New Castle – The Delaware State Police Governor’s Task Force (GTF) with the assistance of officers from Probation and Parole have arrested Angel L. Arbolay, 28, of Wilmington on multiple drug and weapon related offenses after he was located in a New Castle area motel.

On Thursday, October 23, 2018 at approximately 11:50 p.m., GTF members were conducting pro-active patrols in the 100 block of S. DuPont Highway when they heard what sounded like a verbal dispute in a room at the Dutch Inn Motel. Upon making contact with the male subject who was the source of the yelling, officers from Probation and Parole immediately recognized him as Arbolay, who they knew to have an active warrant for Violation of Probation.

Arbolay refused to comply with verbal commands to surrender and proceeded to move towards a nearby night stand within the room, in an apparent attempt to retrieve something. At this time a GTF member discharged their divisionally issued Taser which successfully subdued Arbolay, allowing him to be taken in to custody without further incident.

A subsequent search of the room resulted in the recovery of an array of illegal drugs and related paraphernalia along with a loaded 9mm handgun which was located in the night stand which Arbolay was attempting to access at the time that he was Tased.

Arbolay was transported to Troop 2 where he was charged with the following:

• Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (F)
• Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (F)
• Possession of Ammunition by Person Prohibited (F)
• Possession of a Firearm while in Possession of Illegal Narcotics (F)
• Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin Tier IV (F)
• Possession of Heroin Tier V (F)
• Unlawfully Operating a Clandestine Laboratory (F)
• Tampering with Evidence (F)
• Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana (F)
• Possession of Marijuana (M)
• Possession of Cocaine (M)
• Possession of a Schedule IV Narcotic (Alprazolam) (M)
• Resisting Arrest (M)

Seized Items:

• 9mm Kel-Tech handgun, loaded with 5 rounds of ammunition
• 54 grams of heroin
• 392 grams of marijuana
• 21 Alprazolam tablets (Schedule IV Narcotic)
• 1 gram of powder cocaine
• $573.00 suspected drug money
• Materials used for packaging heroin for distribution

Arbolay was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court #2 and then committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $258,400.00 cash bail.

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Presented by Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Michael Austin

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