Police: Laurel man flees from traffic stop with gun in possession

LAUREL, Del. – A Laurel man is behind bars after police say he tried to flee from a traffic stop with a gun in his possession.

At around 2:45 p.m., a trooper on patrol observed a tan Mercury Montego traveling eastbound on Laurel Road, approaching Old Stage Road. A computer check of the vehicle’s registration revealed that the tag belonged to a gray Chrysler Sebring, not a Mercury Montego.

The trooper stopped the vehicle on Old Stage Road and made contact with the driver, who told the trooper that he did not have his license with him. The driver then reportedly provided a false name and date of birth, and when questioned by the trooper, he fled the scene. Troopers chased the vehicle, utilizing stop sticks to slow the vehicle’s speed. The vehicle continued driving through Laurel and westbound on Sharptown Road before crossing two fields and stopping in the area of Sharptown Road and Mount Pleasant Road.

The driver, identified as 29-year-old Keivon Quailes, was taken into custody, and a computer check revealed that he had a suspended license and multiple active felony warrants for his arrest. Troopers also found a loaded handgun with no serial number inside his vehicle. Quailes is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms.

Qualies was held at SCI on a $94,650 cash bond after being charged with numerous firearm and traffic offenses.