Date Posted: Friday, February 5th, 2021

Seaford- Delaware State Police concluded a drug investigation that resulted in multiple arrests and seizure of drugs.

On Thursday, February 4, 2021, Delaware State Police concluded a two month long drug investigation into 36-year-old Ptolemi E. Kendle of Seaford.  As a result of the investigation, a search warrant was approved and executed at a residence on Middleford Road, Seaford.  Located inside the residence at the time the search warrant was executed were five individuals:

36-year-old Ptolemi E. Kendle of Seaford, a 36-year-old male of Seaford, a 37-year-old male of Georgetown, a 34-year-old male of Seaford, and a 58-year-old female of Seaford.

During a lawful search of the residence, the following items were located:

• 1- Folding knife with a blade larger than 3.5 inches
• Approximately .05 grams of crack cocaine
• 6 doses of methadone
• Approximately 46.01 grams of methamphetamine
• Approximately 17.62 grams of heroin
• $1,138.00 in suspected drug proceeds
• Approximately .45 grams of marijuana
• Multiple articles of drug paraphernalia

A traffic stop was conducted by troopers on a vehicle at the same time the search warrant was executed on the residence which the lessee of the residence, 51-year-old David Bryant of Seaford, was a passenger in. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to Troop 4.

 

1.) Ptolemi E. Kendle was charged with the following crimes:

• Possession With Intent to Deliver Heroin (Felony)
• Possession With Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine (Felony)
• Possession of Crack Cocaine
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Resisting Arrest

Kendle was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court #2 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on a $61,500.00 cash bond.

 

2.) The 36-year-old male of Seaford was charged with the following crimes:

• Possession of marijuana
• Possession of heroin
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

He was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court #2 and released on a $1,000.00 unsecured bond.

 

3.) The 37-year-old male of Georgetown was released at the scene and not charged with any crimes.

 

4.) The 58-year-old female of Seaford was charged with the following crimes:

• Possession of Heroin
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Resisting Arrest

She was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court #2 and was released on $2,000.00 unsecured bond.

 

5.) David Bryant was arrested and charged with the following crimes:

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

Bryant was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court#2 and released on a $3,000.00 unsecured bond.

6. ) The 34-year-old male of Seaford was found to have a capias out of Sussex County Court of Common Pleas for failure to pay. He was arraigned and released.

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Presented by Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Heather Pepper

Released: 020521 1501

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