Delaware State Police

Superintendent Colonel William D. Crotty

State Police Arrest Man for Fourth Offense DUI Following Traffic Stop in Clayton

Date Posted: Friday, August 22nd, 2025

Delaware State Police have arrested 40-year-old Tarazs Abrams, of Dover, Delaware, for his fourth offense DUI and multiple traffic violations following a traffic stop yesterday afternoon.

On August 21, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., a trooper observed a Nissan Altima traveling westbound on Seven Hickories Road near White Tail Run at a high rate of speed. A registration check revealed the vehicle’s license plate was fictitious. Before the trooper activated his emergency equipment, the car pulled over to the shoulder of the road.

The trooper contacted the driver, identified as Tarazs Abrams, who was unable to provide a driver’s license or any vehicle documents. While speaking with Abrams, the trooper smelled an odor of alcoholic beverages and noticed signs of impairment. Abrams refused Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and was placed in the patrol car, where the odor of alcohol and marijuana became stronger.

A search of Abrams’ car revealed several opened and unopened mini liquor bottles, marijuana residue, and drug paraphernalia. A computer inquiry confirmed that Abrams had three prior DUI-related convictions.

Abrams was taken to Troop 9, where the trooper obtained a search warrant for a blood draw. He was charged with the offenses listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 7, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $5,551 secured bond.