Delmar teen arrested after pulling knife on trooper
Delaware State Police say they have arrested a Delmar teen after he pulled a knife on troopers during a traffic stop near Laurel.
According to the report, the incident happened on Thursday around 10:10PM when troopers from the Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement team saw a man walking northbound on Sussex Highway, in the area of Gordy Road, without an illumination device.
The troopers report that they performed a traffic stop on the pedestrian, who was later identified as Saa’diq A. Holmes, 18, of Delmar, Delaware, and requested to perform a pat-down search.
According to troopers, Holmes then reached behind his back, pulled a large steak knife from his waistband, and began pointing it at them.
One of the troopers immediately was able to disarm Holmes by grabbing the knife away, and they continued to search him. However, Holmes apparently was able to pull away from the troopers and run.
Officials say that as he was running, a trooper was able to grab Holmes’ shirt, but Holmes then hit that trooper in the head and broke free from the grasp.
While Holmes was running, the report says that he threw what turned out to be 39 bags of heroin from the front of his waistband onto the ground. He was eventually taken into custody after a trooper used a divisionally issued Taser.
Holmes was transported back to Troop 5 where he was charged with the following:
- Resisting arrest with force
- Carrying a concealed deadly weapon
- Reckless endangering 2nd
- Tampering with physical evidence
- Possession of heroin
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
- Offensive touching of a law enforcement officer
- Failure to carry a light on a highway
He was arraigned at JP3 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $6,251 cash bond.
