Delaware State Police
News Release

Traffic Stop Yields Large Amount of Marijuana – Greenwood Man Arrested

Released Sunday, January 18, 2009

Seaford – The Delaware State Police have arrested a 31 year old Greenwood man for drug offenses after he was stopped for speeding on Old Furnace Road.

Last evening at approximately 8:44 pm, a patrol trooper assigned to Troop 5 was conducting a stationary radar assignment on Old Furnace Road when he observed a Ford F-150 pick-up traveling 55 mph in a marked 35 mph zone. The trooper conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle on Old Furnace Road just west of Middleford Road.

The trooper contacted the sole occupant and driver, Clayton C. Yocum Jr., 31 of Greenwood, and learned he was operating the vehicle with a suspended driver’s license. Additionally, the trooper detected an odor of marijuana coming from within the vehicle. Consequently, the trooper who was a K-9 officer, retrieved his drug trained K-9 and conducted an exterior search of the vehicle. The dog alerted to the passenger side door indicating it smelled the odor of an illegal narcotic.

The trooper continuing the investigation located a black plastic bag on the floor behind the passenger seat. Inside were two plastic bags containing marijuana; one had 458 grams and the other had 460 grams totaling 918 grams.

As a result of the traffic stop, Mr. Yocum was arrested for Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana, Maintaining a Vehicle for Keeping Controlled Substances, 2 counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving on a Suspended License and Speeding.