Dover man sentenced on gun charges after fleeing from police

A 33-year-old Dover man who used his bike to run away from police will spend 15 years in prison for a gun charge.

A deputy attorney general secured a guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a person prohibited and resisting arrest for Joshua Benson. In November 2016, Dover Police tried to stop Benson who was riding his bike on the wrong side of the road on Forest Street near West Street.

Benson ignored the officer's attempt and rode away, eventually getting off the bike and running. Once officers took Benson into custody, they found a loaded handgun in his jacket pocket.

A Superior Court judge sentenced Benson, who is not allowed to have a gun because of a previous weapons conviction, to 15 years in prison followed by probation.