State Police Arrest Dover Man for Felony Drug Offenses

Date Posted: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

Graphic titled “News Release Kent County” featuring a Delaware State Police Chevrolet Tahoe parked in a crop field with farming equipment in the background. A silhouette map of Delaware appears on the left with Kent County highlighted in blue, the text “BecomeATrooper.com” on the bottom center, and social media icons are shown at the bottom right corner.

The Delaware State Police arrested 42-year-old Christopher Naylor, of Dover, Delaware, for felony drug charges in Dover.

On March 2, 2026, at approximately 2:20 p.m., members of the Kent County Governor’s Task Force responded to the 800 block of Artis Drive in Dover to locate Christpher Naylor, who had a capias warrant for failure to appear in New Castle County Court of Common Pleas. When detectives arrived, they saw Naylor exiting a tent in the backyard of the property. He was taken into custody without incident. While taking him into custody, detectives saw drugs and drug paraphernalia in plain view in the tent.

During a search of the tent, detectives found the following items:

Approximately 10.13 grams of methamphetamines
Digital scale
Drug paraphernalia

Naylor was taken to Troop 3, where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 11, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $15,001 secured bond.

Christopher Naylor