Delaware State Police

Superintendent Colonel Melissa Zebley

State Police Detectives Arrest Millsboro Man for Felony Drug Charges

Date Posted: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

Delaware State Police arrested 44-year-old Anthony Hitchens, of Millsboro, Delaware, for drug charges Tuesday afternoon.

On January 2, 2024, at approximately 4:40 p.m., detectives conducting patrols in Georgetown saw a maroon Pontiac Grand Am traveling on South Bedford Street turn onto Dupont Boulevard northbound without signaling. Detectives stopped the car on Dupont Boulevard, contacted the driver, a 31-year-old from Lewes, and a passenger. The driver, who had an active warrant from Sussex County Court of Common Pleas, was taken into custody. When detectives took them into custody, they saw drug paraphernalia that was concealed under their leg. Detectives then contacted the passenger, identified as Anthony Hitchens, and he exited the car. A search of the passenger’s area of the Grand Am revealed approximately 13.45 grams of suspected crack cocaine, approximately 2.85 grams of suspected powder cocaine, and approximately 149 bags of suspected heroin (1.043 grams). Hitchens and the 31-year-old were transported to Troop 4 where they were charged with multiple crimes.

Hitchens was charged with the offenses listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $48,000 cash bond.