he was seen by the detectives. 

As troopers and probation officers approached Goodman, he attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended shortly thereafter and continued to resist until he was place in a police vehicle to be transported back to Troop 4. 

When they were searching Goodman, detectives located 27.7 grams of cocaine and then responded to his home on the 37000 block of Appaloosa Drive, where they reportedly conducted a search of his bedroom. Police say they found drug paraphernalia and three .22 caliber rifles.
 
Goodman was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 Quantity (Cocaine), Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine, three counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, Resisting Arrest, and two counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  He was arraigned at JP3 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $28,000.00 cash only bail.