Two arrested after traffic stop uncovered drugs and weapons
Members of the Delaware State Police say that a traffic stop on Monday led to the discovery of drugs and a stolen gun.
According to the report, the incident happened around 10AM when a trooper, who was conducting speed enforcement on The Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, or SR1, southbound near the Dover toll plaza, clocked a car driving above the posted speed limit.
The trooper says they conducted a traffic stop on the Mazda 6, just south of the toll plaza, and identified the driver as Angelina Correa, 25, of Portsmouth, Virginia.
An odor of marijuana was detected by the trooper as coming from the car, so they conducted a search.
According to officials, the search allowed them to find 12 individually packaged bags of cocaine and a .45 caliber handgun, which was reported stolen to the Virginia Beach Police Department on August 31.
Both Correa and the passenger, identified as Keosha Cherry, 26, of Norfolk, Virginia, were taken into custody without incident.
Cherry was also apparently found to be in possession of marijuana while she was being searched.
Cherry and Correa were taken back to Troop 3 in Camden where they were charged with the following:
Angelina Correa-
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony
- Possession with intent to deliver cocaine
- Carrying a concealed deadly weapon
- Receiving a stolen firearm
- Possession of cocaine
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
- Possession of marijuana
- Speeding
- Failure to have insurance in possession
She was arraigned at JP2 and committed to Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $43,503 secured bond.
Keosha Cherry-
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony
- Possession with intent to deliver cocaine
- Possession of a firearm by a person prohibited
- Carrying a concealed deadly weapon
- Receiving a stolen firearm
- Possession of cocaine
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
- Possession of marijuana
She was arraigned at JP2 and committed to Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $48,501 secured bond.
