Delaware State Police

Superintendent Colonel William D. Crotty

Felton Man Arrested Following Stolen Gun Investigation

Date Posted: Monday, November 11th, 2024

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Delaware State Police and Dover Police Department have arrested 18-year-old Sahir Samuels of Felton, Delaware for several gun charges following a stolen gun investigation.

Beginning in September of 2024, Dover Police Department and Delaware State Police began investigating a theft of a firearm that occurred on the 100 block of West Loockerman Street in Dover. Through investigative means, detectives identified the suspect as Sahir Samuels, an active probationer, a person prohibited from possessing a firearm, as the person responsible for the theft and obtained warrants for his arrest. On November 7, 2024, the Kent County Governor’s Task Force arrested Samuels without incident. During a probation search of his residence, probation officers located the following:

Stolen Taurus 9mm handgun
3D printed Glock style frame, trigger, and mechanism
9mm magazines and ammunition

Samuels was taken to Troop 3, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 7, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $44,000 cash bond.

Sahir Samuels

Theft of a Firearm (Felony)
Possession of an Unfinished Firearm Frame or Receiver with No Serial Number (Felony)
Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (Felony)
Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited (Felony) – 3 counts
Attempted to Commit the Possession of a Weapon with an Obliterated Serial Number (Felony)