Police chase through Sussex County ends in drug and weapons arrest

BRIDGEVILLE, Del. – A police chase through Sussex County ended in the arrest of a man on multiple felony charges.

According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred shortly after midnight Tuesday after troopers on patrol spotted a vehicle swerving on John J. Williams Highway in the area of Banks Road.

Police tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver failed to stop and led police on a pursuit from Millsboro to Bridgeville.

Police were finally able to stop the car on South Main Street in Bridgeville. The driver, identified as 41-year-old Lee Books, and a female passenger, were both taken into custody.

A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun with a 15-inch barrel, brass knuckles, a 6-inch fixed blade knife, a woman’s wallet containing drug paraphernalia, approximately 56.57 grams of GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate), and additional drug paraphernalia.

The female passenger was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and subsequently released.

Books was arraigned on a slew of felony charges and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $36,415 cash bond.