2 men arrested on drug charges after car chase in Dover
DOVER, Del. – Delaware State Police arrested two men on charges of selling drugs in Dover on Friday.
According to reports, the Delaware State Police Kent County Drug Unit and the Kent County Governor’s Task Force concluded a drug investigation involving the distribution of heroin and crack cocaine in the matter of Javon Young.
Police say members of the Kent County Governor’s Task Force had spotted a gray BMW around 2:19 PM with fake tags traveling southbound on Bay Road in the area of E. Lebanon Road.
26-year-old Young was reportedly the driver of the car and did not have a valid license.
Young fled from police during a traffic stop and then drove his car head on at four Kent County Governor’s Task Force members. This chase resulted in a minor car crash and no injuries were sustained.
The car eventually came to a stop in the area of Pine Cabin Road and Billy Mitchell Lane. Young and his passenger, 22-year-old Khalil Dixon were taken into custody without further incident.
The following items were discovered and seized:
Approximately 1.295 grams of heroin packaged within 185 individual packages
Approximately 0.50 grams of cocaine
Approximately 19 grams of marijuana
Over $400 dollars in suspected drug proceeds
Drug paraphernalia
According to police, the 26-year-old was known to be a local fugitive having active capiases out of the Kent County Family Court and the Kent County Court of Common Pleas.
Young was also known to have an active felony arrest warrant on file out of Troop 3 relating to multiple drug charges.
Young was charged with possession of controlled substance with a Tier 1 quantity, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, traffic violations and more. He was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $18,753 dollars cash only bond.
Meanwhile, Dixon was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to deliver a counterfeit substance and more. The 22-year-old was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $9,750 dollars secured bond.
