Wanted Marydel man arrested after a reported 800+ bags of heroin found in home

State Police say a wanted Kent County man is facing charges, after they found over 800 bags of heroin at his home.

Delaware State Police say on Wednesday around 3:20 PM, Troopers and Probation and Parole Officers assigned to the Kent County Governor’s Task Force, were called to assist the United States Marshall Service with a warrant attempt on 35-year-old Gavin Valdesere. Law enforcement arrived at Valdesere’s Mahan Corner Road home, in Marydel, to take him into custody on a Kent County Delaware Court of Common Pleas warrant for a Violation of Probation capias, along with a warrant out of Caroline County, Maryland for traffic and firearm related offenses.

Police say once on scene, they found that Valdesere wasn’t home, but arrived home a short time later, and was arrested. Investigators then say they searched the home, where they found 829 bags of heroin weighing 12.435 grams, 7.8 grams of marijuana, 2 doses of LSD, over 300 rounds of ammunition to various calibers of guns, a crossbow with two razor tipped arrows,  drug paraphernalia, and over $1,700 in suspected drug proceeds. Police say Valdesere’s 18-month-old daughter also lives at the home, and was turned over to a relative.

After his arrest, Valdesere was charged with possession of a controlled substance in a tier 5 quantity-heroin, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance-heroin, four counts of possession of ammunition by a person prohibited, endangering the welfare of a child, possession of marijuana with an aggravating factor, possession of a controlled substance-lsd, possession of drug paraphernalia, and out of state fugitive.

He was then ordered to be held at the Sussex Correctional Institution on a $109,100 secured bond.