Sussex County– The Delaware State Police in conjunction with the Dorchester County Narcotics Task Force, Caroline County Narcotics Task Force, Maryland State Police Heroin Investigative Unit, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Sussex Drug Unit (SDU), Governor’s Task Force (GTF), and the Seaford Police Department concluded a three month drug trafficking investigation that resulted in multiple search warrants and arrests, with one suspect still at large.
The three month investigation, concluded on February 23, 2019, when 33-year-old James M. Frazier of Cambridge, MD was taken into custody without incident by members of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) in the Dover area, after a search warrant was executed on his vehicle, a 2018 Lincoln MKZ. Also in the vehicle and taken into custody without incident, was 37- year-old Trivette A. Jackson of Federalsburg, MD.
Four additional search warrants were subsequently executed in Sussex County at the following locations:
- 20300 block of Wesley Church Road, Seaford
- 22000 block of Hensley Road, Seaford
- 900 block of Woodland Mills, Seaford
- 37400 block of Burton Village, Rehoboth Beach
As a result of the search warrants at all locations, the following items were seized in total:
- 453.5 grams of Methamphetamine
- 261.23 grams of Cocaine
- 68.78 grams of Crack cocaine
- 42.82 grams of Heroin
- 19,549.82 grams of marijuana
- Over $78,000 in suspected drug proceeds
- 4 firearms including:
- Smith and Wesson .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol (reported stolen out of Kentucky)
- Ruger .357 revolver
- Smith and Wesson .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol (reported stolen out of Troop 7)
- Beretta .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol
James Frazier was charged with the following:
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 4 quantity (6 counts)
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 quantity
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 quantity (5 counts)
- Possession of a Firearm By a Person Prohibited (3 counts)
- Receiving a Stolen Firearm
- Conspiracy 2nd (3 counts)
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Frazier was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $809,000.00 cash only bond.
Trivette Jackson was charged with the following:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 quantity
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 4 quantity
- Conspiracy 2nd
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Jackson was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and released on $21,000.00 unsecured bond.
Donisha Holland, 25, of Seaford was taken into custody without incident upon the execution of the search warrant on Hensley Road where three children were present. Holland was charged with the following:
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a controlled substance in a Tier 4 quantity
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 5 quantity
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 quantity
- Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Tier 3 quantity
- Possession of a Firearm By a Person Prohibited
- Receiving Stolen Firearm
- Conspiracy 2nd
- Endangering Welfare of a Child (3 counts)
Holland was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $50,500.00 secured bond.
Troopers have been unable to locate 49-year-old Reginald L. Sample, of Seaford who currently has active warrants for the following:
- Possession With Intent to Deliver a controlled substance in a Tier 4 quantity (4 counts)
- Possession of a controlled substance in a Tier 5 quantity (4 counts)
- Possession of a Firearm By a Person Prohibited (3 counts)
- Receiving Stolen Firearm
- Conspiracy 2nd
Anyone with information in reference to the whereabouts of Sample is asked to please contact Troop 4, Sussex Drug Unit, at 302-856-5850. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware crime stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at http://www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com
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Presented by Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Melissa Jaffe
Released: 022619 1221
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