Dover Police arrest fugitive on drug and firearm charges

DOVER, Del. – Dover Police arrested a wanted suspect in a convenience store parking lot Monday afternoon.

At around 1:20 p.m., officers observed a wanted suspect, identified as 20-year-old Jumir Brown, leaving the area of Village Drive in Dover. Police say Brown was wanted by the Dover Police Department for domestic related charges as well as being wanted by several courts in Delaware.

Officers stopped Brown’s vehicle in the Royal Farms parking lot, located at 293 Saulsbury Road. He was found to be in possession of 18.5 grams of marijuana, and inside the vehicle, officers found a handgun in plain view.

Brown was charged with possession of an untraceable firearm, two counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and eight counts of being a local fugitive. He was held at SCI on a $23,200 cash bond.