Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

Delaware State Police have arrested 52-year-old Gary Jefferson of Georgetown, Delaware, 26-year-old Jamie Reed of Milford, Delaware, and 54-year-old Paul Sample of Georgetown, Delaware, for felony drug and related charges following a search warrant in Georgetown yesterday.

On July 29, 2025, members of the Sussex County Drug Unit, Sussex County Governor’s Task Force, and the Georgetown Police Department, executed a search warrant at a property on the 20000 block of Savannah Road in Georgetown. The search warrant was obtained following an investigation of Gary Jefferson and Paul Sample for the distribution of illegal narcotics from the property. During the search warrant, 18 people were detained including Jefferson, Reed, and Sample.

A search of the people detained, vehicles, and the property led to the discovery of the following items:

• $723.00 in suspected drug proceeds
• Approximately .19 grams of crack cocaine
• Approximately 26 pills of medroxyprogesterone
• Approximately 6 pills of valacyclovir
• Approximately 69 pills of bupropion
• Approximately 12 pills of gabapentin
• Approximately 22 pills of tadalafil
• Approximately 17 pills of olanzapine
• Approximately 30 pills of spironolactone
• Digital scale
• Drug paraphernalia

After the search, 5 of the 18 people detained were arrested for misdemeanor offenses and capias warrants, the others were released without incident. Jefferson, Reed, and Sample were all taken to Troop 4 where they were charged with multiple crimes.

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Jefferson was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and released on a $1,500 unsecured bond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Maintaining a Drug Property (Felony)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

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Reed was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $24,500 secured bond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Felony) – 7 counts
• Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tier 1 (Felony)
• Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tier 2 (Felony)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

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Sample was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and released on a $3,500 unsecured bond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Felony)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

 

Disclaimer: Any individual charged in this release is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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