Delaware State Police
News Release

Traffic Stop Nets Marijuana and a Gun

Released – Thursday, February 28, 2008

Blades- On Thursday, February 28^th, at approximately 2:56 a.m., a Troop 5 patrol officer spotted a 1994 Land Rover traveling in front of him on US 13 southbound displaying a registration that was suspended. The Trooper gathered this information while running the tag through his in car computer and obtaining the vehicle information from DMV.

Upon stopping the vehicle in the area of Sussex Highway and Brickyard Road, the lone driver (Jonathan L. Stevens, 28, of Eastlake Gardens, Dover) informed the Trooper his driver’s suspended. While gathering information from the computer files, it was also determined that Mr. Stevens was wanted out of Kent County Court of Common Pleas.

Mr. Stevens was placed in custody and a search of him revealed he was in possession of approximately eight grams of marijuana. Once Mr. Stevens was placed in the patrol car, an inventory search of his vehicle was conducted by the Trooper locating a small caliber handgun in the rear seat.

Mr. Stevens was transported back to Troop 5 where he was charged with the following felonies: Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited, Maintaining a Vehicle, and Possession with Intent to Manufacture. He was also charged with traffic offenses to include Driving Under the Influence.

Mr. Stevens was remanded to Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown after failing to post $16,000.00 cash bond