DSP News Release: Vehicle Stop Leads to Drug Arrest

Location: Captains Grant Community off of Oak Orchard Road, Millsboro, DE

Date of Occurrence:  Friday, June 17, 2011 at 7:05 p.m.

Defendant: Kevin D. Handy, 48, Millsboro, DE

Charges:

-Possession with the Intent to Deliver a Schedule II Controlled Substance (Cocaine)

-Maintaining a Vehicle for Keeping Drugs

-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

-Driving While Suspended or Revoked

-No Proof of Motor Vehicle Insurance

-No registration Card in Possession

Resume:  

Millsboro- A 48 year old man has been arrested on drug charges following a vehicle stop in Millsboro yesterday evening.

The incident occurred at approximately 7:05 p.m. yesterday as a Delaware State Trooper on routine patrol on Oak Orchard Road in Millsboro observed a Ford Taurus with a partially covered registration plate traveling in front of him. The trooper pulled alongside the Taurus and observed that Kevin. D. Handy, 48, was the operator of the vehicle. The trooper recognized Handy as being a subject he had dealt with on prior occasions and knew that he was not in possession of a valid driver’s license. The trooper conducted a traffic stop of the Taurus and made contact with Handy. Upon speaking with Handy, the trooper observed that he was acting in a nervous manner. As Handy began to search for the paperwork for his vehicle, the trooper observed a plastic baggie with the end tied in the center console of the car and realized that this is a common way for drugs to be packaged for sale. Kevin Handy was asked to exit the vehicle at which time a second plastic baggie containing 3.1 grams of cocaine was located in his pants pocket. The trooper also found a plastic straw used to snort cocaine in his pocket as well as a box of plastic bags used to package cocaine in the car. The plastic baggie which had been spotted in the center console of the car also contained cocaine residue.

Kevin Handy was arrested for the above list of crimes. He was then arraigned at JP Court 3 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution for lack of $22,000.00 secured bail.

Released Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.